1996 LAND ROVER DEFENDER wiper blades

MAINTENANCE
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MAINTENANCE SERVICE SCHEDULE
The following section describes the items detailed in
the vehicle Service Schedule. Where required
instructions are given for carrying out the service
procedure, or a cross reference is given to the section
in the manual where the procedure may be found.
Service Maintenance Schedules are published
separately to reflect the needs and intervals for each
vehicle variant. Procedures in the Workshop Manual
must be used in conjunction with the Service
Schedule sheets.
Service Maintenance Schedules are available from:
Land Rover Publications,
Character Mailing,
Heysham Road,
Bootle,
Merseyside, L70 1JL
VEHICLE INTERIOR
CHECK SEATS & BELTS
Check condition and security of seat belts, seat belt
mountings, seat belt buckles and operation of inertia
seat belts.
CHECK OPERATION OF LAMPS
Check operation of all lamps, horns and warning
indicators.
CHECK OPERATION OF WIPERS
Check operation of front/rear wipers and washers and
condition of wiper blades.CHECK OPERATION OF HANDBRAKE
Handbrake check/adjust
1.Chock road wheels.
2.Raise one rear wheel clear of ground and
support securely with axle stand.
3.Release handbrake lever.
4.Underneath vehicle, tighten adjuster bolt
clockwise to
25 Nm (18 lbf/ft)to fully lock brake
drum.
5.Slacken adjusting bolt by 1.5 turns to give brake
shoes running clearance. Check that the drum is
free to rotate.
6.Adjust handbrake cable locknuts to give pawl
two notches free movement on the rachet before
being fully operational on third notch of rachet.
NOTE: Cable adjustment must ONLY be
used for initial setting and to compensate
for cable stretch. It MUST NOT be used to
take up brake shoe wear, which MUST be adjusted
at brake drum.
7.Operate handbrake to settle brake shoes.
Recheck handbrake is fully operational on third
notch of rachet pawl. Readjust if necessary.
8.Remove axle stand and wheel chocks.

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REPAIR 16.Fully tighten tube nut and fit rubber sleeve.
17.Reconnect earth lead and multi-plug.
18.Before fitting cover and grab handle, fit wiper
blades. Reconnect battery and test operation of
wiper motor and drive assembly. If necessary,
adjust position of wiper blades.
19.Fit wiper motor cover and door check strap
cover.
20.On RH drive vehicles, fit finisher and grab
handle.

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REPAIR
9.Remove door check strap cover and 3 screws
and withdraw wiper motor cover. If applicable,
disconnect switch multi-plugs and/or radio
speaker leads.
10.Disconnect wiper motor multi-plug.
11.Disconnect earth lead. (Not applicable on later
models)
12.Lift rubber sleeve from wiper motor and slacken
wiper motor to drive tube nut.
13.Remove 2 screws and release wiper motor
retaining strap, complete with mounting pad and
earth tag.
14.Pull wiper motor and drive rack clear of drive
tubes.Refit
15.Feed drive rack into drive tube until fully located
in wheel boxes.
16.Finger tighten drive tube nut.
17.Position motor mounting pad, fit retaining strap,
including earth tag and secure wiper motor
assembly.
18.Fully tighten drive tube nut and fit rubber sleeve.
19.Fit wiper motor multi-plug and earth lead to tag
on motor retaining strap.
20.Before fitting fascia panels, fit wiper blades,
reconnect battery and test wiper operation.
21.Refit fascia panels, noting that air conditioning
panel must be located and secured, on LH side,
with single screw, before instrument panel is
fitted.
22.Fit steering wheel
See STEERING, Repair,
Steering wheel.

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REPAIR Refit
NOTE: During reassembly all fixings
related to wiper motor and wheelboxes are
finger tightened only, until all components
are correctly aligned.
12.Fit wheelboxes to bulkhead and secure with
retaining nuts and washers.
13.Fit drive rack tubes to wheelboxes.
14.Apply grease to drive rack and wheelboxes.
15.Align wiper motor and mounting pad, secure with
retaining strap and tighten drive tube nut.
16.Fully tighten wheelbox back plate nuts.
17.Fully tighten both wheelbox spindle nuts.
18.Fit wiper arm adaptors and secure with grub
screw.
19.Before refitting panels fit wiper blades, connect
multi-plug and earth lead, reconnect battery and
check wiper operation.
20.If satisfactory, secure steering column upper and
lower fixings and tighten to correct torque.
21.Fit ventilator grille panel, fascia crash pad,
instrument housing and all other components
removed to gain access to wiper motor and
wheelboxes.