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I feel this is a small representation of how LR makes things harder (when they do not have to be) just to make us go to the dealer to do stuff. The whole process of dropping the glove box, made me compare to changing the cabin filter in my wife's 4runner and boy Toyota make this much simpler. Open the glove box, empty it, door in the back of the glove box, open it, pull the tray, change filter, close door, put all your junk back, close glove box. Done in 2 mins.
And the $48 you have left over after buying the non-luxury filter buys you and your wife/husband idk a couple of double cheeseburgers and a bag of fries big enough to feed 3 kids at Five Guys.
That's the victory cheeseburger of frugality. Now you're just hungry.
I feel this is a small representation of how LR makes things harder (when they do not have to be) just to make us go to the dealer to do stuff. The whole process of dropping the glove box, made me compare to changing the cabin filter in my wife's 4runner and boy Toyota make this much simpler. Open the glove box, empty it, door in the back of the glove box, open it, pull the tray, change filter, close door, put all your junk back, close glove box. Done in 2 mins.
It's a 2 minute job in the Defender too. The bloke in this video just makes it seem like a sisyphean task.
I seriously wish there were a way to tag Important Public Service announcements like this one! At least I'll bookmark it. Thanks, @GavinC ! BTW - Loved those photos over at the "What you did this with your Defender" thread.
2 years old and time for some fresh filters again. LR sure do know how to make the little things complicated. Filters weren't too grubby looking but still fairly heavily laden with fine dust.
Cabin filter is a much simpler affair.
Fresh oil oil filter and brake flush in a 1000 miles or so.
Just did all this myself, all super straight forward except the brake bleed. For the brake bleed I was reading the service bulletin for it and the first step is :
Connect the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) approved diagnostic equipment and set the Integrated Power Brake
to the assembly mode.
Further down there is a bulletin for how to do this :
Navigate to control computer (ECU) diagnostics
Select " Anti-Lock Brake System Control Module (ABS)" from the list
Select "Set Assembly Mode"
Select "Enable" from within the application.
I have a GAP IIDTool, but I can't seem to find this option, the ABS module only has a service routine to put the parking brake in it's service position, which is a separate routine. Anyone have any knowledge as to what exactly this is doing, and why it would be needed to bleed the brakes? I'm guessing it's related to the BBW system so that some smart protection doesn't think the brakes are leaking when you press the pedal.
The procedure also requires a power bleeder to be attached in addition to pressing the brake pedal, which would imply just using the bleeder on it's own isn't sufficient.
