What tyres would be working in this gunk is the question now and would they be tyres that you can keep on the car for normal driving as well ??? MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

When you do 98% road work its not worth having ATs on. I shoot with a guy who has a 5.0 SC on AT (Cooper Zeon LTZ) and he says they're ok, but noisy on the road. I'd rather not compromise. This is the first time I've been stuck on the road tyres. It's bound to happen some time or other.

I didn't feel daft considering the others ALL got stuck too, I did feel daft that I'd left my recovery gear at home, from now on it lives in the boot well.

Took the car to a local Jet wash today, there was so much caked mud, the wheels had a new inner rim and were totally off balance, couldn't drive above 40 mph due to the vibration, it was awful. After 30 minutes jet washing I reckon I'd got all the underside clean -JUST the underside! It was very sticky mud that would only come off in big lumps rather than gradually breaking apart. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

When I put my Grabber Ats on this time last year I went up the top field and promptly got bogged down to the axles, had to be pulled out by the old classic on a bungee!! Wet grass will kill any 'normal' tyre. Summer or AT

^^ Try taking your car to an HGV depot - you may be able to get them to steam the underside off.
I've done this recently at a place locally where they steam clean lime tankers - works a treat !

 Where do you go after one of these . . . ?

Do they have ramps so they can get underneath?

What would be cool is a car wash facility where you park over a grid, and underneath is a series of robotic jet wash nozzles going round the underside, cleaning it all off. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

I got one of these...they were on special at B&Q last week.

 GONE 2010 Facelifted 3.6 TDV8 - Stornoway Grey + 22" Overfinch Olympus
HAVE 1999 Discovery 2 GS 4.0 V8 - Silver - Off Road Toy
GONE 2013 L405 4.4 SDV8 Vogue. Black with Silver roofline and 22" s
HAVE 2015 Jaguar XF.

you could put a mirror on that Paul and then you can check for bombs stuck to the underside ...


@Adam, most car washes do the underside cleaning but beware all the mud will be blown up into the engine compartment.... ... - .- -.




click link for ,

FORUM WIKI

HOW TO Ǝꓕ∀ꓕOꓤ PICS

workshop manual downloads are in our wiki

.

It's true that you can get stuck whatever tyres you have. Always keep a tractor and chain at hand ...

RRUK wrote:

there was so much caked mud, the wheels had a new inner rim and were totally off balance, couldn't drive above 40 mph due to the vibration, it was awful

My solution would be, park it in water for a bit so all the mud weakens before washing the bottom of the car. Alternatively, get a garden spray appendage (the type you use for the lawn) and park it over that for a while to get it to go soft before jet washing. The more soaked it is, the easier it is to get of. Living in the "clay region" of Holland for decades taught me a thing or two about sticky mud and I HATE it. Sand and beaches aren't great but much easier to clean afterwards . MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Hot water pressure washer makes life the simplest for cleaning of that amount of muck in my experience. i wouldn't live without one now having tried one, halves any cleaning time.

ref tyres i have gone with Grabber ATs on 20", work well so far.

RRUK wrote:

and front and rear diff locks

James,

I didn't think about the DSC, forgot how that can kill power when you just need to add P O W E R !!

When I said front locking diff I meant the centre, but on the screen with the 4x4 info its the forward-most symbol, so, the front! Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Doesn't terrain response in our models switch DSC off itself in the different applicable situations/settings ??????

I found this but it doesn't specifically say if DSC is changed/switched off in Mud/Ruts or any of the other modes. http://www.caranddriver.com/features/what-...esponse-do

From other descriptions of Terrain Response it seems that the ABS, traction and stability control parameters are changed based on the requirements of the surface so I would assume that JLR would have made the Mud/Ruts settings the best they could make it. In other words, not much you could have done other than installing paddlewheels instead of tyres

I just found this YouTube video where it actually says (in the Sand mode) that you can decide to turn DSC off !! So in Mud and Ruts it may be a similar situation !!
 MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Last edited by ebajema on 4th Dec 2014 1:03pm. Edited 2 times in total

JST wrote:

Hot water pressure washer makes life the simplest for cleaning of that amount of muck in my experience. i wouldn't live without one now having tried one, halves any cleaning time...................

Hot pressure washer

ebajema wrote:

So in Mud and Ruts it may be a similar situation !!

DSC parameters are changed in all the TR settings, pushing the button in any TR setting changes those parameters yet again.

as an aside you can never actually turn it completely off! Cheers

James