From memory the brake and clutch are completely separate mountings. I will have a look for you tomorrow though. I am assuming that you feel the bolts could be all the same length?

Looks like a fuel switch. Most likely because you run two fuel tanks. I would say the loop of the pipe was to stop the fuel ****ing out when it was disconnected.

Oh, and the body isn’t one of the main factors as far as dvla are concerned.. If you put a defender body on a range rover chassis, but keep all the other range rover components you can keep the range rover v5. But definitely can not use the land rover v5.

If the v5 doesn’t have a model listed, it doesn’t mean it isn’t a legitimate vehicle. When the Q plates came in, I would guess it was in the 80s that I registered a Q vehicle, you told them what it was and they sometimes came and had a look, but probably just believed you. The insurance web...

Registering is a bit random, it is a manual process for imports I would think. My guess, but I have only registered 4 or 5 vehicles, if the right word isn’t in the right box then it probably isn’t in some drop down menu. If the person in dvla doesn’t have to fill the box in, then they leave it...

Well no. But it depends what you are asking. When registering older vehicles for the first time in the uk. If it is actually what is declared then it appears to all work fine. But, with an import it will be a genuine vehicle with paperwork saying what it is - nova normally. If it is old you get...

It doesn’t have to be a long time ago for minimal info. I have a Land Rover registered in 2019. Date of manufacture 1993. Model - unknown Engine number - unknown Engine size and fuel correct. Almost everything else n/a It doesn’t cause me any issues! iva is only applicable after the year 2000...

I would suggest you go to Canada tire and tell them your budget. Look out for the old guy with grubby fingers! I don’t know what vehicle you have, so don’t know if you will need both metric and imperial. They do some decent stuff at sometimes reasonable prices.

I presume you know they are onto tab washers? Need to push the tabs flat.

This any use:

I would suggest you measure the pcd and google 5stud ?? Pcd

I wasn’t going to say anything but.... The terminology used for UK motor makers was a ‘defeat device’. This was any type of software or hardware that recognised, and was only active during an emission cycle. A large motor manafacturer beginning with F... got caught, I think in the eighties, for...

Well, I believe it is pretty simple to do. I had an agricultural registered Defender. And wanted to use it on the road. Got the mot and went to the post office and told my local helpful friendly post office man what I wanted. He ticked some boxes on his terminal, I paid him the money. He took my...

Ref the tow bar set up. Mine doesn’t have the big thick plate, and of course it wouldn’t have had the slider in service. So the big thick plate is probably non military, just been put on to support the slider.

As flat said, No don’t powder coat it. Water gets in under that. Also as flat said, a good zinc based undercoat. I am old, so would use Red Oxide primer and then something with a gloss finish on top. The gloss is more waterproof than a matt. In my view hammerite is only slightly better than...

Wow. That’s a brave amount of cleaning to a rusty tank. Make sure it hasn’t got any holes. Now you have done that much cleaning it might be worth using some better paint. I don’t have any better suggestions of paint to use, but someone on here might?

Looking very smart, keep up the good work

I sold my Defender when it was ten years old with only the first 3 service stamps. When I saw it advertised for sale at a dealer it had a full service history Not sure how that happened?

Ya don’t need one.

I would use a standard skinny series wheel and tyre as a spare. Weighs less too, so easier to get on and off.