Nice looking motor. Welcome

Hi all, in an attempt to avoid upsetting any regulars - I wanted to post in here to introduce myself. Im the proud new owner of a stunning 2000 Defender 90 TD5 in Alveston Red. Really looking forward to understanding the mechanics and making...

Bought a 2010 GS and had 4 new tyres fitted.....

An MOT tester once put the flattened hose as an advisory on mine some years ago.

I've given valid advice on 2 threads, yet there's been no acknowledgement that you've even read those responses. Simply asking the same question in different ways many times isn't going to help, it's going to make getting sensible answers...

Here are 225/65/17 geo’s on my old FL. Concur that the geo gives a great all round ride, as well as grippy enough if you want fun off the tarmac. We had just stopped for a cuppa after a day greenlaning in this pic. For a curve ball - I have the...

@FirebladeGuy I have this set up on mine and concur with all of Andy's comments above

Here you go - engine bay shots, the bits that you can't easily see with the engine in place. Photos taken standing inside the engine bay with some key components listed to allow you to work out where you are looking ! TD4 Manual Facelift vehicle...

Great post this is. Some very useful pics there Andy

Yep, yes, me Sir! It's a beaut.

Replacement engine with working IRD now in car. Just have to connect it all up and rebuild the front subframe and wishbones, driveshafts etc. If I did it again I would remove the bolts holding the manual gear lever link arms on the bulkhead...

Can't have looked at many Landies if you've never seen an advisory for an oil leak! I got this advisory on mine a couple of years back... They're still there!

it did fix the problem,thankfully , hit the wallet a bit hard but at least we are back on the road.

The aircon has failed on my 2005 TD4 and the culprit appears to be at least one of the o-rings where the hoses join onto the valve at the bulkhead (there is quite a residue around the union which points to an escape). Now I have an offer of a...

It's just this is your 4th post with the same problem. Makes it really difficult to see what responses you have had and what has been advised and tried. Remove duplicate posts, post results of tests and you'll find this is one of the best...

Pop to your local breakers yard and cut one off a scrapper

Too right, and the multi bay workshop that it's in!

Stirling stuff. Keep up the good work!

You could charge us all a few quid to take us for spins, to contribute to the ferry cost ;)

13th September works for me. But if I'm the only one not wanting it in late July I'm not going to be resentful about it.

Just revisiting this idea. To accommodate the comments made, proposing Saturday 13th September. Again, if there are enough 👍then I will do some planning.

Currently working on Chademo charging and if it works I'm a definite maybe. :D

Solid yes if mine works by then... considering most of it is / is going to be custom it would be nice to show off :p

Count me in!

Fair enough. I thought i was losing it and was thinking "after all these years, I've never noticed that". 🤣

Ingeniuos! Top work

Back onto this one again now. Donor car is on the ramp, warmed up and drained all fluids. Removed all failed glowplugs. One left a tip in the engine. Will add how I got that out in the glowplug thread. All disconnections made on top and all...

Am I reading this right, the drivers door rocker switch to stop the rear windows switches from working also stops the tailgate window switch working?

Good report 10/10 for the TD4 Sport Auto. Never missed a beat. 1650 miles. Overall average 34.6 mpg. That included a week on Mull in 3rd and 4th gear. Motorway runs averaged 36.5 mpg at a steady 70mph over 450 miles. Took a bag of spares, lp...

To be fair, you've done a good few jobs that were worth doing anyway so all is good.