1993 Defender 90

Al2O3 said:

Yeah, grass and twigs can be a pain. What's your favourite subject, birds, mammals or a particular species?

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Birds but trying my hand at butterflies and dragonflies.

Foxyred said:

So am I not getting something ? Post says 1993 defender but its a 1994 what's it say on v5 or don't they match up to the car on IOM ?

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What's a v5 ?

So this weekends work hasn't gone well.

- I couldn't get that gearbox flange nut off so gave up on that.
- The new propshaft is too long (65cm when my old one seems to be around the 62cm mark).
- couldn't get the injectors out to change the washers and seeing how much an injector is I decided to not force them !
- didn't get time to strip door so I could replace the latch and barrel.

On the plus side
- I have changed the rear windscreen wiper. Although the wiper doesn't move as it gets jammed behind the spare wheel.

Sooo not the best. My luck has to change soon (hopefully)

Peat76 said:

Birds but trying my hand at butterflies and dragonflies.

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Dragonflies will be tricky I've been photographing adders, which are very easy

Peat76 said:

What's a v5 ?

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The V5 is the ownership document from the DVLA You should have a copy of it and it should have your name and address on it as owner.

Peat76 said:

So this weekends work hasn't gone well.

- I couldn't get that gearbox flange nut off so gave up on that.
- The new propshaft is too long (65cm when my old one seems to be around the 62cm mark).
- couldn't get the injectors out to change the washers and seeing how much an injector is I decided to not force them !
- didn't get time to strip door so I could replace the latch and barrel.

On the plus side
- I have changed the rear windscreen wiper. Although the wiper doesn't move as it gets jammed behind the spare wheel.

Sooo not the best. My luck has to change soon (hopefully)

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Aye, things often don't go well. The injectors have a pair of flats on them so you can get a spanner on them. Gently ease them one way and then the other to loosen them off. Once the clamp is off, of course.

Al2O3 said:

Dragonflies will be tricky I've been photographing adders, which are very easy


The V5 is the ownership document from the DVLA You should have a copy of it and it should have your name and address on it as owner.



Aye, things often don't go well. The injectors have a pair of flats on them so you can get a spanner on them. Gently ease them one way and then the other to loosen them off. Once the clamp is off, of course.

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Only ever seen one adder, we don't have snakes over here annoyingly.

Ah , we don't have the DVLA over here or V5s. We have logbooks.

Yeah tried a spanner wiggle on the injector but got no joy. As it's going into the garage next week I'll mention it but I'm sure he will know what's going on.

Peat76 said:

Birds but trying my hand at butterflies and dragonflies.

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I dabble in a bit of wildlife photography and insect macro

Butterflies have faster reaction times than the pre-flash which astounds me.

I have found manual f10-13, shutter at 1/200 - 1/250th sec with fast sync ringflash best for ‘our wild’ insect shots easiest,

For static stuff or staged indoors then tripod and diffused light and slow shutter works for me.

Good luck with it, macro really opens your eyes

Anyone got any ideas what propshaft I need ?
Mine came out at like 620mm ( might be a bit short as one uj is well loose)
My new one from paddocks was 650mm so too long to fit even thoughmy vin was inside their compatibility range.
P/n frc8390

I'm stuck now as I can't find lengths on propshaft on spares places and it seems paddocks support team ain't in today or something

The reason that your prop does not fit is that your Land Rover should be a 200tdi with a LT77 gear-box.
When a 300tdi and R380 gear-box is fitted to the Defender as in your vehicle, the transfer box is 2" further forwards, which may be why your front prop is too long.
When you look at the image you posted of your stamped VIN the security marking / star at the end of the number looks like it has been made up of a series of straight lines rather than a proper star, which is not good.
What are the first 3 digits of your engine number? (Situated below the front injector.)
It would be wise to check how legitimate your Land Rover is before you spend too much money.

2 inches? its only about 2cm difference.

Its going in to a land rover specialist next week so I am sure he will tell me if I have just wasted over 3k but to get it to him I need to fit a propshaft or i will have to pay 100 quid to have it put on a flatbed to be taken there, so I might as well spend 70 quid on a propshaft.

Since there was one in there, surely it means there is a physical propshaft in existence that fits?

Put it in diff lock and you can drive it without a front prop.

Rougharse Racing said:

Put it in diff lock and you can drive it without a front prop.

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Was going to say the same thing, you can drive with a prop removed if you can engage diff lock. It will be fine for short distances.

I'll find that engine number this evening
I've watched videos on how to put it in diff lock but when I ram it left or right nothing happens.
I've never had a 4x4 before so don't know whether I'm not doing it right (is clutch involved?) or if its yet another thing that's bust.

Peat76 said:

2 inches? its only about 2cm difference.

Its going in to a land rover specialist next week so I am sure he will tell me if I have just wasted over 3k but to get it to him I need to fit a propshaft or i will have to pay 100 quid to have it put on a flatbed to be taken there, so I might as well spend 70 quid on a propshaft.

