I'd leave the rope on and tow them back where they came from! I don't charge for helping people. I enjoy the feeling of making someone elses day better. As others have said if they offer me a fiver I wouldn't turn it down but I'd never ask. I have had a couple of cruel moments though. The...

Is the 300tdi not the same in the Defender as it is in the Disco? Power wise I mean? The gearing is slightly higher in the Disco so really you'd expect the Defender to feel like it had more torque. I don't know, maybe changing gear makes getting to 60mph feel quicker because there's so much to do!?

...... And? Are you telling me you've at some point driven a fast Defender? Please don't tell me it will be even slower?! It's a 300tdi and they make 300tdi Auto Discos, I figured it would be about as fast as they are (so not in other words)? When I'm not working I drive a Golf V6 4motion...

A WEEK?!?!?! Really??? Is it not just a case of taking the old manual box out and swapping a few bits over and then screwing it all back together? I had two days in my head :doh: EDIT... There's only 3 bits to bolt on and an engine to move!

Ok, thanks for the info! Roughly how long do you think it should take the average mechanic to do this work? I really don't want to attempt it myself as I haven't got the kit to lift with and I'm hopeless at mechanics (more a confidence thing than anything). Snow. I'll get back to you about the...

Looking around the breakers it seems you can get a disco auto and transfer box complete with TC for about £250. That's more like it! What's this flex plate thingy? Would that be easy to find?

Thanks for the reply Andy. It all sounds fairly simple then? Having said that, I have no idea what a flex plate is and assume a TC is a torque converter (heard of it but couldn't tell you what it does!)? How would you go about fitting all of that stuff in place of the original gearbox? The...

Hey guys. I've decided I'd like to convert my '97 Defender 300tdi hi-cap to an auto. After a lot of searching on the net I've found a kit that Ashcroft offer to do the job, but it's £3k fitted! £2k to buy the kit. It's not a tidy truck so I don't really want to spend that sort of money on it! Is...

Hey guys. Is there a wanted section on this forum? Extract the urine as much as you like if it's obvious but I can't find it! I'm after a dixon bate drop plate for a '97 110 if anyone's got one spare (or knows where I should ask for one!)? All I can find is a vehicles section???

Sorry to drag this up again. It was the only topic that came up in my search. I've now found that a 265 BFG M/T can be fitted to the 6.5" rim, but not the A/T version? Does anyone know if I can safely fit a 265/70-16 Kumho KL71 M/T on them? I drive on a lot of lawns at work and the extra width...

Firstly I'd really like to fit series doors to my '97 110 Hi-Cap. Is it an easy job? The lock is broken on the drivers side so I need to replace them anyway, I figured I may as well just change the doors! Is there a good supplier of new copy parts? I don't fancy scrubbing the rust off and...

I don't get it. My L200 used to warm up within a mile of my house and it felt like an oven by the time I got to work. This Defender only gets warm enough to get the frost off of the window by the time I'm at work, and I'm sure half the warmth in the cab is from me not the heater! It's just daft...

I just phoned the main dealer. They say there's only one thermostat available for the 300Tdi? Cardboard it is then!

Do I have a what now? I have no idea! What's one of them? I'll check the thermostat and change it. I was sure I had that done to my old one but it was that long ago I though it may have been wishful thinking!

Hey guys. Driving around in the snow today I noticed that it took about 20 minutes for the engine to get warm, and even then the needle was only just off of cold. Is there any way of making it heat up more quickly? I seem to remember having something done to the thermostat on my old 110 a few...

I'll put some up later. I can't find the lead for my camera so I'll have to borrow the other halfs when she gets home from work. Anyway, for a HCPU, was I still robbed? I'm happy with it :)

What's a brave comment? Saying it's in good condition? You don't have to tell me the things that can (and will) go wrong with them - it's a Land Rover, commonly known as the most unreliable vehicle ever built. What I like about it is I can fix it, unlike a Td5 or later model which would have to...

Yeah it's a '97 R 300tdi. 120k miles with FSH, and the rest of it is fairly tidy. It has a few small jobs I want to do to it, but none of them need doing. The chassis is good, the bulkhead is spotless, the engine is sweet. It's been well looked after. Ghost, your Y reg must be a Td5? I...

I've looked at every defender advertised within 100 miles for three months. All were total wrecks or at least in really poor shape. This one seemed quite good. It may be a lot of money to some of you who have a lot of experience of finding this kind of thing, but to me it was the best I could...

Paid £4.5k for it, which seemed a little steep but I'd looked at so many heaps before I found it that I just wanted it! It's got good service history and two local owners so I figured it was about as good as I was going to find. I was hoping to spend a lot less, but never mind! It drives a lot...