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| RoadForce Member Since: 17 Jul 2014 Location: Holland Posts: 336   
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To stick to US terminology; Ohhh Myyyyy Goooodddd....!!!!
Good job JLR, exactly how you'd want to introduce the new Defender in the US after decades of absence. At least they have been "very transparent and communicative"...  Defender 130 HCPU Td5 MY2000 |
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27th Nov 2020 8:39am |
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| Angus_Beef Member Since: 30 Apr 2015 Location: Oslo Posts: 434  
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oh man, that is so bad
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27th Nov 2020 8:50am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17443  
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I wonder what has become of the "technician" who cut through a non-replaceable harness and wrote off a brand new Defender. Not the sort of thing you want to have to tell your boss....
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27th Nov 2020 9:18am |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2295 
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 and their video series for Def2 is called 'to hell and back'  SKIP
https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html |
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27th Nov 2020 10:08am |
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| RoadForce Member Since: 17 Jul 2014 Location: Holland Posts: 336
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I think they currently got stuck in hell, and by the look of it I'm not sure if they'll make it back anytime soon.
I feel sorry for JLR, but then again: they stuffed up if this is what you get when you buy a new defender... Defender 130 HCPU Td5 MY2000 |
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27th Nov 2020 10:43am |
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| Likeomg Member Since: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Lake District / Newcastle Posts: 2642 
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thing is would average Joe get this level of support? they are a huge YouTube channel with close to 1 million subscribers...
absolutely not. |
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27th Nov 2020 10:49am |
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| DSC-off Member Since: 16 Oct 2014 Location: North East Posts: 1428 
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FFS
I'm relieved to be watching this saga on the net, not more closely involved. |
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29th Nov 2020 11:55am |
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| kmac Member Since: 07 Oct 2009 Location: Middlesex Posts: 1309 
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Pretty weird design that a cut loom kills the entire car in the sense that it is "not replaceable'
Maybe sell JLR some butt crimp connectors  |
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29th Nov 2020 11:01pm |
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| zilch Member Since: 11 Sep 2019 Location: Whitsundays & Sydney Posts: 820 
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PowerfulUK just fitted their own winch, supplied by LR. They ignored the instructions to cut into the loom and just used piggy back fuse connectors to solve the problem.. Goes to show the after market and indies are usually far more knowledgeable and capable than the LR franchise dealers when it comes to the mechanical and electrical side, and sometimes have better ways to tackle problems than the manufacturers themselves  yet another pommie bar steward down under
MY20 110 P400 SE Defender MY10 3.0 RR Sport |
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1st Dec 2020 6:53am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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It’s good too that Mr Skywalker has come back with a possible fix for opening the vent flaps so you can gently hose the mud out of the radiator fins, although there appears in one part of the video where Simon shows how clean the radiator is that there is yet another radiator behind and to the left of the main one that also needed cleaning. How hard would it be to make a “radiator cleaning” setting in the Wade function on the TR I wonder? LR has gone to the trouble of programming in brake dragging to dry the pads after wading so why not an “open the cooling flaps” setting to clean the radiator. It might be worth holding off for a few months to see if new assembling instructions arrive after Powerful’s findings have settled in at LR Ivory Towers Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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1st Dec 2020 9:48am |
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| Philm Member Since: 19 Jun 2020 Location: Manchester Posts: 171
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On the experience day, they said in wade mode it shuts these flaps to stop the crap going through/onto the radiator.
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1st Dec 2020 9:52am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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Maybe they need to add the flap closing function to mud and ruts mode as well then! I dread to think what my radiators look like as I’ve never used the Wade setting but have used mud and ruts mostly in deep mud....... they need to add flaps to the brake cooling ducts in the front of the wheel arches too judging by the amount of crud that needs to be washed out of them after a run through deep mad. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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1st Dec 2020 10:59am |
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| Smyles_ Member Since: 25 Aug 2018 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 517 
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The latest video in the saga for those that are following along...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIl7Fq3LWxg Stuart 
Cummins 130 Build Thread 58 130 Double Cab HCPU - Cairns Blue 04 110 Double Cab - Black (gone) 07 Audi RS4 Avant - Silver |
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3rd Dec 2020 2:20pm |
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| abpod Member Since: 08 Nov 2020 Location: Arizona Posts: 71 
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More bad press
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-land-rover...1607004799 '21 L663 X-Dyn HSE P400 Carpathian '13 L319 '03 L322 |
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4th Dec 2020 3:52am |
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