Recent content by Captainflint1967

Much appreciated, those photos are very helpful, I’ll try and build one myself. Do I need a ball joint splitter tool or use Landrover tool #1 to separate the two ? - drop arm ball joint to drag link (if that’s the correct name for the bar connected to the drop arm from the steering box - still...

Here’s the A frame ball joint with its split boot, might be worth changing the whole unit although I can’t tell if it’s affecting the ride at all. :) When ‘rocking the steering wheel’ the drop ball joint moves from side to side without moving the road wheels… a new ‘Landrover tool’ to remove the...

Arrrgh… it never stops eh… Just discovered that the A frame ball joint rubber boot is in pieces and the drop arm ball joint is completely fubar’d…the brake disks are down to 12mm which I believe is an MOT failure, so definitely replacement needed of all disks and calipers… doesn’t appear to have...

Yes indeed I confused my terminology regarding the wheel studs, what is the part called that the wheel studs are placed in ? If that is cheap enough I was going to buy new for the longer studs ( for the Wolf wheels - I had heard that it was possible to use the current studs for the Wolf wheels...

Thanks for the replies folks, very much appreciated. I’ve changed all rubber in the engine bay for silicone - coolant turbo etc. As with the starter motor, water pump , timing belt and all other ancillary belts. The under vehicle bushes are a mystery to me, need to do a bit of research before I...

Hello Everyone, I’ve had my 90 standing in my garage for the past 23 years and I’m slowly getting the work done to get her back on the road again after all this time. After looking at the rusty mess that are the brake callipers, disks and pads all round. I was initially looking to just clean...

The tyres are 23yrs old. But they were brand new when I put the vehicle into storage. I took them off the car at the time to prevent any flat spots forming. Vehicle on stands. The wheels/tyres have been kept up on a rack in the garage and ‘seem’ to be in good condition, no cracks or rubber...

Hi Folks, Thank you everyone for your suggestions. After cleaning the fuse box with ‘deoxit’ and replacing every fuse , the rear wiper and wash sprang back into life - bonus ! The horn I checked with a multimeter after cleaning the switch in the stalk and there was voltage coming through but the...

Right, thanks for the replies… got myself a voltage probe off eBay…and a multimeter (which I’m trying to get familiar with)… trouble is though I’ve got a bull bar on the front of the vehicle making access a bit tight… so I’m trying to get the front grill off to get at the horn… I made a poor...

TBH no I haven’t. Two things,I’m still trying to locate the horns location in the engine bay… just going through the books now, and secondly, I do have a multi meter, but honestly I’ve never used one in action, so I’m a bit light on how to use one… if you could guide me through it, I’m sure I...

Hi Everyone, I’ve just noticed that the horn on my Defender 90 200Tdi isn’t working. All lights etc are good but not the horn. New battery too. I’ve been resurrecting the old girl as she’s been in my garage for the last 23 years and I’ve been slowly fixing all the faults and replacing the parts...

Thanks for the information, just ordered the parts… now to work out what’s going on with the rear wash wiper and screen wash… and the broken passenger door lock … it’s always fun being a Landrover owner eh :) Thanks again for the information

Hi Everyone ! I’m busy with getting my 1993 90 200Tdi back on the road after 23 years sat in my garage. Been through a lot of ups and downs (new timing belt, water pump, belts/fluids and filters, starter motor amoungst others), slowly getting there :) Anyway the centre dash is hanging out - no...

Many thanks for the comprehensive information regarding stone chips, I’ll do a few measurements tomorrow and see where the chip falls regarding the areas. It’s only a small chip on the screen but 10mm isn’t much to play with. It literally falls on the line where the drivers wiper sits at rest...

So I took all the carpets, soundproofing and tunnel shroud off to get at the reverse gear plunger on top of the gearbox , I found it totally seized up, although the switch was fine after taking that out to check. Ordered all the parts for the reverse gear plunger mechanism as it was absolutely...