hey that's great news - what a good result!

Hi, I tried the vents today on my new (old) Landy and don't think they had been raised since new and were stuck shut. I sprayed wd on the hinges but still had to use a bit of force to open them, now they won't close properly because the bracket is slightly bent back. I need to take them off and...

Thanks Hock - went with NFU, Skipton branch - really helpful and nice to deal with. £415 on installments. More than the £118 I was paying 4 wks ago for the 2.5 n/a, but the claim for it being stolen hasn't helped. So all in all, just relieved that it's now insured at a reasonable price. I do...

nfu have also come in with a good price, but stipulate proffesional fitting of the rear seats plus seatbelst.

Well, Adrian Flux came back with £473, which is a big step i the right direction - still awaiting nfu to get back to me. cheers andy

Thanks Guys - I'll try nfu. Sureterm did a really good one of £218, but it jumps up to over £700 for the claim 3 weeks ago when someone stole and burnt my old 90. Talk about being penalised!

Hi, Guys. Don't know if anyone has any advice here - just insured a 1999 90 td5 for £370 - it's been modified from a van by putting side windows and seat bases in. This wasn't available on the mods drop down, so I just rang them - an extra £500 - what!!! So now I've no insurance and have to...

thx guys - fingers crossed!

Hi, I'm going to an auction tomorrow looking at a couple of 1996 defenders to hopefully replace my stolen 90 - All the catalogue says is tdi and despite numerous searches, I'm struggling to be able to tell if they are 200's or 300's - especially in an auction environment. Did the 200 finish...

thanks - that's really good advice - I'll let you know how it goes!

thanks guys - didn't think about buying the whole side panel!

Hi, following the recent theft of my old landy, i'm looking for a replacement! To be honest there aren't many good 1985/6 2.5 na diesels around and I liked it so much, I've decided to sell the car, use the insurance (fingers crossed) and get something a bit newer. I'm sure this has been done to...

Thanks guys - police think it was 2 guys who then robbed a passat and went on a high speed chase and say they burnt it to destroy DNA evidence - i guess it wouldn't drive without the usual counting to 8 with the glow plug light on when you start it - poor thing! I'm just in the process of moving...

I'm really fed up - 2 nights ago someone stole my 1986 defender 90, drove it round the corner and set fire to it - maybe they didnt know about the glow plugs because the police said someone had witnessed it kangarooing down the road - how mindless and wasteful - this weekend i was taking it to a...

Well, I've drained the system and flushed it through with a hose pipe in the top of the rad with the engine drain plug out until it ran clear. Put it all back together refilled with the right mix and its still the same - no oil, but top hose hot, and bottom/expansion bottle cool. It did seem...

cheers guys! it's an original 2.5 diesel. I'll check if there is an oil cooler pipe, and check the thermostat (if I can find it) - don't understand why there are globs of black oil in the water when I take the plastic screw in plug on top of the rad?

Hi, I've just had a replacment steering box fitted and think that the radiator hoses might have been discontected (to fit it) as it is now running in the red on the temparature gauge. Even after an half hour run, the 2 bottom hoses are cold and the water in the top up tank is lukewarm, which I'm...

Hi, My 90 sounds like what as I can best describe as a big bird under the bonnet chirupping away. It seems worse under load and I'm hoping someone might know what's causing it and will it result in any damage if i keep driving it? I had a new steering pump belt fitted last week and wonder if...

Cheers RichM - that's good advice!