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Hi all... Last year I bought a set of sidelights/indicators/reversing/brake lights. Admittedly, they were disturbingly cheap... My issue is with the back plates that fit onto the bodywork. So, at the time of fitting them I noticed how brittle the plastic was and in fact some of them cracked...

Been looking at some front seat retrim kits. Does anyone know if there's anything better or "special" about the ones from Exmoor trim as opposed to the usual Britpart ones, since they are that bit more expensive? I know exmoor have various options for upgraded covering materials, but I'm just...

Hi all, I discovered a while back that my battery doesn't charge. The alternator is putting out good voltage, but the wire going back to the battery has a reading of 0 volts when isolated, suggesting a break in the cable. I've traced what i can see of the wire and can't see anything untoward...

Hi all. I'm trying to wire up a new ignition. For some reason the 12v permanent supply (brown wire) is only giving a reading of 5volts... obviously when i turn the ignition on, nothing happens. I'm guessing the brown wire must have been burnt out somewhere to give such a low voltage reading...

Hey all. i just bought a "wipac" headlamp kit from one of the major uk suppliers... i've found that the lens of the headlamp is misaligned... once fitted (and they only go on one way) the arrow on the lens that is supposed to point up is out of alignment... not uniformly either.. one headlamp is...

Hi all, thought i'd do a quick run-down of my method for rust-proofing a standard steel replacement fuel tank on a defender 90, it's based on other posts i've seen here but i thought i'd add my tuppence worth... First i checked the new tank and found that it was well painted, no scratches and...

Anynone have any idea what a D suffix might mean on a part number? G is obviously "genuine" but i've never heard of D?! this is the part in question: Replacement Fuel Tank for Defender 90 Ref: ESR2242D...

Hi all... just discovered my fuel tank is knackered. its not an original, its a cheapo one fitted about 12 years ago (not by me). am now looking at options for replacing it. have seen posts where folks advise repainting/sealing the new tank before fitting- which is frankly ridiculous... surely a...

Heyup folks... just changing coolant and thermostat on 200tdi... got an allparts 88degree thermostat as a replacement, have just whipped out the old stat and i notice it is a "waxstat" which differs from the allparts one in the respect of having a rubber seal on the closing part, and also has a...

Hi all... i've just received a replacement stub axle for my defender 90... i got it from paddocks and the buggers told me over the phone that it came WITH the needle roller bearing, oil seal and thrust bearing (it's the later type). Well, no such luck, it's a bear unit so i'm going to need to...

Hey all... The usual story with corroded brake pipes impossible to undo without destroying the copper pipe.... normally get around it by making up new sections of pipe with flaring kit... however... this time i've hit a snag! the male thread on the flexible pipe on one of the fronts is...

Hi y'all... i seem to have achieved the impossible today by actually removing my steering drop arm intact! i used a combination of a legged puller, heat and two mallets one slight catch... i have the steering box out at the moment, i dont know if what i did would work with the box in...

Hiyall... have a 4 bolt power steering box leaking from the top plate.... have had plate off and the seal inside seems fine... the 4 bolts were not loose, can't imagine why its leaking... i take it liquid gasket is not the way to go? anyway... having read some other posts the word is that the...

Hi all... just changed the head on 200tdi defender, was about to fire up after bleeding the system and the lift pump wont bring the fuel to the filter head, either manually via lever or when turning over on starter, i took the rigid pipe out of the fuel tank and it seems to have suction...

Hi all, my engine's blowing out air at the rear of the engine from the cylinder head gasket - any suggestions? so far havent lost any water or oil and it runs ok if a little underpowered due to lack of compression. just about to check the cylinder head bolts for tightness. i havent overheated...

Hi, can anyone give me the lowdown on gas shocks?! I've noticed a massive variation in price, what i'm not sure of (having never been near a gas shocker) is whether they can be re-gassed? seems to make sense that they should be re-gassable, but then that would mean never having to change...

Hi all, just fitted new clutch, release bearing and HD fork to my 90, 200tdi, lt77 have bled hydraulic system fully and biting point is right at bottom of pedal travel, or to put it another way there's lots of free travel in clutch pedal befor resistence is felt. From what i can glean looking...

Howdy... Have engine out of my defender at the moment, doing a clutch change and am tinkering about trying to find anything else i can attend to while its out... just as an aside.... Dont know if anyone else has had this issue but both wading plugs (the one in the flywheel housing and the one...

Hello all... am splitting engine and box on defender 90 - or at least trying to - in order to find out what went wrong with my clutch... have removed all the nuts but the engine will not budge from the gearbox, have been hoisting and wiggling it most of the day. I'm a bit wary of doing...

Hi all... I'm currently in UJ hell... i dont know how many times i've had my props off in the last few months... i suppose it's not a bad idea to replace them all at the same time! Anyway... I'm looking into getting a full set of UJ's for my 90... have 75mm on front prop and 81mm on rear, the...