I initially thought it was the white/red cable from the ignition switch getting re-energised. However, that's not the case. The ground (black) cable is getting the juice and causing the relay to re-activate.

Don't know if this will help but a couple of years ago my 2a would spin over slowly only if it had a fully charged battery after checking connections and replacing starter solenoid I tried starter with good jump cables direct to a battery...

Typically the battery reccommended for the TD4 is a 60AH type 027. The Boch variant (Bosch S4005 Battery) fits that criteria. So 60AH. This means you can draw 1 amp for 60 hours although the battery will be 'flat' after 40 hours. You'd need to...

Don’t know the defender but is the thin wire on solenoid still getting a continuous 12v after you release the ignition switch from cranking

Totally. Current house was chosen exactly for that. Too old to be minding tools on the side of the road.

Quickest , drop in brick acid for 2 hours I do like the look of that and the best model, cleaned up the original patina will look great

Strange, can you post a pic what you have , mine comes out rhs of tunnel and that’s normal Manual here http://smithies.co.nz/land_rover/ You have original gb and transfer box ?

This is, for me, at any rate, the peculiar joy of a series. No matter how bad it is, no matter what the previous ten owners did, it can be fixed by me. And, if I do it right, the repair will last for longer than the life of most modern cars.

K seal is the kiddy, radweld and barleaks are pretty crap.

Hmmm, rad seal could be a temporary solution. It would be nice driving some miles this summer after spending hours and hours welding rust, fixing wire harness, exhaust, searching for various parts, looking for bolts in a rusty old bucket, etc...

The two litre diesel had them holes and they are tell tale holes for the liner seals, not sure if the 2.25 are the same?

Gotta be worth trying some rad seal first

Are there 4 holes and definitely coolant not oil?, they’re not on the 5mb but there are bigger ones on my engine on other side, think my 200di has some but sealed off with silicon poss on other side Can you stick a wire in see how deep they go...

Another thought is partially blocked jets in carb

Brilliant, thank you!

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Mine is pastel green, of course the other green is a lot darker Pastel Green - 1 litre tin. Brush or spray. SKU: LPG 1 Excl. Tax: £12.95 Incl. Tax: £15.54 Limestone - 1 litre tin. Brush or spray. SKU: LLS 1 Excl. Tax: £12.95 Incl. Tax...

That’s a good bodge last ages can’t see it taking any weight if it’s just a sensor. I had mine out a week ago on 10 mile bumpy off road, noticed the vacuum and washer bottle shaken off its corroded mounts on inner wing, so I cut up last of left...

That'll do. That horizontal arm looks like it came out of a toilet cistern!

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I’ll take a look when back off my holiday, she’s due a service so I’ll grease everything up and clean thoroughly at service

i have had my tank right down to a gallon and it still picked up fuel ok which i assumed was too low, yes 10 gal 45 l, i use litres here but a imp gal is 4.5 litres, a us gallon differs again with it being around 3.85litres. you would have a...

Remove sender and dip the tank with a stick, compare reading to bottom of stand pipe, modify to suit.

Are the individual sections of linkages moving smoothly without stickiness, you would need to disconnect them to test though

Jack one wheel up, see how much you can turn it. With all wheels on the floor, how far can you turn the prop (handbrake released and out of gear) make sure it's secure and won't run you over

How about wear in the throttle linkages.. ours would tickover lovely when stationary, take it for a drive and it would be erratic again, all down to worn linkages.

Full metal throttle linkage - no cable sadly + you could balance a 50pence piece on that engine whilst she runs, super smooth

Perhaps a split in pick up pipe and when you went uphill this allowed it to suck in air

If you can get the tank down to half, siphon and stick dip while you have sender out and then trial fit sender bending the arm to get gauge to read about right. Probably the best you will get.