Thanks to all who replied to my earlier post about this matter. I have just had a second battery fitted to my Defender, for running auxiliary equipment. Both batteries are 110 AH, and 110-amp cable links the two batteries (I am told), with a manual cut-off switch in the cable between the...

A particular problem with my Td5 is driving me halfway round the bend. The driver’s door and passenger door rattle quite loudly on anything other than tarmac, though the intensity varies and the problem is intermittent. The vehicle is a Defender 110 County Station wagon, 2005 model but new...

I bought a twin fuel tank from Frontrunner, and it’s been fitted to my Defender 110 Td5 CSW. (It’s the FRLR47, one under the rear fender and one under the body on the passenger side -LHD vehicle; don’t know if any of you are familiar with this one.) Though perhaps 2-3 cm above the level of the...

Does it matter whether the head (piece at top of intake tube) faces forwards or backwards? My garage fitted it with holes to rear: instinctively I feel this might reduce air intake, but maybe I'm wrong.

I am in the process of having a rear ladder fitted to the LHS of my Defender 110 Td5 CSW. For fitment of the TOP of the ladder to the body, is it a good idea /advisable/ necessary - for safety and security reasons - to have a metal reinforcement plate fitted inside the body skin through which...

How do you unlock any door from the inside? You go in through a door which unlocks from the outside and then put the key in the lock of the door or doors which have locks on the inside. Have you ever unlocked one door of your house/flat from the outside, gone in, and unlocked another door from...

Would a Kasp vanlock and hasp (link below) fit on the INSIDE of Defender doors? K50073 Kasp Van Lock and Hasp from The Crimp Company

Hi hughesy, Mmm, I imagine the vehicle door bent double after the screwdriver has been inserted(????). So why don't I just leave the windows down, and put a sign up saying "please help yourselves"? The fact that the Bank of England can be broken into doesn't stop the bank taking measures to...

Hi ratty, mickobrien: Can a Chubb 5-lever lock, household or otherwise, be fitted to the side doors of a Defender 110 CSW? Fitting a good lock on the back door only doesn't make much sense if the other four doors are vulnerable.

Are MUD the only company selling the Mecklock? I see that their price is 380 quid, which -if my memory serves me correctly ... it doesn't always- is a substantial hike from not so long ago. Is there anywhere else to buy this item?

Is the Mecklock clutch device available from various sources, or has one supplier got a monopoly? I was quoted GBP 380 by MUD, but seem to remember -memory might be shaky - that not long ago the price was much less than this. Where to buy it??

Included on this thread is a very interesting post about fitting a Chubb five-lever mortice lock to a Landrover door http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/rear-door-enhanced-sucurity-29745.html?highlight=locks I would like to hear from anyone who’s done this or has any advice / information about...

Hi, I have a LR Defender 110 Td5 County Station Wagon (2005), and want to fit an extra lock on the inside of four doors and an extra external lock on the driver's door. Any suggestions, please, as to how I can best do this? At present am thinking of the kind of fastener sometimes used on...

On my LR Defender 2005 I've already fitted rear window grilles and am about to have grilles made for the rear side windows and passenger door windows, to be fitted permanently (also on the driver and front passenger doors and windscreen, to be removable). The purpose of all this is anti-theft...

raeberac, soundproofing is a minefield, isn't it? Sound Deadening & Fabrication [Archive] - Talk Audio Forums Could you give more info about exactly what quantity of what items you ordered from Second Skin / Car Audio? pm me if you like. And look forward to hearing more reports on what...

I have a Landrover Defender 110 Td5 County Station Wagon. Anyone out there used NOISEKILLER U.K.'s sound-dampening kit on a Defender?? Is it worth the money? Does it work? HOW GOOD is it? (Are any independent reviews available for this product?)

On my Defender 110 Td5 I have a kind of twist-key slot into which a plastic key must be put before the ignition is mobilised. I also have a metal loop bolted to the chassis and protuding inside the vehicle, from which a chain can be passed round the steering wheel. I'm considering buying a...

I have a 2005 Defender 110 Td5 County Station Wagon (bought new). It was serviced, including oil change, @ 5000 km. and again @ 10,000 km. The LR dealer tells me it should be serviced and have oil changed at 20,000 km and thence every 10,000 km. Isn't this rather frequent (10,000 km /...

The Defender 110 Td5 handbook stresses the great importance of not allowing engine oil to be above the upper of the two marks on the dipstick. This is the case with my vehicle when the oil is newly changed. However, as the oil gets older (progressively thins, I figure), the level DOES come...

Apologies for my eaerlier post saying I've never seen an external roll cage. (It was true, but next time I'll go and find about something I don't know about and post my comments after that.) Popotla