Our LR Defender Td5 CSW 110 (2005) has, according to the manual, a thing called a “heater” but it doesn’t heat, at all (nada, rien, nichts). In hot countries such as Oman and the UAE the a/c never really worked; we regarded that as just another feature of the Defender with which one up had to...

My Defender is a Td5, 110 CSW. From around the region where the ignition key goes in, it seems, I hear a noise somewhere between a tapping and a ticking, but irregular. (I don´t hear it all the time and when I do hear it, it's uneven... that is to say it's not regular, llke the ticking of a...

I want to fit something double-bed style on top of my Defender 110 CSW: not a roof tent but something solid, a sort of added-on-top sleeping compartment, I could call it. What is available, what might it cost?

I googled “ferry Europe to UK” and got nearly 31,000,000 responses. For “ferry France to England” there are a mere ten million. Simply, I want to take my Land Rover Defender 110 and myself on any crossing from the Netherlands, Belgium or France to England, probably in mid August . I want to do...

Before leaving on our overland trip in Land Rover Td5 110, I wish to establish contact with UK spares suppliers who’d be able to ship out a spare part, should this be needed. Reliability obviously is key, also fair dealing. Any recommendations, please?

Can someone tell me please, is a crankshaft sensor the same thing as a crank angle sensor? Thanks.

Imagine you are going to take your Td5 Defender County Station Wagon, year 2005, now with 65,000 km on the clock, on a long (50,000 km?) trip from the Gulf region to Europe and then to the Americas and onward. You are limited to carrying a maximum of four spare parts, other than filters, a...

Thanks for advice.

I have a 2005 Landrover County Station Wagon (2.5 liter diesel) with 65,000 km on the clock from new. Perhaps one quarter of this distance has been on unmade roads –some quite rough and rocky but some no more than unmade, so sometimes a bit bumpy. I’ve treated the vehicle quite kindly and so...

What or where, please, is "van vault"? (Sorry if it's not ....er.... obvious.)

I want to have made a SAFE for the interior of my Landrover Td5 2005 County Station Wagon. Ideally, this would be (as a minimum) 13” long (ideally 15”) x 11” deep (ideally 12”) x a reasonable width, as I’d like to keep in it a not-very-small laptop and an essential paoer file or two, as well as...

I live in Oman and have had from new, for three-and-a-half years, a LR Defender Td5 110 which is due for its 60,000 km service. For the first three years I was obliged to have the vehicle serviced by the local Landrover agents, otherwise the guarantee would have been voided. In a way, this...

I have here a South African publication, obtained online, which sings the praises of gas shock absorbers: “….. for a vehicle expected to work long hours off-road, they are essential …….working 4x4s need gas shocks … the real advantage comes when cornering or carrying a load ….the main reason why...

I have a Landrover Defender Td5 110 CSW (2005). Which are thought to be better for this vehicle, and why: Koni shock absorbers or Monroe gas-filled? My driving is 90% on-road.

For my LR Defender Td5110 CSW (2005), I want the shock absorbers to be in the best possible condition at the start of our overland trip (vehicle will have done about 70,000 km when we start). So I’m considering fitting Konis as replacements for the originals. I don’t plan to make any other...

Thanks for all contributions and comments, which I'm following up on.

I bought the Td5, new, here in Oman, in December 2006, and have invested in it a lot of time and effort -not to mention money-in making it "trip-worthy". At that time I wanted a diesel vehicle and the choice was either a Defender (there were two new ones in the country at the time, in the...

......half-a-dozen dealerships on the continent where they actually have a mechanic who IS a mechanic, and working diagnostic tools I got as far as Gambia in the A-Z dealerships list of the African continent, at which point I'd found 14 countries with dealerships, and stopped there. I...

It is a non-fixable item unless you happen to be parked at one of half-a-dozen dealerships on the continent where they actually have a mechanic who IS a mechanic, and working diagnostic tools. Non-fixable?

I am in Oman and for mounting spots, etc. I’m about to have an A-bar made for my Defender 110 Td5 CSW (air conditioned). I need to know the normal diameter of the tubing usually used for an A-bar and also –if anyone knows this- the thickness of the tubing. The fabricator I’ve discussed it...