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Thanks for all the advice guys, shall definately keep my eyes open on ebay. Thanks again. Josie

Hi Thanks for all the sympathy:) Here are a few pictures of it:

Hi, my much loved defender 90 was stolen on 5 April 2007 from Cobden view road, Crookes, Sheffield some time in the early morning. 1988 defender 90 2.5 TD Green (with white roof and wheels) No mods except fitted with a series roof (in white) which is dented on the nearside rear corner and...

Hi The nearside sealed beam headlamp on my 90 has given up the ghost so is in need of replacement, however i didn't know whether or not to take this opportunity to upgrade the headlamps? I was just wondering if anyone would recomend upgrading the headlamps to the halogen ones from...

Thats great, thanks for all the advice guys, i've topped it up with EP90:) Josie

Thats fantastic, i'll keep toping it up with EP90 and keep my eyes open on ebay for a 2nd hand one. Thanks for the advice. Josie:)

Hi I have a couple of questions about the steering box on my defender (its a non PAS type). Firstly, its leaking fluid from around the drop arm, can it be rebuilt with new seals (i know you can get seal kits for the PAS boxes but haven't seen anything for manual ones). Secondly, can i top...

Thanks, i'll take another look at it this afternoon. I've got some time off in a couple of weeks so guess its time to borrow my dads engine crane and get the engine out for further investigation and fixing of the problem:) Thanks once again. Josie Ps. i have some other mechanical based...

That's fantastic, thanks very much for all the advice guys. I'd prepared myself for an engine out job, think i'll steam clean the underside, double check to see if i can see where the leak is coming from and take it from there! Thanks once again for all the help. Josie:)

Thank you very much guys for your advice, shows how little i know (i'm too used to driving tractors where the diff locks all 4 wheels!), i will check that the lever is moving when the transfer box gearstick is moved. The light is not coming on, but then none on the left hand side of the panel...

Hi I've recently aquired a '88 defender 90 which is generally very tidy, however the diff lock does not seem to work. The gearstick will move over into the correct position and will still transmit power either in high or low ratio but does not lock the wheels, i've also noticed rather a lot...