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• Axel and Oil question? June 19, 2013
  Ok so it was time to change Diff oil in the 90 300tdi.... Like a good boy i did use EP90 GL4.....when i drained the front diff The oil was black in colour as i would expect..... when i drained the back this was a cloudy oil colour almost milky and felt more slimy than oily? At a guess i would say due to water getting in?...or is this normal if not what and w […]
• Door skin fitting.. June 19, 2013
  Hi Guys,   Anyone have any experience with just fitting a new door skin?   There are some on EBay which are galvanised steel at a fair price. They suggest that it is just a simple case of unfolding your old skin, laying the frame onto their nice new skin, a dab of sealer then fold over the edge job done..   My frames are good rust free late ones so rust isn […]
• planning my first overland vehicle.knowledge required June 19, 2013
  Hi I am in the process of planning an overland build I would be happy with bolt on back end to a defender 130 but swmbo wants high sleeper over cab access to cabin from drivers position, toilet and shower, kitchen and seating area I am fairly proficient with mig, tig and plasma so thinking of making my own back end to graft onto cab. Still in planning stage […]
• R380 left outside under cover June 19, 2013
  I got a spare R380 over a year ago to replace the noisy one in my 110.   One thing an another got in the way of doing the swap and it's been sat outside under a couple of tarpaulins for over 12 months.  Is it likely to have been damaged in any way by being left idle for so long? […]
• Stick weld new long range tank for Defender 110 June 18, 2013
  New to this forum. Have any one attempted to build his own long range fuel tank for a Defender 110 1996 model under the driver seat? I want to make one from mild steel (2 or 4 mm thick) and weld it via an inverter machine (DC machine also called a stick welder) or build it from fiberglass. Not prepared to pay the ridiculous shop prices. Did considered plasti […]
• Checkerplating, rivets June 18, 2013
  Hi guys! Can anyone help on which black rivets are good quality and most suitable for bonnet protection and for 8 piece 125 mm door bottom protection for the 110? I read a couple of discussions and it appears there are different qualities...  So any tips which to buy and what quantitiy may I need for these? Thanks in advance! […]
• Engine and gearbox question June 18, 2013
  Firstly, sorry for all the questions, my mind is running on overdrive at the moment!    Anyway, I am going to remove the transit engine from my 110 and replace it with a 200Tdi from a Discovery. The gearbox in the 110 is an LT77 with a short bellhousing so this should be an easy enough transplant. However, the original engine mounts have been removed in favo […]
• Fitting inertia seatbelts to the 2nd row seats in a 110 June 18, 2013
  Hi all   I am trying to fit some inertia seatbelts into the 2nd row of my 110 and I can't really find a good place to fit the inertia bit. It currently has a fixed belt which it bolted to the floor just by the feet and the other end up near the roof.   Is there a part you can buy for a fixing point, or do you just get a bit of angled steel and bolt it t […]
• defender td5 electrical problem June 18, 2013
  hi all,  iv fit all the bulkhead wiring to my td5 defender im building, everything is fit correctly to my knowledge. but when it comes to turning the key on the ignition all i get is a battery light on the dash and nothing else doesnt even try cranking.  .  iv tried changing relays etc and no change   any ideas what could be going ?  im at my witts end and l […]
• Slack in Transfer Box? June 18, 2013
  Hey Guys,   A while back I thought I had trouble with my Diff due to slack in the transmission and a big ol' clunk when taking up drive and if you don't slip the clutch a little. I dropped the oil, no bits. Last night I dropped the diff and couldn't see anything obvious, it seems as tight now as when I fitted it nearly 12 months ago.   With it […]