Land Rover Defender full engine service TD5 PART 1

Full engine service on Land Rover Defender TD5 2000 10P

[@UKSCIENCEORG]

Some gorilla tightened the sump plug on mine to the point I was afraid it was cross threaded. I bought an oil pump from Machine Mart with croc clips to connect to the battery. A thin tube goes down the dipstick tube and another goes into an empty oil container. Works great and gets 7 litres of oil out with no mess in just a couple of minutes. Works best with hot engine and filler cap off.

[@paulrichardson3222]

Place a large sandwich bag over the oil filter after loosing and before unscrewing it, it will catch the oil and the filter can drop in to it for maneuvering it out.

[@davidkenyon249]

Joe, do you have any idea of the size of the copper crush washer on the gear box drain plug for the td5 like yours. I can't find the details.