Anyone have any reccomendations for a specialist round Brentwood? Got a few jobs need doing on my 90 and wanted to try someone new as my normal guy takes bloody ages to get things done!

Thanks James!! I will pop to the local tyre place tell them what they did wrong!! Wife has given the go ahead so I just need to get myself a temporary car then I can book the 90 in for a full inspection. I do not mind doing some jobs but structural stuff I would prefer to leave to a...

I think summer you wave more as on the drive in to work and home its light so I do not have to squint to see using the fantastic headlights!! and also I am not freezing under a blanket and hat! At the moment I am seeing about 4 defenders each day on my way to work I reckon out of all 3 will give...

As the defender is stuck at work I am just about to go pick her up in her Mums Lotus Elise S1 now if we spot another of those we stop and have lunch together!!!!

Mine squeals like a pig on full lock are they hard to replace on a defender 90?

I had to drop my 7 year old off at Karate this morning and we used a new focus. She looked all excited, so I asked why? she said its because you see loads of these so we can wave at all our "friends"!! Bless her she is used to the defender and having to do with only spotting one or two each...

That's a great idea with the mini bus seats I had been worrying about fitting seat belts but that does away with the issue. Thanks

So after using the 90 for a good 6000 miles already this year I have decided that unlike most cars I have ever owned I want to keep it! I do not need to tell you lot why but my seven year old loves it and so do I. With this in mind I need to get some jobs done, some are needed straight away...

As Harry said you have to think of them as a classic, they will need constant maintenance but can be very easy to fix, I am by no means a mechanic but with a bit of help from here and some great walk through threads I have completed a fair few small jobs myself that I would normally given to a...

Found a load of old parts from my Disco 2 And the Defender is being put to use by a good friend to move half his garden!!

Aachen using it for the first time since I replaced all the diff and transmission oils I noticed what can only be described as a Spirograph pattern on my rear wheels and tyres, someone did say check the breathers, but I forgot!! So today I checked and unblocked the rear breather, then realised...

Cool thanks everyone had already looked through Busters excellent guides just wanted to know any further advice before I started. Right off to buy oil!! Thanks again, this really is a great forum for technical info, even if you probably end up answering the same dumb questions all the time!, I...

Anyway back to the issue!! picture 1,2 am i right in saying this is the transfer box drain and fill plugs?

Thanks guys, learn something new every day and all that!! So it stops water entering the gearbox etc.. in deep water. Why wouldn't it be a good idea to have it in all the time? I am happy to accept that its fine just curious as to why its left off in normal driving?

So im OK? was a little worried!! but gathered if it had been driving OK then couldnt be too much to worry about. So what is it? and what is it for?

few more pictures showing the drain plugs I have located

sorry no picture!

Thanks Benneh I just went for a quick look underneath in case i needed any different sockets etc.. and found something a little worrying. Located the transfer plugs and the diff plugs but when looking for the gearbox one I found this. Not sure how well the picture shows it but at the...

Sorry second question, as I am having a few leaks from these areas and will be attempting to rectify by changing seals etc.. in the not to distant future, would i be better putting thicker oils in these areas to help stop the leaks for now? or would this cause bigger problems, if so what oil...

I am currently getting a few leaks and some strange noises from my 1991 Defender 2.5tdi. REV is Left and up if this helps. Each day after driving I am getting a small puddle around 10cm square under the rear diff and a similar one from under the gearbox area. I intend on having the seals...