Hey guys any links on how to take the rear widow mech out so i can get to the door lock? The daughter thought it would be funny to keep the button pressed in miltiple times whilst i tried opening it the lock works but only just moves the bar.. Cheers Steve

Don't know ow much difference there are between the fron and the rear doors, but i done my front one.

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic40499.html

have a read through that and look at the links, it may offer up some help.

Cheers mate

I replaced the LH rear door lock mechanism on a friends Discovery 3 a couple of years ago. I imagine it is very similar to the RRS. I found it was not necessary to remove the window mechanism or detach it from the window glass pane.

Removing the window regulator bolts and sliding it out of the way gave enough room to remove the lock mechanism (use a piece of masking tape to hold up the window once the regulator bolts are removed).

The trick to replacing the lock mechanism was to remove the outer door handle.

The long outer cover was very easy to remove, the short outer cover less so and you are very likely to break the clips which hold it in place so be prepared to buy a new shorter outer cover.

Once you have removed the outer covers you now need to remove the door handle assembly so that a linkage between the door handle assembly and the door lock can be disconnected. From memory the door handle mechanism was attached to the door by a stud and nut (accessed from inside the door cavity) at one end and the splayed clip at the other end. You need to press out the centre peg of the splayed clip so that the clip can be pulled out from the door sheet metal. This centre peg presence is not immediately obvious and may be quite hard to remove (mine was). I had to use a pin punch and hammer to remove it. I can't remember whether I pushed the pin out from the the inside of the outside).

With the D3 the linkage between door lock and the door handle could not have been disconnected without removing the door handle and there was no access to it.

Once the outer door handle was removed replacing the door lock was easy.

Nice one cheers mate im off next week so will give it a go