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V8 Coolant Manifold / Crossover & Maintenance Parts List
This is a great thread, thank you for adding this to the collective.- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Defender 130 an LR4 replacement?
This times 10. I think what really scares people on cars.com etc. is the 12/17 city highway number. My wife always gets at least 15.5-16.5 around town and you can get 18.5 on the highway pretty regularly. The aerodynamics do make a huge difference cruising at 65 vs 80.- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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2010 LR4 V8 Electrical Problems (Big Surprise)
Take this or leave this but it's almost always a bad battery in my experience. This is typical behavior of many modern cars when the battery is down a few cells. Modern electrical systems do some weird stuff when the battery isn't at peak performance. The battery may not even test bad but...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Defender 130 an LR4 replacement?
Yeah I spoke too soon the alleged dimensions are 20" longer and 8" wider than an LR4.- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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"Unusual" preventive maintenance?
Yeah, 40k on brakes in these LR4's is very good. My wife has never made it past 32k. The AB kits are relatively inexpensive so I get hose and have a local mechanic do them. I don't know about the LR but the locking diff on the Jeep Rubicon uses an additive that gets goopy faster than regular...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Engine detail
I spray all my engines with simple green and spray them out with the flat hose nozzle and never have any issues.- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Defender 130 an LR4 replacement?
I'll be curious to see the dimensions of the new Wagoneer as it is the first thing to perk my ears/eyes up as an LR4 replacement once the wheels are off this one. V8, check, 3 row, check, boxy with good interior volume? waiting on the check.- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Defender 130 an LR4 replacement?
As someone who really, really likes the new Defender and is fortunate enough to almost get whatever we want I'm driving the wheels off of this, our second 2013 LR4. To me the only drawback it sort of has is gas mileage, even there anything comparable has gas mileage just as bad. Just took a 2000...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Oil Filter top will not come off
No it was fine, thank goodness. I think some noob LR tech doesn't understand that it's not something that you torque down when you hit bottom. The tension of the O-ring keeps it from coming loose, not the stress on the threads as much. It was not cross threaded or anything. Plus, it would be...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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V8 owners try this and let me know: sand mode
I was thinking it could be throttle response as well, I put a throttle controller in my JT and it "feels" faster, but you should be able to recreate the same acceleration in normal mode by flooring it off the line but you can't in the LR4. It could be that normal mode has a different final...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Oil Filter top will not come off
As an update I finally got the filter cover off. I got the engine nice and hot. I used the broken roverparts filter wrench with some sheets of paper in between the wrench and the filter for more grip. Then I used the pliers type universal oil filter wrench and pulled with all my might. (I was...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Oil leak?
I will third the re using the drain plug and not having any issues and second the notion of having some sort of system for oil drain management as I made a huge mess the first time. Our last LR4 leaked slightly at the passenger rear valve cover gasket. My notion is that it gets cooked by heat...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Updated sources for skid plating?
My 2 cents to keep or throw. I've been off-roading Jeeps for 20 years and I really think weight is your biggest enemy. The Jeeps with massive amounts of armor and other crap always get stuck where lighter Jeep drive right through. That, and the stock LR4 skid plate is pretty good by most skid...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Brake pedal cover
Our 2013 is just a molded piece of plastic, no cover. Pretty sure our last one was the same.- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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V8 owners try this and let me know: sand mode
It has been a horrible winter in the NE and the heavy LR4 has been our friend through all of it. I noticed snow mode is not right for all types of snow. Sometimes you need to get going in deep cold snow and sand mode would always do the trick as it uses more power and lets the wheels spin more...- Al Pizzica
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Ultimate Towing Thread
Towed my Jeep TJ to a Jeep event last year. Jeep is about 3900# and the trailer is a little over 2k, so call it 6,000# Going and stopping were great. Handling is better with a longer truck. I got some sway in the setup initially but I moved the Jeep forward another two inches and it went away...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Does the vehicle stay in off-road height when turned off?
Yeah, I would not trust it with my life. We have had two 2013's and this most recent one likes to "dance" more often than the last one. Just seemingly randomly adjusting itself like cperez said.- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Anyone know a reasonable dealer for timing chains 2011 LR4?
I would seriously look at an indy shop that has done tons of them. The dealerships are having trouble with labor and they are all very inexperienced. At least around here in Philly. The guys at East Coast Rover in Rockland probably don't do timing chains (they specialize in awesome restorations...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Maximum elevation
Mine just did this in the plow snow at the end of the driveway, kind of freaky when it starts selecting it's own height: "Ahhh, you are too low."- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Oil Filter top will not come off
Tried a search. Last oil change was by dealer, the first one since I bought this one used at 65k. I suspect either they overtightened it, or it was too tight and they said to hell with it. It broke the oil filter wrench from Atlantic British it is on there so tight. Tried a universal grabby...- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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'13 LR4 Pending Purchase
If you maintained that 04 bmw for 100k miles you can do anything on this truck. Do a lot of reading on here about the 13s. We had plenty of warning on our 13 water pump and there are some things you can do to keep an eye on the chain tensioners. Have fun, enjoy the new truck!- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Well crap!
More than I was asking for! Thanks for the link and all the other good info. I didn't know if anyone use a service manual or whatnot but seen enough on youtube now to feel confident, thanks!- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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LR4 suddenly won't start/crank. Even with fully charged battery and/or jump
It's amazing how bad batteries can cause a very wide variety of wacky symptoms in modern vehicles. It is very good to know about the starter reset.- Al Pizzica
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- Forum: LR4
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Well crap!
What resources did you use to do this, I'm thinking of doing it myself when it gets cooler. If you watch the Youtube Samcrac videos where he tries to get the supercharged RR sport running the 5.0 engine becomes a lot less intimidating to take apart.- Al Pizzica
- Post #144
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