It's an interesting website but some of it is very much out of date.
Really you need to check the relevant online byway map provided by the council, NOT Facebook!
My wife's car has a dipstick on the gearbox and the engine.
Common sense, to me anyway, suggests that not having a dipstick is a stupid idea for lazy people who literally have no interest in what they are driving.
My son had standard springs and +2 shocks, it can mean the springs can pop out on articulation. On road driving wasn't a problem.
As mentioned you probably need to change all the bushes and shocks anyway, not expensive if you do it yourself.
Hi Flossie, I’m being so dumb as I didn’t realise that yes there is a spring on that ignition switch and finally I have leaned it now how to use it. It does allow me to twist the key to spring and glow plug light come on. Thanks for your help...
One of the first things I did when I bought my TD5 90 was fit a centre silencer delete pipe, Ebay bargain, £1 if I remember correctly.
Really made next to no difference to sound levels.
Today I spent half a day making up a silencer delete rear...
I remember when you could crawl around in cars stacked 3 or 4 high. You always had to remove the parts yourself and the cars would hang around for months on end
A non working servo does indeed make it very difficult to brake.
A 2a ,for example, takes a fair bit of leg effort having no servo but a vehicle with a non functioning servo makes the brakes almost non exsistent.
No idea but various compounds are available.
Brake pad compound can make a massive difference, less noticeable on a Defender maybe but make a vast improvement on more powerful cars.
Pads were getting to the point of replacement anyway, working on...
With a Defender, you have two choices, drop the tank, or cut an access hole. Personally, I'd drop the tank, fit an oem pump, replace the fuel pipes with oem. You cant go wrong.
I have recently done the brakes on my TD5. Got rid of the Apec pads on the rear and Bearmach pads on the front and replaced with LOF pads.
Changing the brake fluid and bleeding the brakes always makes a difference, should be done every 2 years...
Actually got round to going at the weekend.
It was a good day out, mixture of lanes, good scenery, even the weather was OK.
Saw one Freelander 1, group of motor bikes, no other laners.
Came across, possibly, the most miserable person in the world...
I would call it a tread plate but I dare say Land Rover will call it something else.
Maybe the garage can post you a couple of clips if not local.
The trim should have a part number on it, Google it, it may help with locating the correct fixings...