You could put a tap in one of the coolant lines, most are 15mm id, which is what most UK houses run for hot and cold water circuits, so shoudl be a cheap/easy job. But I would check the cooling diagram schematics first in case the heater circuit...

Most people with the GAP tool will be vin locked to their vehicle, you can add extra vins for 60 odd quid each.

I would do what is easiest/quickest, less cut out the better for the car. How are you joggling the steel sheet? I ask as I bought a joggler (cheap one) and it is bloody rubbish.

Still sounds to me like you are low on gas, enough to make it work but not enough to be good, are they accounting for the extra gas for the rear a/c when they gas it up? Could be the expansion valve if that is its proper name? I had a d2 with...

If you pull the EPB when moving and not in bedding in mode the car will apply the service brakes with the abs pump to stop the car as well.

Quite a few cross over size wise, not perfect but good enough to get you out of a pickle.

Worth keeping for a Landy as you never know where Land Rover have used odd size fixings!

Not to bad so far inner cills in excellent condition cut off some, back half not so good rot to back of inner last foot and under wheel arch liner quite difficult, without burning paint on wheel arch, centre stiffener pushed in 10mm with...

Is the a/c compressor running? not the belt spinning but the centre of the a/c pulley spinning. Most a/c is pretty simple, pressure switch sees pressure and allows the relay to send power to the a/c compressor, so a quick test would be to see if...

Gonna be cold all the time. They all have the turning circle of a super tanker.

Hi mate mot inspector going to go over your D3 tomorrow, going to check brakes, for corrosion and leaks as per proper mot, but am pretty sure their ok, but could be proven wrong, will see, will also check for welding, myself can have a look over...

Well you are in for a treat!

The carparthian is a very expensive defender edition, so I would say they are for the newer shape defender, hence why nobody on this poverty struck forum knows what they are!

KISS keep it simple stupid, basically no need to complicate things if what you have already works.

The cheap calipers are just fine. Any of the silicone coolant hose sets will be just fine. In a nutshell spend what ever you want, they will all work.