If finance & reliability are your key criteria then you should buy a Japanese saloon or hatchback. :( It will be boring though!

Hello & welcome - sorry to here of your hippo troubles, but not surprised.

:D Er - spelling :p

Get a hammer and whack the x member - you'll know if you need to replace or simply patch.

Only once - when I collected it on a trailer :p

Congratulations - I hope you keep on enjoying it

Hello - best of luck with the restoration. What's the trick to achieve better articulation without parabolics?

About 25mpg for a defender - the aerodynamics are similar to a garden shed

the really thick black one with a silver end is for the aerial :p :D

Sounds expensive - just burn the hydrogen :D

The other models are the 2.5 & 3.5 petrol - More likely to get one of these in your budget.

Also check it's either had or doesn't need the pulley modification - tell tale signs are fraying at the belt edges.

:D swap the engine & gearbox too :D

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Inward facing seats need to have lap belts [I think since 1985]. Three point seat belts are not recomended for this seating arrangement as they can snap your neck.

Have you bought it yet?

Yes - you need left or right for the appropriate side :D Apart from that either style door will fit. I'd go for push button as this is the style that has been used to develop c/l. Simple but hard work - the doors are heavy! You'll need to position the door a few times to get the panel gap...

Might be the simple stuff then - my old 200tdi RR went pear shaped at 65k :( If the synchro endfloat wasn't set correctly at the factory the result tends to be sooner rater than later. Lots of transmission shunt tends to indicate the other feature of the LT77 - lack of lubrication in the final...

click on 'user CP' top left of the page - the subsequent pages give you the options you are looking for.

Remove the drive belt from the pump - youll only damage it by running it dry. Drive without powerstearing to where you need to be BUT - drive extremely carefully as the steering will be very heavy