Thread: New Defender Manual

Hi James
Try Ebay UK,see if you can find a CD copy,none on Ebay aust yet.
If you do find a supplier,Im sure a few from here would be very interested in the contact details.
Andrew

Hi James,

The usual place to find this would be Haynes.

www.haynes.co.uk

They have the service manuals for Defenders up to 2007.

In the FAQ's was this:

I can't find a manual for my vehicle (car, van, motorcycle)?
Two possible reasons: it is too new, or the model range has not sold sufficiently well. We don't normally produce manuals for vehicles less than 2 years old, because for the most part they are still under warranty and being serviced by dealers. And we can't consider doing a manual until there are enough of a particular model on the road for us to be sure of covering our costs.

...guess we shouldn't be holding our collective breath.

I'll send them an email though.

Hi on a different note i was speaking to some South African's today who said that Landys seem to have major gearbox problems in South Africa and they now use Toyotas for just about everything, is this true cause i always thought you guys all loved Landys over there?

Not a chance.
Still plenty sound Landies about although Toyota are a large force but mainly the big ass cruisers for the luxury market.
Not heard too many gearbox issues except the 2,8 TDi with the gearbxx output splines shearing on the clutch plate.
I must say I have driven around RSA quite a bit and there seems to be a big shift to Mahindra and Tata in the farming comunity.
Saw a lany here the other day with a big Tata sticker on the back for a laugh.
Cheers
James

Response from Haynes:

Dear Mr England

Thank you for your email.

The manual covers up to 2007 (56 plate).

Unfortunately we have no plans to update the manual within the next 12 to 18 months.

Kind regards

Vicky Hall

Customer Services Coordinator

Direct Line: 01963 442003

Email: vhall@haynes.co.uk

Website: www.haynes.co.uk

Originally Posted by CapeLandy

Saw a lany here the other day with a big Tata sticker on the back for a laugh.
Cheers
James

Not quite so funny, now that TATA own the LR franchise.

Thanks for the info.
Pity. Will have to leave it to the agents for now.
Rgds
James