Recent content by Ziva

Hi All Landy Fan, as I am moving forward with the preparation of my 1989 defender for a 4500KM road trip, I have more and more electrical issues and I think I traced them to the fuse box, still containing glass fuses. when I push it works and then sometimes not :-( as I would like to avoid to...

you asked the rights questions, I will try to explain: I bought an auxbeam switch panel which will sit behind the rear bulkhead (Defender 90) facing backward. the control of the unit will be placed on the dash. this is where all the fuses are (in the auxbeam black box). so I am trying to find a...

Dear All, I am preparing my defender 90 for a trip to Norway and I have a lot of wires that I need to plug into a fuse panel which I will place at the rear of the 90 (Diesel Heater, light bar, rear lights....) Just a question, what's the best cable routing from the battery box to the rear? if...

Dear All, Yes the head is refitted and no more overheating. The guys have been towing 3.5t for a full day without problem. But as it is a Landy the trip finished on the tow truck. I discovered that the alternator cable had burned. Now replaced and it looks fine. Now I am doing some other...

Just a bit more info. The head has been reviewed by the shop down the road and pressure tested. All good and they scrape only a bit. So next Monday I will update you if my parcel clear the custom.

Just to keep you all informed, the head is in the shop. I should get it back this week. Work will start on it by the 18th of December (not much time before) And as I present to myself, we have booked the car into the viking rally in march

as least on yours you see the problem. not so easy on mine. I am taking the head to a workshop to plan it. so I will be hopefully good with it.

Dear All, Finally the head is out :-) no major struggles and all the bolts were easy to remove, that's a good point. I only found one point of "possible exchange" between the coolant and the oil, but I do not know if this will be enough to loose that much coolant. Please let me know if you see...

good evening, another test today and I think I loosing coolant but I cannot find from where, I had to add about a liter of coolant today after driving 30´ and letting the car sit for 24h. I know the expansion tank need to be changed but what about the piping down there. See photos.

Hi All, New discovery for me today (not the car😴), I wanted to do a quick test, I took my wireless barbecue temperature sensor and stick it on the expansion tank. Cool gadget as I can read the temperature wirelessly on my phone. See photos. Guess what the engine does not seems to warm up even...

Thanks, I do not think I will need a dile gage as I will be taking the head to a specialist shop who would do the trimming for me and preferably a compression test. Do you have an idea of the time needed for an amateur?

Thanks for the heads up, I am a bit stressed to do this, but I think I will need to do it and then also change the cam belt at the same time. Any good tutorial or website on how to do it? Thanks,

yes when I stopped and removed, with caution, the cap of the expansion tank, there was quite a lot of pressure.

ok, thanks a lot, so I should not see the coolant leak I presume it will evaporate?

Thanks, and how can I be sure it is that? (just trying to understand) I presume the coolant level will decrease?