Landrover Engineering Manual

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EAST SUSSEX FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE
ENGINEERING MANUAL
USE OF EAST SUSSEX FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE LANDROVERS FOR ON ROAD RESPONSE
INDEX
1. Foreward
2. Bonnet Release
3. Under Bonnet Routine Checks
4. Dashboard Facia Controls
5. Facia Mounted Specialised Switches
6. Handbrake
7. Gearbox
8. Stowage of Jack
9. Winch
10. Rear Deck
11. Power Jackplug
12. Snorkel
13. Driving Through Floodwater
14. Technical Information1. FOREWARD
The Landrover, by its very nature, is a market leader for off road use over every type of terrain in this country as well as abroad. It has been produced in short, medium and long wheelbase form with every conceivable body type imaginable.
Its attributes are well respected across a wide spectrum of users ranging from the military to the farming community and the precedent it has set has been the envy of off road vehicle manufacturers the world over.
Whilst the vehicle is of a robust and sturdy build, it is very heavy and sluggish in performance, which is the reason high and low gear ratios and differential locks were introduced to assist in its prime task - to be capable of ascending and descending most gradients over every type of eroded surface.
That said, it is fair to say that the vehicle has not been developed and perfected with on road response capability in mind, and drivers using the Landrover to make progress will find it is not particularly suited to that task. The acceleration is slow, the turning circle wide and cumbersome and the general handling heavy and tiresome.
For this reason, the speed limit…