Land Rover - Maintenance

This section isn’t designed to be a replacement for a proper workshop manual and relevant experience, but intended to be a collection of hints and tips to hopefully make the jobs easier and safer.

As this website is also used as my personal reference I have included some useful links to external sites, these are marked **.

Chassis

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• Video: Land Rover Swivel replacement

Engine

• Manifold gasket – replacing the manifold gasket on a 300Tdi engine.

• Auxiliary drive belt tensioner – save money by changing the bearing in the tensioner instead of buying a new unit.

• 300TDI cylinder head removal **

• P gasket – replacing the P gasket on a 300Tdi engine.

Gearbox

• R380 Oil Change – Improvise a tool so a torque wrench can be used when replacing the drain plug, and also drain the old oil without the usual mess.

Steering

• Drop arm ball joint

• Swivel housing

Axles And Transmission

• Diff oil seal replacement

Brakes

• Metric/Imperial brake fittings

Clutch

• Clutch slave cylinder replacement **

Other

• Wiper Parking Problems

• Fuses

Electrics

• Video: Problem with the 300tdi Defender Alarm system resolved