Thanks for the responses guys. I will cut the mat around them. The seats on the other hand look like they were bolted on through the old carpet so will do the same with the mat as I think it will be a tough job to cut around the seat rails and fixings :) Cheers BM

Hi all, this is a pretty novice question but would it be alright to remove the rear seat belt bars in the back of my defender and then bolt them back in after installing a rubber mat over the rear internal wheel arches. So the mat will sit between the bar and the arch. I have removed the seats...

That's great I will have a look hopefully sometime this week when its not raining. Thanks for that info, much appreciated! :)

Hi ferret boy, good points, would love to get someone to look but i know it wont be cheap :p , also i'd like to learn. Could you point me the direction of a source that might tell me where all the earthing points are? thanks bm

Hi All, I have defender 90 td5 2002. Since I've owned it, not long 6 months or so I have been experiencing electrical problems. I first noticed it when driving at night. When I put my lights on the temperature gauge rises :confused: !.. Now I've noticed other issues. When the lights are...

I will tap away and hopefully all is not as bad as it seems. hopefully....

Thanks for that :) Just the positive inspiration I needed :cool:. Was feeling pretty down about it as its the most I've ever spent on a car but have always wanted one. I will only be able to tackle it properly next weekend and will post pics of my findings.

I wish i could whip the engine out :) but i wouldn't even know where to begin! I'm going to try tackle it with engine in place first and see the extend of the rust :(

Hey Oli, the Bulk head looks fine. The chassis also doesn't look to bad, some surface rust but okay/. The rear cross member is the worst, clearly used for deploying boats nothing compared to this part of the engine block though! However there is waxoyl on everything so could be a lot worse then...

That's sounds very worrying 'first landy and its a lemon

Yeah thats what i would have expected , engine blocks are pretty solid things! But how would acid get to such an unexposed spot ?

I live in Jersey Channel Islands so were surrounded by the sea :) :( .. Hoping its just surface rust and not to bad. When i started chipping away earlier it just kept on coming though ..pretty scary

Thanks guys, have any of you seen this kind of corrosion on a defender engine block?The car is only a 2002 !

Will try that, had to Google toffee hammer :) The landy runs fine so its not all the way through just surprised to see this on only one side of the engine block and for it to be this bad!!! looks like the previous owner waxoylled over rust!

Took another pic :(