Thread: New member needs Defender answers

Originally Posted by PAT303

The best thing about LR's is that even though there is less dealer support the private sector is alive and kicking and to a degree know more and do better work than any dealer could hope to do,another point is you don't need a LR dealer

as the motor is straight ford so any ford dealer could service it

.I serviced tojo's and owned LR's for a long time and LR parts are far more readily available and cheaper than any japanese make,there is enough rumours about LR's to fill a book and all of them are made up by people who have never driven a Land Rover let alone owned one.The only trouble with defenders is that once you have owned one you don't really care for much else. Pat

a ford dealer probably could service it but its not a straight ford..yes it is a ford engine but there are land rover made parts on it and its land rover tuned....
Ford gave them the motor and Land rover made and changed things on it to suit.

Once you are over the initial differences that exist in this vehicle compared to other mundane Japanese 4WD you will realize how far they still have to go to even catch up with one of these outstanding vehicles! With all their faults, which fortunately are being slowly addressed, no other vehicle, aside from perhaps a D3, is in the same ball park - IMHO.

Allan

Originally Posted by dullbird

a ford dealer probably could service it but its not a straight ford..yes it is a ford engine but there are land rover made parts on it and its land rover tuned....
Ford gave them the motor and Land rover made and changed things on it to suit.

It is a straight ford,LR just fiddled with it.There is no difference except for the sump change etc but the engine is ford through and through. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

It is a straight ford,LR just fiddled with it.There is no difference except for the sump change etc but the engine is ford through and through. Pat

so why is the second filter not there?

pretty sure the vac pump is landrovers and there is something else I thnk but cant remember

oh and I'm also pretty sure the ecu programming is landrover too.

I was at a land rover paid for tech day with land rover training.....I'm happy to stand corrected but they had all the data for the engine drive train and everything right down to the build and chassis for the puma the D3 and the RRS...we were there to learn about the newer technologies when introducing driver training to new members with in the club that may own these cars mine was used on the training day.

I dont think so

Allan

Originally Posted by one_iota

However for all their faults they are irresistable:

Smart truck 'iota.

Top truck and about as Ford as an Aston DB9

Allan

Originally Posted by Allan

Top truck and about as Ford as an Aston DB9

Allan

Actually I think he is talking about a station wagon not a truck - a truck is a goods carrying vehicle, not a passenger vehicle.

But I agree - it is not a Ford, simply uses a Ford engine, same as earlier models used a Pontiac engine and before that a Rover car engine. The only engines specifically designed and built by Landrover for the Defender and its predecessors was the 2 litre diesel and its diesel and petrol descendants - all other engines came from passenger cars or were developed to jointly power the utility Landrover and other more luxurious vehicles.

John