Update on the Clutch over rev problem: My Landy has been at the Land Rover garage in Lewes today. I took the mechanic out for a drive to show him the problem, he agreed it was bad. I just gave them a ring to see how thing were going and it turned out to be the brake light fuse. Thats all...

Going to take it to the dealer this morning and leave it there. I am going to ask for a test drive in there demonstrator to compare. I will post the results for reference. Other things that I've noticed on this defender compared to my old TD5 is: Over rough ground (bumpy tarmac) the...

Just had a good look round other web forums and it looks like ford suffers a lot from the over revving issue including the puma engine.

Davec would you say this is normal then?

Hello, Yesterday after going into low range to go up hill in reverse, connecting a trailer and towing a small boat for 60 miles. Then after disconnecting the trailer and going home, I noticed the rev counter increasing on depression of the clutch pedal. The revs go up by 400-800 rpm...