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    Buying a winch, which one?

    Has any one bought and/or used one of these? Any comments welcomed, thinking of buying one.... ELECTRIC WINCH 13000lb 12V SYNTHETIC ROPE WINCHMAX http://bit.ly/VBDFUo
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    Fuel gauge doing my head in

    I've got exactly the same issue!
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    Bertha's MOT

    Nope! Horn stopped working, cocked up some wiring between dip and main beam and rear fog light stopped working, all sorted now. oh and drop arm ball joint has too much play (newly replaced that, not sure how I'm gonna solve that one) re-test on Tuesday, quite pleased really knowing what's been...
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    defender 90 flasher unit location

    Have u tried checking the hazard switch, indicators run through this I think.
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    Bertha's MOT

    MOT on 1990 90 (BERTHA) was due in June, started having a good look over her in May to find chassis and bulkhead FUBAR'ED..... decided to replace both for galvanised together with most bushes, nuts, bolts, wiring etc... Well after many late nights trying to get her sorted its MOT time in the...
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    Thinking of a full nuts and bolt rebuild

    What ever your budget - double it! What ever you imagine the time scale to be - double it! Don't know about full kits but everything you could want is available. And no I don't think your mad, your other half might though by the time your finished - enjoy. The end result will be worth it.
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    Prop shaft spacers

    Having put a 4" lift on my 90 I've put wide angle props on but they seemed over extended for my liking so I invested in some spacers. Is it ok to put two spacers on each prop, one each end? Also when I've put a spacer against the handbrake drum the new bolts are still too short 45mm need to be...
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    Removing rust, dirt and gunk from outriggers

    Been there done that, one slipped in quite easy the other had to be persuaded with the use of a big hammer.
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    What have you done to your Landie today.

    Well my re-painted tub will be back tomorrow, so have finally got around to finishing installing loom, have made and installed new double battery tray. Seat box repaired and ready for fitting now.
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    Bulkhead fitting

    Thanks Redhand I appreciate the advice.
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    Bulkhead fitting

    Having replaced my chassis for a galvanised one I'm now rebuilding, I fitted the bulkhead loosely awhile ago just so I could rebuild engine bay etc, does anyone know how to re-align the bulkhead, does it square up off chassis for example, how do I know how many spacing washers to put in between...
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    Rear tub swap

    Has any one fitted a later rear tub with rear fuel tank on to an early defender with an under-seat tank. My rear tub is FUBAR'ed. I'm thinking it should be fairly straight forward to fit new filler pipe to front of tub, what to do with the rear filler?
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    Clutch pipe

    This is a clutch pipe?
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    Clutch pipe

    Thanks, wasn't sure what the best thing to do was, I just couldn't see the point of the metal pipe, replacement flexi does seem that little bit longer so I'll couple it direct I think, thanks again for the advice.
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    Clutch pipe

    Is it necessary to use the fixed pipe ( which I've knackered ) from my slave cylinder to the flexi or can I just fix the flexi direct to the slave cylinder?
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    Double cranked rear trailing arms......?

    Is that James? If so, spoke to him tonight, seems a top bloke, he's answered some questions already, I'm getting back to him in the morning. Thanks for the offer.
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    Double cranked rear trailing arms......?

    Has any one fitted double cranked rear trailing arms from adrenalin 4x4? I've picked up a pair off the bay, to fit to my 1990, 90, I've fitted +2" springs together with 2" spacers, these arms seem to just want to push the axel back way too far? Stressing the Aframe ball joint, pushing bottom of...
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    LRO Show at Billing.

    It was just a 10 minute walk!!
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    LRO Show at Billing.

    Can't better £65 for a family weekend!
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    LRO Show at Billing.

    We walked over to the off road course, took about 10mins, enjoyed watching it, not a bat view spot and ice-cream van for the kids too.