Evening all, I've had a little catastrophe in my 300 tdi defender. The bearing in the serpentine/auxiliary belt pulley has seized which in itself isn't a problem but the bolt that secures it too the tensioner has snapped. Is the bolt itself available or do I have to buy a new pulley or a...

Well I haven't done much to the Defender lately, all I have gotten done is to get the new interior light working. It's five metre led strip that goes in the inside roof channel so it can't be seen, it starts a few inches back from the front of the passenger door right round the back to the...

Jet washed the 90 after trying to recover the owner of the estate after he tried to drive across the boggiest field on the estate at the bottom of a valley in a disco 3 on road tyres. Couldn't budge him so used the tractor instead!!

I got it of eBay, 18 sheets 30x50cm for about 25-30 quid if I remember correctly, works really well but so sticky, should I ever need to remove it I think it's gonna be a nightmare!!

Made some really good progress with the Landy lately knocking a lot off the ole to do list. The dash is all back together, all the rattles from it fixed and a lot less noise being transferred through and a lot less water. I replaced a lot of panel seals/gaskets through out the vehicle and after...

It's not just deer that there used for, we've got one looking onto a gate that has foiled loads of attempted poaching. Concealment is the key, even if they can see it as long as its locked up there's your deterent right there. Don't worry about the sheep, they take surprisingly funny...

Can you set up something like a trail camera to catch people in the act of moving the boulders etc? I use them for recording deer and they work great night and day.

Yeah I've the standard seats. I had to partially remove the seat covers, it was basically a case of unclipping them enough to slip the carbon pads in and remove the sticky backing so the pads stay in place on the foam. I was surprised how easy and quick a job it was.

Got my kits fitted into the seats yesterday. Real easy job, didn't even unbolt the seats, routed the wiring nicely so the switches mount in the fuse box cover etc. What a change they've made, it was so much more comfortable first thing this morning. Wish I'd done it last year!!

Its two pads per seat, that's just a picture of one of the sets that came in the kit.

My kit arrived today, quite impressed by it especially for the money. All the connections on the loom etc look, looking forward to getting them fitted!!

They were off eBay, decent reviews and cheap enough. This is the item number 311226366969. I'm hoping there here tomorrow so I can get them up and running over the weekend.

I'm waiting on a carbon pad set to arrive in the post, comes with all the switches, relay etc already made up into a loom. Just fit the pads, connect to battery and away you go. Well hopefully!!

Cylinder now sold.

Managed to grab a few hours on the defender today and got a few things done. Got the metal work behind the dash cleaned and some soundproofing/insulation stuck. A good amount of the dash cleaned up and re-installed and a lot of the wiring rectified as the previous state of it left a lot too...

As I no longer have a pcp air rifle it makes no sense holding on to the bottle to recharge it, so for sale I have a Bisley 7ltr cylinder, with gauge and high pressure hose. Approximately 2/3's 3/4 full and in date till November 2017. £70 ono, has to be collected.

I love that bottle opener, that is ace!!

Thanks very much, I spent years working around race, rally and classic/prestige cars so its embedded with me!! And I'm sure it'll have to come part again at some point!!

Managed to get some more time in on the 90 over the weekend so with winter fast approaching I've got to get onto the water leaks. I've been watching where the waters been coming in for some time now and have been stockpiling parts that I'm going to need. I intend to replace the following...

Its the green caps I've a problem with, it's like they've been glued in. I don't want to get to heavy handed with them and break anything. I've a few of those bulbs in my toolbox somewhere, I was thinking of using them for this but didn't know if they'd be to bright but I might give it a go if...