and if you really want to go the extra mile once you have cleaned it all off give it a dusting of talcum powder to really show up any oil leak pathways.

That is correct, paint them before fitting as the lip on it sits behind the main side panel on the tub so cannot be accessed for painting after fitting.

Not a large job at all. They are riveted just riveted into place. Through the line of holes you can see In The picture. Will take longer to paint to match than to actually fit!

Are they not a straight m6? The other captives in the pillar for the toe plate seat box etc are.

I only have the single side on my 110, you can buy them just as a single. I also bent mine so it does not act as bumper but the towball is the furthest rear point which is more robust than the step if you do hit anything.

keep everything in as large a section as possible until you have a chassis you are ready to start fitting things to. e.g. remove the leaf springs form the chassis leaving full axles assembled, remove the bulkhead complete, do not strip down the dash etc. keep as much of it assembled for as long...

Pictures, All the pictures, both of the vehicle as a whole so we can be nosy, and also some of the side of the engine leaking (I apricate that may not show much but will give an idea) @meego retracted his comment but the oil filter and cooler will be on the other side. There is nothing filled...

That is a very subjective question and one that only you can answer. I do about 25k a year in my 200tdi 110, this has reduced from the last few years were it was high 30k's. My stand point is my 200tdi is fine for long distance motorway journeys and causes no issues, but lots of people, even on...

Stock steering does not return to centre (RTC), Unless you have a RTC damper fitted that is normal. I have also just fitted a recon box and because the whole box is tighter the damper has "less" effect and you can feel it less. For your other issue it sounds more like "death wobble" caused by...

That sounded like the problem to me. I had that challenge putting spotlights on my td5. On more modern vehicles (like the td5) the factory switches are all on the negative side of the circuit. On an earlier defender as the OP has will be on the positive side. It sounds like @_Stingrey_ is...

Number 3 is the pipe, but the parts manual also gives you the o-ring number from which you should be able to look up the size.

That is going to by my comment. The clamps are available to buy (LINK first hit on google) but when I needed some for mine i contact brown church direct and ordered from them. but this looks to be missing the mount on the roof rack leg for the lamp to bolt through. I believe some early series...

Surely will only have a fuel pump if other things are non-stangard. A 200tdi is a mechanical lift and injector so i would not expect an electric fuel pump. My additional guess to that list would be heated rear screen.

The 110 does not have an rtc damper. That was the td5. So just standard damper. The old box caught the bottom of the of the drop arm on the steering guard but the one previous one to that didn’t. So I will have a look in the morning and see if the same is happening. I ground the drop arm down a...

Many thanks. That’s what I did. So happy with that. Having now taken it for a drive I Need to have a closer look at it and see if it is contacting the steering guard. It has no play and feels good once moving. But it feels like There is more resistance than I would Expect to get it moving in the...

Finally got around the replacing my leaky steering box this afternoon. the new one has only been sat on the bench since February! Was a much quicker job than I remember, last time I did it on a running vehicle (rather than dismantled rebuild) it was helping a friend do one on his TD5 about 10...

That is the issue and why this is an uphill battle. She has driven it once about 10 years ago on a green lane and has refused to drive it since. She is only a begrudging passenger when her car is too small which is far more often now there is a child and related parafenalia along with a Large...

Completely correct. I am not trying to predict the market and not interested in future prices. I am not looking at this as a financial investment, this is an investment in future teaching, bonding, common interest time spent and experiences with my children.

I am interested in the top of the market because other than the lack of originality that is where I believe my daily 110 should sit with galv everything and regularly and repeatedly rebuilt mechanicals due to the mileage I do. I am not looking to buy or sell just wanting a general realistic...

I care because I am trying to gauge the current position of the market to work out if it’s realistic to get a project vehicle for a couple grand like I did two years ago or if the market has moved up and I need a larger budget. I am not interested in the specific vehicles linked. More the market...