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Other than replacement is there anything that is likely to repair an hole in an oil cooler pipe temporarily enough to be able to get me home (about 20miles). Or am I leaving it at the mother in laws and seeing if I can get the series to raise...

That was not the case with this Unfortunatly. Took 7l to get it back to full on the dipstick. So it had just pumped all its oil out. .

Give that man a cookie. It was the oil cooler pipe. Despite being new for the rebuild last year one of them had been rubbing on the steering column and had worn through! A new set ordered (at great expense) and I will do more this time to make...

I am in the process of rebuilding a station wagon body to fit to my hardtop that is on a glav chassis. That option would get you a cheaper vehicle to base things off but there are very few 110 around for sale that are on a galv chassis. You would...

When I needed a clutch pipe I treated it like brake pipes and bought the fittings (from Memory I think I had to reuse one end as it was more obscure) an and come cunifer pipe and made my own.

Having thought about it overnight the oil cooler pipes are now the o-ring style that I have not had before. So although the pipes are new (doesn’t mean they cannot fail) I guess it could just as easily be one of the o-rings that has let go in the...

I will check. But wrong side of the engine surely? @lynall best me to it.

Nope. Only the standard warning light switch.

I will check the filter. That was my first thought. Oil cooler hoses are not even 12 months old but will check them as well. Pressure switch I had not thought of. Will check that as well. I assume the best plan is to fill it up and run it to...

On the v5 tax exemption issue that is calculated on a point basis. If you alter the chassis you loose the most points and basically have to keep everything else standard. Someone with more knowledge will be along shortly but I think if you change...

Did oil and filters on the 200tdi on Wednesday. Done about 800miles since. This evening when coming through the village to the mother in laws the oil pressure warning light came on (on properly not a flicker). Went off again momentarily but came...

Although the above is also not the correct stub axle it is for a Salisbury rear axle and does not seem to show a oil seal or bush in the back of the stub axle? As I am fitting to the rear, as the early 110's used FTC3132 as their rear stub axle...

Definitly need more information regarding what tyres for a towbar height and what trailer you are trying to tow that needs such a low hitch. And maybe a picture of your current setup. After that will be better placed to give advice. My towbar is...

In poor condition, Defender seats are rubbish. The foam falls to bits over the decades, making them lumpy and uncomfortable. The solution is to simply refurbish them, rather than mess around trying to fit other seats in there. New internal foams...

Why? What is wrong with the standard seats.... I'm yet to see an improvement over a standard style seat.

Think man! Without one how else do you run all the cables up to the roof lights you don’t need! I got my original mushroom top one galvanised and am planning on doing the same with the one for the station wagon. I just need a new tube as the one...

The flying lead off the back is the positive, and would have been connected to the solenoid which is essentially a giant switch between that cable and the cable to the battery. The motor earths through the casing onto the block. You could put an...

The top bottom bracket can be fitted using the existing mounts. It is only the reel Itself that you need to find a way of mounting. On my hardtop I mounted this to some 10mm angle iron that was bolted to the original position on the rear bulkhead...

That one. The ring terminal going into the starter itself will spin the engine over if you put a jump Lead onto from the battery. I would favour bump starting if it was not a 19j. My 200tdi takes so little to start that I can get it loving...

Storage at all is not cheap. that is how I have justified leasing the field I now have, the cost to store the two things in it elsewhere means that after three months the field has paid for itself and the other 9 months I have a free storage and...

@Hicap phill will probably be able to help. However bear in mind that any hicap that has has been used is likely to have a fairly battered rear tub (no judgment of @HiCapphills land rover intended!)

I agree with the above and to be honest even if you buy a new one rather than rebuilding your current ones (which I am currently doing) I would still fit stainless piston before fitting. If they are new you dont need to do anything else just...

Confession time 😬 .. I ordered calipers for a 90 by mistake 🙄 .

Or you will find out what it is worth and not sell it. I like watching the vehicles trying to be sold that get put up as a classified a couple of times and dont sell, then an auction that doesn't sell and reaches half the classified price a...

yep, that is the same with the major, original book spec is S.A.E. 30 H.D in engine, gearbox, and rear end (also the hydraulics on a major). Although there is a school of thought to use modern multi grade oils as you can still get HD30 I run that.

I don’t like keeping count. It makes keeping the vehicle even less justifiable than it already is! I have all the paperwork and could add incoming wanted to. But I feel the actual Figure would make me sick!

Cannot agree more with the above! I bought the boomslang kit and was very unimpressed. I then Set about modifying it to run direct from the battery and for the relays to be in a sensible position and then gave up and stripped it for parts. With...

Fairly sure the 1600 in the mga takes 20/50 as well. Interestingly the tractor which should fit that description is straight 30wt.

I will watch this with interest as I also have a 5mb all be it diesel and I run 20/50 in mine.

That was my first through as well. If that is the case you can build up the switch contacts with solder so they make contact again as a temporary fix while you wait for the new part to arrive.