Daimler DS420 Owner's Manual AKM 8090 Ed 4 (1989)

This publication AKM8090, with its typical red cover, is (as far as I know) the last version of Owner's Manual (Operating, Maintenance and Service Handbook) for the DS420, and it was published in 5 consecutive editions.

We show here the 4th edition of this AKM8090, published in 1989. The even later 5th edition (1991, with minor differences), can be consulted here. The 1st edition (1980) and 2nd edition (1983) are substantially smaller; the 3rd edition (1987) is similar to (but not identical to) this 4th one.

If anybody knows more about an even later publication AKM9117, then please let me know.

Earlier versions of the Owner's Manual, preceding the AKM8090 family, are from 1974, from 1972, and from 1968.

The most visible changes are the introduction of the cast alloy road wheels instead of the pressed steel ones, and the face-lift of the dashboard controls where a lever was introduced for the windscreen wiper, a totally new starter switch mechanism, and clustered warning lights.

Typical new items in detail are: new starter switch handle (p012), main beam (lamp) dipper foot switch replaced by lever (p026), wind screen wiper switches replaced by lever (p029), a warning light cluster on the dashboard (p022 item 16), a new glove compartment lock handle (p035), cast alloy wheels (p071), and an under-bonnet lamp (p124). The latter replaced the antique "two-pin plug socket" which can be seen here in the previous edition,

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The different sections of this manual are:

The following list is an expanded version of the table of contents of the manual:

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