Looking to trudge from the Gulf coast up to Huntsville around the holidays, so I went and got some PM out of the way:

• Diff oil F/R 80w-90
• Transfer case oil 80w-90
• Engine oil Rotella 15w-40
• Purolator "Mongo" filter L40316
• Transmission oil Royal Purple Syncromax (R380 tranny)
• Topped off leaky power steering
• Topped off coolant
• New air filter
• F/R wiper blades
• "double ought" grease in leaky right swivel housing
• Shot grease in to both drive shafts

She already has a 180°F thermostat...


Is there something I am missing? I hate surprises, and was wondering if you guys had any PM insights for me.


Also, Thanks for letting me lurk around here. The information is deeply appreciated!

 

If you drive it often, there shouldn't be any surprises. I took my DD D1 on a 1200 mile round trip over thanksgiving without a hiccup.

 

Sounds like you got all the main lube points taken care of. When I went on vacation this summer (2800 mi), I had a lot of things to repair. I also had a lot of service items to do. I hadn't been driving mine as a daily driver either. Below is what I remember:

Things I should have done but didn't get to:

Replace the tranny fluid
Clean out HVAC box drain tube. They commonly plug. Mine did and I had water soak the matts. But that was summer time too.

All in all, she ran great and we didn't have any problems. I continued to drive it all summer long and never had a single issue. I retire it for the winter to keep her out of the snow/salt.

 

sounds maintained. on road trips...I make sure to take strandable spares.
oil, coolant, aired up spare, battery jump starter or cables (wouldn't even take that if I had a 5 speed), drive belt.

 

I'd take your spare off/on and try your jack out.

 

Tire pressures? Jack working? First Aid kit? Lug nuts torqued? Radio working, CD player etc? Serpentine belt OK? Sleep? Enjoy!!!

 

Tire pressure is a good catch. And remember the pressures are a lot lower in the front to induce more understeer. When I had all mine at the same pressures it was hard to keep in a straight line.

 

Thanks all! I appreciate the ideas. Tomorrow's plan (aside from scratching my Jingleberries) will be to:

• Rotate tires
• check pressures (all 5)
• make sure the spare isn't seized on

Good to go on the jack, first aid kit, spare fluids, jumper cables, and tunes.

Because she's AWD, I only rotate front-to-back right?
Any advice besides the door jamb for tire pressures?
Also, any thoughts on K&N air filters would be awesome. I got one for free from a D1 at the local junkyard, and happen to have a K&N recharge kit on hand.

 

Pretty sure the book says 27 (fr), 38 (rear). A lot of controversy over pressures, but on the tires I have, I found that if I ran all tires at 36, the vehicle didn't handle for crap. Too much oversteer. I dropped down to recommended pressures and it would go in a straight line. You can experiment around. If you're running 10 plies or something higher than the recommended tire, obviously that could change the pressures you might run. I'm running Firestone Discovery LE ...whatever the stock size is supposed to be.
http://www.puretyre.co.uk/land-rover-tyre-pressures/

I always rotate in an "X" formation, crossing the front tires as I move them to the back, and bring the rears straight up. The reason for that, according to an article I read a long time ago (take it for what it's worth), is that rear tires because they always 'push' the vehicle, the belts can gain a certain tension over time and by reversing the process and crossing the rears to the front, the vehicle can pull or behave eratically because you're basically reversing the rotation. On old bias belted tires this was EXACTLY true and I experienced in the old days.

Anyway, I've also read that it doesn't matter, as long as you stick with the same rotational pattern.

On a front wheel drive car, its just the opposite where you cross the rears as you move them to the front, and bring the front straight back to the rear. I just checked a Cadillac manual and verified that's what they recommend.

Be interesting to hear what others do.

 

Welp, after breaking my 1/2" breaker bar on Christmas eve, I finally got around to rotating the tires on my D1. Turns out my fuel lines look like holy hell, and I am surprised they hold gasoline at this point. I started researching, but would appreciate any tips that anyone has on the process of replacing them.