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I know you have painted the outside of the chassis but I would still cover the external with a chassis wax as well. I like dinitrol personally as it actually "dries" rather than remaining wet like waxoil.

Keep the rectangular fog lights, looks better on an older defender in my opinion. I got my RDX ones from bolt on bits on ebay. They definitely do the clear lenses (I am also not a fan of them, keep it original looking) so there may well be...

Other than indicators all the others are just direct replacement plug and play. I fitted RDX LED side, rear and fog lights to mine during the rebuild. I left the indicators as standard due to the endless threads of people fitting LEDS and them...

I looked into this when I was trying to persuade the wife she wanted one but she was adamant they were too big. A 90 has the same footprint (length and width) as a golf. And no one thinks a golf is a large car! In a 90 you can carry passengers...

Replace the stock windscreen washer with these: LINK Best mod I have done on mine hands down!

Another vote for the cheapest ATF you can get your hands on. Its nothing special.

Same here. Replacements are cheap And easy to come by. And you can always modify it with a large hammer again!

I was referring to compression, you can get some very powerful electric air compressors these days with developments in motor technology.

I would expect these days for something as small as a land rover you could use an air tank and an electric compressor. You can get some very good electric hydraulic setups now, don't see why this wouldn't be the same. the real question still...

Why are you fitting airbags? If it is to replace the leaf springs with and airbag suspension then I bow out have have nothing to add. If it is to act as "helper" suspensions to increase the carrying capacity then that is not how suspension works...

They are indeed JCB brake pads so are nice and easy to get replacements for. I was probably going to go with a diy trial and error approach by just cutting around with brake pad out of some some stainless i have and adding additional ones until I...

Is that claimed bhp at the flywheel, or at the wheels? A difference of around 16% (which is what yours amounts to) between the two wouldn't be unusual.

Fresh coat of paint is all it needs rather than replacing. You can see my wing here during the rebuild. It is less noticeable in person than it is in this photograph. But is a long way from straight! I would say similar with the back. Just...

Could not agree more. I have had the conversation with friends that I don't know what came first the land rover or the things I do in my free time, but they compliment each other, and if I had a normal plastic car with carpets, within 6 months...

Plus if it already has a couple of dents in it you will be less precious about taking offroad, rubbing it into the hedge to get past the lorry, etc, and generally using it to throw things in and on and use and enjoy.

The issue is there is to much movement in the caliper rather than the the lever being in the wrong place. For example (numbers made up for demonstration) I need the lever to move 45 degrees to clamp but the 6 click on the handbrake only gives you...

Have you looked to see how easy (it wont be) to replace those. Reach in give it a bang and pop out some of the dent if you can/want, but most of us live with the odd dent here & there. At the end of the day its the least of our worries :oops: :D. J

I have used paintman (LINK) and Paddocks (LINK) for paint, but mine is just standard Masai red so is not a difficult colour to get hold of an match. If you are talking about the dents of the drivers wing I personally wouldn't bother. They are...

If they are saying it is injectors start with throwing a couple of bottles of redex or similar into the tank and see if that improves anything. I know it is not the same but I do this regularly on my 200tdi, and it makes a difference if I have...

As you have a nice flat paint colour rather than modern metallic, you can easily paint the doors yourself with some coach enamel in the correct colour and some small gloss rollers. Give everything a good clean, sand down, coat of etch primer...

Has this been verified? In a similar vane to the above, do you know you actually had 190, or have you just installed a map that claims to give you 190? From the sounds of things you are not down on or losing power, you have just not gained the...

I am still struggling with mine! To get it to hold when at 6 clicks the cable is still under tension when calliper is fully released (have new brake pads fitted). This results in the cable stretching regularly and needing readjusting until you...

Better late than never but see the routing I have for my bonnet release cable through the grill, again very crude, but has been loke if for years and not broken:

How very American of you using psi! However 80psi sounds very high, are you sure that is correct? At the risk of starting a large debate on tyre pressures I tend to run mine at about 32-34psi (2.2 bar in correct measurements ;)), So 80 sounds...

In which case I would Definitly contact autosparks (LINK) they have standard on the shelf but can also do “custom” so should be able to get what you need.

What engine is the 3.9 diesel then, that isn't standard! I would have a look at (and possible a speak to) autosparks as a first point of contact. I got all three looms form them when I rebuilt mine after the fire. as you are already not standard...

That is something that I hadn't though of until now and did make a big difference to mine both in hardtop form and now its station wagon configuration. On the floor of the rear load area (and second row foot well in the station wagon) I have 12mm...

^^ These cannot be stressed loudly or hard enough. On my 110 I have replaced as much with stainless as possible and everything is copper greased before refitting. I have just pulled apart a very rusty 110 to swap the station wagon body ono mine...

Glad you got it open in the end. If you are going to do this on yours the little brass connector I have used is just an electrical terminal block with the plastic removed. So is nothing fancy! And the cable was the broken release cable. I will...

Because this is a very common way to open the bonnet and there is no security and because the cable is so prone to snapping (as you have found) I have made a cable loop through the grill as my permanent bonnet release similar to a series rather...