If you do any of the work on your Defender, add this to your library: lrdefender.org. I may be late to the party, but this site is Gold! Just go to the "Top" tab and you'll see what most folks are dealing with.

 

Great find!!!

 

Thanks for posting! Extremely useful.

 

This should be a sticky in this forum!!

 

Just clicked it and learned that failure to disable the brake hold feature when using an automated carwash that propels your vehicle can be disastrous. Jeez! I"m thinking that with a vehicle of this complexity it might be a damn good idea to actually read the entire owner's manual......

 

Any idea who published this? There seem to be no claims of authorship nor source detail.

 

I'm just about 100% sure that JLR would/will shut it down when they find out and if they're able. Makes total sense to me that this is pretty anonymous. This is the kind of fan enthusiasm and enlightenment that is hugely valuable but Land Rover in their inane, overly protective manner will shut down. They do NOT want you working on their vehicles.

 

THANK YOU for this - copying some of these pages just in case it gets removed.

 

As a matter of fact, I do not want THEM working on my vehicles.

 

I find it really helpful to have the maintenance instructions, even if I pay the dealer to do the work. Thanks !!

This let's me be able to provide the mechanic a heads-up on those bits which prompt common errors (like the dealers recent struggles to securely attach my A pillar cover).

I have been towing in the mountains with my Defender, so I am going to follow the 30K mile "severe duty" recommendation for changing the transmission fluid. Calling for an appointment today.

I was wondering how ZF handles the differences in the sizes of transmission components in the different versions for the P300 and P400 drivelines. Thanks to the service manual (yippee !), I see there is a step in the fluid change process in which almost 12 ounces of fluid (out of a little less than 9 quarts total) is siphoned out of the P400 transmission version as compared to no siphoning necessary for the P300 version. I suppose this liquid removal is to make room for the larger, higher torque components (?).

So, the transmission handling the higher torque load is serviced with less fluid. Interesting.