I Wanted One, I Bought One, I Don't Know Why, is This Normal?

The Bearmach will do for a spare. I paid an extra few pounds and got myself a Dayco brand one. Nearly three years old now and you can still see the writing printed on it.

Yours in the photo looks well perished. It's amazing it has lasted that long.

Brown said:

Yours in the photo looks well perished. It's amazing it has lasted that long.

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Don't scare me

NinkyNonk said:

Thanks. For a while after I got it I kept looking at hard tops thinking I should have saved a chunk of money and bought one of them instead, it's pretty much only me and one other at the most in it. The side windows are good for checking blind spots though. It has grown on me now, although when I can't see the wheels as I approach it, I keep envisaging it with black modular rims and some AT tyres.

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Mate I've got a set of steels modulars going if you're interested still. They're white though, a little bit of rust here and there but solid neverthless. Let me know Mate and nice Landy by the way, great colour.

Coffeelandy said:

Mate I've got a set of steels modulars going if you're interested still. They're white though, a little bit of rust here and there but solid neverthless. Let me know Mate and nice Landy by the way, great colour.

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Thanks and thanks, the colour has grown on me(I was a little unsure when I first got it), but I'll pass cheers. I'd love to start buying bits and pieces for it but sticking to just keeping it in GWO, the only time I may change the wheels is when the current tyres wear out, and there's a minimum of 6/7mm left on them all. Then just buy a set of rims and tyres as it works out almost the same as getting 4 tyres from a local fitter.

Yeah fair one. The best and cheapest mod I did was to put a boost pin in my 300tdi. What a difference and all for a piffling 50 quid!!!

Brown said:

The Bearmach will do for a spare. I paid an extra few pounds and got myself a Dayco brand one. Nearly three years old now and you can still see the writing printed on it.

Yours in the photo looks well perished. It's amazing it has lasted that long.

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Agreed, I had a bearmach one on, it lasted about 8 months then looked like yours in the prev pic. Have replaced it with a dayco one now.

Well seems I had a lucky escape, when I got the belt off I noticed it had britpart wrote on it. Must have been on in excess of a year. It's all quietened down now. For how long I don't know but will get a Dayco as a back up.

Surprised it started on the turn after 5 days.

Just to give another look in the rust issue, for various reasons I always stay away from underseal/waxoyl etc as did my old chap and so I also tell that to my customers.
I know it's the product everyone flocks to but I don't rate it.
What I use is a thin slide way oil sprayed with a parrafin gun as a fog into the chassis rails, the oil is thin enough to mist and covers every inch on the box sections especially around the weld seams and has a tackyfiyer so it stics to the metal rather than running and pooling in the bottom.
I also spray the exterior which for the first few weeks will look **** because the dust will stick to it but will run off and their will just be a film that you can't see.
And I steam clean the exterior every 3 months to remove the oil and the crap thats in it and your left with a immaculate chassis cos all the mud and rubbish of the road sticks to the oil and not the metal and then I apply another coat.
I redo the inside every six months.

It's up to you but my old chaps had his 110 county from new (1996) and I promise you that it's never been welded and my 109 ffr also has never been welded.
Remember once underseal is on its a pain in the back side to remove.

NinkyNonk said:

Well seems I had a lucky escape, when I got the belt off I noticed it had britpart wrote on it. Must have been on in excess of a year. It's all quietened down now. For how long I don't know but will get a Dayco as a back up.

Surprised it started on the turn after 5 days.

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i started a 200tdi one which had been left for 4 years in a hedge with bonnet up and a collapsed chassis , new battery and it fired up after 2 turns

both TDI engines are amazing like that , 200s are better starters than 300s though i find

Nice looking, few little jobs to keep you busy but that's part of the fun!

my 200tdi almost starts before I have fully turned the key if you see what I mean.

Mine had been stood for a year in a yard and fired up off a jump pack 2 me attempt. Proper agricultural engines!!

shaggydefender said:

i started a 200tdi one which had been left for 4 years in a hedge with bonnet up and a collapsed chassis , new battery and it fired up after 2 turns

both TDI engines are amazing like that , 200s are better starters than 300s though i find

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flat said:

Nice looking, few little jobs to keep you busy but that's part of the fun!

my 200tdi almost starts before I have fully turned the key if you see what I mean.

Mine had been stood for a year in a yard and fired up off a jump pack 2 me attempt. Proper agricultural engines!!

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When I got it the battery was healthy but a bit low, which seemed to hinder starting occasionally after a week or so sat. Gave the battery a good trickle charge a month ago and it starts a lot better now. When it's been driven in the last hour it will fire up almost instantaneously when the key is turned.

Starts pretty well normally, although it struggled a bit the other morning when it was -3. Bought some Beru glow plugs as I have no evidence of them being renewed in the last 5 years, will check they work prior to fitting.

NinkyNonk said:

When I got it the battery was healthy but a bit low, which seemed to hinder starting occasionally after a week or so sat. Gave the battery a good trickle charge a month ago and it starts a lot better now. When it's been driven in the last hour it will fire up almost instantaneously when the key is turned.

Starts pretty well normally, although it struggled a bit the other morning when it was -3. Bought some Beru glow plugs as I have no evidence of them being renewed in the last 5 years, will check they work prior to fitting.

