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    no power to starter i think

    well the ignition to solinoid is activating using the idiots guide by switching the interirior light on when i turn the key it dims so that takes the ignition out the equation yes its all speculation until i can have a good look tommorow after work. theres 3 or 4 things i got to check i could...
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    no power to starter i think

    i have had a bad battery in me 90 all winter so i brought a new one. went out tonite to put it on connected her up all was fine . lights radio wipers the usual glow plugs working went to crank it over and nothing just a small click from the relay but no start. wtf it was fine 2 weeks ago when i...
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    Pre-tdi conversion - engine jobs

    ive never heard of 200s being bad for head gaskets that was the rover k series fitted in the gaylander 1. no 200s in my opinion are very cool running engines thats with a rad with no fins on the back and working her in low box 2nd all day do you now the history of the engine i never changed the...
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    What's the Deepest you've ever taken your Defender?

    ive had it over the bonnet comeing in through the heater vents **** it was cold. snow melt from the malvern hills in a local ford at first it seemed to go over the roof but i dont now that was without my snorkle connected or wading kit .datf really but when you see lots of water and are in...
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    Defender battery

    i remember the days of petrol attendants and im only 29 not that long ago mate but sure seems it
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    old td air box too restective or ****ing what

    ive had my 200 in for 4-5mts but recently decided to plumb in my snorkle so the only solution i had was use the td air box before i had a disco 300 air box strapped to the spare bit of space by the fip(think this is where the air con compresser goes not sure) but no thats connected up the truck...
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    90 temp gauge

    put a after market gauge in for 50 quid better and more accurate than landy originals they fit into top hose with a joiner you fit into the hose
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    Alternator wiring TD to 200tdi

    easy fit the exiter wire to the wl terminal 2 wires to the big terminal cant remember the name of that post though
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    New year's eve...

    i paid 2090 for mine 12mts mot no tax g reg roof rack snorkle you got to be lucky buying a landrover 90/110 i wasnt
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    wtf have i done

    all sorted now me just trying to bodge things only thing to do now is find the leak on my snorkle mind the 200 took some winding over wonder if me glow plugs working
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    New year's eve...

    i do love my landy though and wouldnt get rid of her just i brought a bag of spanners to begin with but ive heard alot of similar stories to mine god damn it
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    New year's eve...

    This was in space of a month
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    New year's eve...

    im only speaken from my experience okay won landy on ebay bad idea buying blind looked okay recently had new chassis driving her home its smoking like **** next day green laning the clutch goes leak on the slave cylinder bad . get home cant turn the engine off so i stall it **** loads of oil in...
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    Miles and miles and miles

    how do you tell going in to buy that its been looked after not many 10 -15 year old landies have a service record and not many people take their old landys to the garage to have it fixed most is diy or the vehicle would have its own parking space at your chosen mechanics just a thought
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    wtf have i done

    the radio was working before i wired the last speaker to earth having a silly moment. it just when i started the truck i had no sound come out the speakers. if i took the speaker out the equation it all worked fine truck has well (SO I WAS THINKING IT MUST BE BECAUSE THE 4TH SPEAKER WASNT WIRED...
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    My landy 90 reving its nuts off!

    same happened to my 19j im surprised if you let the engine run well the key was out that it didnt oblitarate itself. i bet it was getting faster and faster . i bet the air filter got a litre of oil in the bottom mine did. there is videos on you tube of desiels running away.. time to get rid new...
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    wtf have i done

    speakers have a negative and positive dont they the stereo is ripped out another car thats all its a 90 mate
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    wtf have i done

    i have been putting a stereo in the 90 all was well i had the 4 speakers going but couldnt find a earth for the 1 . so when i started the landy i would have no sound so i earted the speaker to the stereos main earth stupidly. went to strart her turned the key and bang i lose all my elecrics ...
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    wtf have i done

    Fed up with no radio i have wired one up it was fine but for 1 of the speakers i couldnt find a earth so being stupid i wired the speaker earth to the main earth for radio .. then i turned the truck ignition and it blew all my electrics wtf:doh:the stereo worked fine but because one of the...
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    Compromise's

    yeah there the biggest in europe aint they it just hereforshire is famous for cider with bulmers westons and other cider makers thats all