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| markb110 Member Since: 22 May 2010 Location: Guildford Posts: 2678   
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Just needs 85 bags of rice for all of the ECU’s…….I am sure the salesman added them to the welcome pack…….
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5th Sep 2025 11:03am |
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| ruben Member Since: 04 Feb 2021 Location: ASTURIAS Posts: 367 
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the recovery was worse than the flood itself I think!! 🤬 Defender 110 SE I6 D250 23MY
ExDiscovery 3 TDV6 SE |
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5th Sep 2025 11:34am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17935  
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I thought it was interesting that Land-Rover USA advised them just to drag it locked up. The damage this caused was depressing.
I was thinking how it would have worked out with a Grenadier in similar circumstances - the handbrake could of course have been released since it is conventional and the transfer box could have been put in neutral, although unless a diver was present the transfer lever would have to be held manually (the neutral lock is on the outside of the transfer box). Provided the recovery team knew how to do it, a Grenadier could have been recovered without inflicting further damage. For those who are familiar with the new Defender, is there any way to make it towable (without a diver) from that situation? |
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5th Sep 2025 12:38pm |
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| v8bob Member Since: 14 Mar 2018 Location: Midlands Posts: 344 
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I think straight away you say it is electrically dead due to being submerged it becomes a write-off.
So any damage becomes irrelevant. It would have been nice to make it easier for the recovery, but a couple of hundred dollars difference in recovery costs is also irrelevant. Land Rover have probably sold another car so they don’t care. And if they removed some release lever they have probably saved 2dollars per car. |
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