Since there was one in there, surely it means there is a physical propshaft in existence that fits?

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Its not a waste of 3k if it is what it should be and you treat it as a project and you learn as you're going - that's the fun bit. I've built a couple of kit cars and learnt loads doing it and I'd always wanted a 90 so bought one as an on-going project

Thought I would try and get a little win this evening so changed door barrel so key now works but continued on to try change door latch as driver side one doesn't hold door shut.


How the chuff does this come out. Manual says slide it out. But however I try that bar on the left just jams against the door skin and it won't budge Is there a knack to it ?

Diff lock is just a collar that slides and locks the front and rear output shafts. Although it is simple, the last part of the lever's movement compresses a spring that pushes against the locking collar.
This means that when you push the lever over to diff lock you only compress the spring which pushes against the locking collar, it will only actually locks when the splines on the front and rear output shafts line up.
Sometimes this locking collar can also stick through lack of use, which can be a bit of a pain.
If you can't get the centre diff to lock then it won't go anywhere with one prop removed, but the good news is that it is cheap to fix, if not a bit laborious.
Make sure you resolve the diff lock issue before you re-fit the front prop as if it is stuck you may need to remove the front housing of the transfer box to free up the locking collar.

Peat76 said:

Only ever seen one adder, we don't have snakes over here annoyingly.

Ah , we don't have the DVLA over here or V5s. We have logbooks.

Yeah tried a spanner wiggle on the injector but got no joy. As it's going into the garage next week I'll mention it but I'm sure he will know what's going on.

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Quite a few adders, lizards and slow worms up here if you know where to look.

To your expert eyes this will look sh@t. You could get some canny shots up here with a decent camera.

The V5 used to be called The Log Book here.

The garage will just wiggle it a bit more with a spanner I reckon!

Rougharse Racing said:

Diff lock is just a collar that slides and locks the front and rear output shafts. Although it is simple, the last part of the lever's movement compresses a spring that pushes against the locking collar.
This means that when you push the lever over to diff lock you only compress the spring which pushes against the locking collar, it will only actually locks when the splines on the front and rear output shafts line up.
Sometimes this locking collar can also stick through lack of use, which can be a bit of a pain.
If you can't get the centre diff to lock then it won't go anywhere with one prop removed, but the good news is that it is cheap to fix, if not a bit laborious.
Make sure you resolve the diff lock issue before you re-fit the front prop as if it is stuck you may need to remove the front housing of the transfer box to free up the locking collar.

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Thanks. What does the little gearstick thing mean with high and low and N ?

Al2O3 said:

Quite a few adders, lizards and slow worms up here if you know where to look.
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To your expert eyes this will look sh@t. You could get some canny shots up here with a decent camera.

The V5 used to be called The Log Book here.

The garage will just wiggle it a bit more with a spanner I reckon!

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Not sh@t at all. Nice focus bang on the eye. Not too much grass in front which is a major pain with anything on the ground and nice a sharp.
I'm up Scotland next month (again). On the look out for the Scottish dragonfly specialities. (since I've failed twice before)

Peat76 said:

Thanks. What does the little gearstick thing mean with high and low and N ?

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That changes you from high range gears, the ones you normally drive in, to low range, the range you would use for off road or towing heavy loads.

Peat76 said:

Not sh@t at all. Nice focus bang on the eye. Not too much grass in front which is a major pain with anything on the ground and nice a sharp.
I'm up Scotland next month (again). On the look out for the Scottish dragonfly specialities. (since I've failed twice before)

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I'm afraid that was not taken with any fancy gear. Just a 6 year old Panasonic Lumix FZ38. But, snakes are easy. I've just replaced that camera with an FZ82. It does me for what I need, great 60 times optical zoom.
Plenty adders in Scotland, although at this time of year it's not so easy to find them as they are often on the move. Earlier in the year they spend more time lying still, to bask in the weaker sun. They obviously like South facing aspects. They like to inhabit boundaries, such as where heather grows up against a tree line. They like the protection that low lying branches offer them. It could be moorland scrub up against gorse bushes, or something like that. They like it pretty quiet, low noise/vibration sort of thing.

Al2O3 said:

That changes you from high range gears, the ones you normally drive in, to low range, the range you would use for off road or towing heavy loads.


I'm afraid that was not taken with any fancy gear. Just a 6 year old Panasonic Lumix FZ38. But, snakes are easy. I've just replaced that camera with an FZ82. It does me for what I need, great 60 times optical zoom.

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Ah right so for normal driving the little stick should always be in the high position (or just not in low)?

Bridge Cameras can get some decent stuff. I had a Nikon p900 as a walk around camera when I couldn't be bothered bringing my proper stuff and if there was decent light and the subject was pretty still , it could get some quality Images.