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    Wiring Fault\Please Help

    1996 Defender 90 300TDI Need some help. Exhausted my wiring knowledge so need some guidance. Tried to start the Landy few days ago. Turned key and nothing. Assumed battery was dead. Checked voltage to battery reads 12.6 volts. Tested voltage to white cable with red stripe that...
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    Electrics question

    Defender 200TDI Whilst helping out a mate, noticed today that the indicators are flashing twice as fast as normal. I know this normaly points to a blown bulb. Checked all the bulbs and they work correctly. Now here's the weird one. When I operate the hazzard switch all is well. The...
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    Help I'm on call and my Landy has lost power

    Help please. My 1996 300TDI Defender has lost power. We have a friend who's due to give birth any day. Here in Sussex we have had about a foot and a half of snow overnight. To play and to see if the roads were passable in my Landy, I drove the 2 miles to her house. (got there fine)...
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    oil in handbrake drum

    Finally got around to looking at my parking brake on my 96 300TDI. Tried adjusting the adjuster on the rear of the drum brake but made no difference. Today Inspected the damage. Removed the drum and the drum has a fair amount of oil in it. Also the shoes are saturated with oil. On...
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    Defender Brake recommendation

    I want to change my brakes callipers and Disks, mine are too far past it. had a quick look at Ebay and there are plenty for sale. Not too worried about solid vs vented, as I'm not sure the performance will warrent vented. Trying to avoid ****part, but do I buy guenuine Land Rover callipers...
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    Defender Doors

    Hi ya all, been trying to figure out why my defender passenger floor is always wet. After a fair bit of Investigation and a mate with a hose pipe. Found where the water is coming in. Seems to be surface corrosion under the passenger door seal. Water is running in and behind the...
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    Sloppy Steering

    My mate has bought a tidy 200TDI. After test driving, hes got a few problem that need sorting. The main problem is vague steering. On the road its like steering a boat. Checked the obvious bits. Drop arm is tight, same goes for Track Rods and steering UJs. tire pressures are all good, no...
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    Sun Visor assembly

    In the process of replacing the crap headliners that came with the 200tdi's. With some effort got the sun visor bolts out, but when I got the old headliner out, I have found that two of the connection nuts that are part of the roof assembly just spin when I try and screw the headliner bolts in...
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    Electrical Gremlins

    Needs some help with Defender 200TDI Electrical Gremlins Over the weekend, whilst off roading. Got myself stuck, went to use my Britpart superwinch, after pulling me for a few meters starting clicking and packed up. At about the same time, saw a bit of smoke coming from behind the Instrement...
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    Truck Cab Conversion

    Good Evening Everyone, I've recently been looking at replacing my 200TDI defender Truck cab, In Favour of a Disco. The main reason was for carting my expanding famiy so I need more seats. However, after a great pay and play day at Slindon Safari this weekend, I'm...
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    Disco or Range Rover

    Need a bit of advice. Currently have a defender 90 truck cab. Used for shooting and the odd pay and play day. With only two seats it's not practical now kids have come along, the wife is pushing me to buy something a little bigger (and children safe). I will use the vehicle for pay and play...
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    Steering Rubber Seal HELP

    Hi, need some help identifying the correct rubber seal before i fit my steering guard. Have just fitted a new steering damper and noticed I have a split in the rubber boot on the left hand sie of the steering. I think this is the Steering box ball joint but i'm not 100% sure. The joint in...
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    Steering Bush Help

    Hi, need some help identifying the correct rubber seal before i fit my steering guard. Have just fitted a new steering damper and noticed I have a split in the rubber boot on the left hand sie of the steering. I think this is the Steering box ball joint but i'm not 100% sure. The joint in...
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    Defender Run out of Electricity

    Hi All, Thought their might be loads of you that will know the answer to this straight of the top of your heads. I think my Defender 90 (200 TDI) has a faulty Alternator, but I don't want to replace the entire Alternator if its just the brushes. Couple of nights ago. I was out over...
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    Dash Clock Fitting

    Does anyone know how to fit a Dash Clock. I've recently bought a dash clock off E-Bay for my 94 200TDI. I've pulled out the dials and I can't se any odvious wiring from the loom that I could power the clock. Unless I'm mising something ovious, has anyone done this before. (I also think I've...
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    Timing pully Modification is it true???

    Hi, My Defender is due to a new timing belt replacement. My local garage tells me that my landy probably needs a modification to one of the pully's. Something about a fault was found that can make the pully jump of the spline. Can anyone tell me when this was introduced and if so how do i...
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    Defender 90 Door Hinge replacement

    Hi, does anyone know how to get to the rear of the passenger door lower hinge. I am trying to replace the lower hinge, one of the bolts connected to the body is just spinning. I can't see any way to get to it. Can anyone help Thanks JB
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    Fitting a new starter motor (Defender 90)

    Hi all, I'm trying to fit a new starter motor to my 91 defender 90 200TDI. After searching every which way I think i've located it on the left hand side of the engine below the turbo and exhaust system. however it looks an absolute b@*tch to fit. Can anyone give me any advice on the...
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    Landy 200TDI Water Temperature low after RAD replacement

    Hi All, this is my second post regarding the temperature of my landrover 200TDI. (1991), (90) I recently posted a thread that spoke about high tempreture whilst on road trips. The advise I kindly recieved was to repalce the RAD. It was great advice and I really appreciate your help, I have...
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    Lany Water Temperature !!

    Hi, I need a little advise. I've just picked up my first Land Rover 90. Td200 truck. However I had to pick it up from North Cornwall and drive it the 250 odd miles back home. I noticed when I bought it that the radiator didn't looked too clever. On my motorway journey home I did notice...