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300s seems to take a lot of juice to start for some reason , bit of a low battery and they can be a bitch to get going, 200 on the other hand if the battery will turn it at all then it will go no matter how slow

glow plugs not generally needed but nice to see good practice and maintince being done for a change

Interesting reading......as I have also just purchased a 200tdi on a whim. Always wanted one and finally one come up for sale round the corner from me so I bought it without properly looking over it . Bright orange ...well faded orange in places with yellow showing through in parts. Needs a paint job but I'll sort out any important mechanical jobs first (kind of hard when you're not mechanically minded - best order a Haynes manual and learn fast!!)

I'll post pictures up soon and I'm in Dorset too

chawks said:

Interesting reading......as I have also just purchased a 200tdi on a whim. Always wanted one and finally one come up for sale round the corner from me so I bought it without properly looking over it . Bright orange ...well faded orange in places with yellow showing through in parts. Needs a paint job but I'll sort out any important mechanical jobs first (kind of hard when you're not mechanically minded - best order a Haynes manual and learn fast!!)

I'll post pictures up soon and I'm in Dorset too

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Congrats on the new motor, owning a Defender is definitely an experience compared to a modern vehicle! Mine had me, my dad, and a mechanic look over it before I finally bought it, but it's amazing what you notice when you own it. Hopefully it will be kind to you and won't end up biting you in the 8$$. Mine so far has just been a steady plod of making things right as I go along, "little and often" as they say. However to be 100% happy I'd have to completely strip it to pieces and rebuild it on a Richards chassis after refurbishing and fixing any snags I find along the way but I'd just end up spending a hideous amount on it, which wasn't my original plan.

If I see a orange/yellow Defender on my travels I'll give you a flash!!

shaggydefender said:

i started a 200tdi one which had been left for 4 years in a hedge with bonnet up and a collapsed chassis , new battery and it fired up after 2 turns

both TDI engines are amazing like that , 200s are better starters than 300s though i find

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We started a 2 1/4 petrol that had been in a shed for 22 years. New fuel, big battery, couple of cranks by hand first. Started after a couple of turns.
Fanbelt broke after about two minutes, though.

Turboman said:

We started a 2 1/4 petrol that had been in a shed for 22 years. New fuel, big battery, couple of cranks by hand first. Started after a couple of turns.
Fanbelt broke after about two minutes, though.

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similair with the 2 1/4 petrol in my series 1 , 10 years or so out in a hedge with rain hammering down and trees going through it , after we cut the branches out and clean up of points and stuff she fired up , so far only managed to make it run for 30 seconds but havent put much effort into it yet as iv needed to do other work on it

Progress has pretty much stopped recently. Building some garages with my dad has taken up a fair bit of time over the Xmas break, but will be worth it in the summer when I have somewhere secure to take the thing apart and do some work on it.

Got a few bits I'm planning on doing next year with the 'Fender under cover in the new garages. The sunroof seems to leak a tiny amount, could just be condensation but plan on taking off the roof to have a proper butchers at it. The side windows rattle, so will sort them when I take the sides off. The cappings on the tub have rusted so will decide if I will treat or replace with galvanised items. The tub floor will be replaced too with a 3mm thick replacement and whatever else is needed, may end up taking the tub off of it I find anything hideous when I take the floor out. The back door will be getting looked at, replaced or repaired depending on how bad it all looks. A few other bits of niff naff and trivia too but nothing major.

It has not let me down yet, have done just over 2200 miles and all fluids remain where they are to, engine oil has dropped maybe 2mm on the dipstick. Great driving it with the amount of rain we've had recently, knowing that if a road is flooded I can just carry on plodding through it.

Evening all!!

I know this is an overly covered topic but I would really appreciate someone confirming this oil won't do any harm to my diff's and transfer box. Basically I'm thinking of ordering 6 litres of Millers Oils EP 80w90 which is GL4 spec, I'm guessing 6 litres is enough for the 90 as long as I don't waste too much. Just concerned as my hand book says EP 90 in all 3 boxes, the one I downloaded onto my laptop says EP 75w90. As I'm sure you have gathered, this is neither, but in the middle of both.

I'd order EP 90 but I'm trying to make up an order on OpieOils for free delivery and this comes to £50.03 with the pay day discount available this weekend!!

Thanks in advance!

NinkyNonk said:

Evening all!!

I know this is an overly covered topic but I would really appreciate someone confirming this oil won't do any harm to my diff's and transfer box. Basically I'm thinking of ordering 6 litres of Millers Oils EP 80w90 which is GL4 spec, I'm guessing 6 litres is enough for the 90 as long as I don't waste too much. Just concerned as my hand book says EP 90 in all 3 boxes, the one I downloaded onto my laptop says EP 75w90. As I'm sure you have gathered, this is neither, but in the middle of both.

I'd order EP 90 but I'm trying to make up an order on OpieOils for free delivery and this comes to £50.03 with the pay day discount available this weekend!!

Thanks in advance!

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It will be fine. Millers aint usually bargain basement, though, aint they got any comma or similar?

Turboman said:

It will be fine. Millers aint usually bargain basement, though, aint they got any comma or similar?

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Thanks.

It works out just under £29 after 15% payday discount. Take into account the delivery on the other oil which is £5.50 and it'll be £23.50 (the way I look at it lol) for 6 litres. Sadly they don't seem to stock anything much cheaper.