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Isolate the spotlight wiring for now and concentrate on finding your headlight problem first.

That sounded like the problem to me. I had that challenge putting spotlights on my td5. On more modern vehicles (like the td5) the factory switches are all on the negative side of the circuit. On an earlier defender as the OP has will be on the...

Number 3 is the pipe, but the parts manual also gives you the o-ring number from which you should be able to look up the size.

That is going to by my comment. The clamps are available to buy (LINK first hit on google) but when I needed some for mine i contact brown church direct and ordered from them. but this looks to be missing the mount on the roof rack leg for the...

Surely will only have a fuel pump if other things are non-stangard. A 200tdi is a mechanical lift and injector so i would not expect an electric fuel pump. My additional guess to that list would be heated rear screen.

The 110 does not have an rtc damper. That was the td5. So just standard damper. The old box caught the bottom of the of the drop arm on the steering guard but the one previous one to that didn’t. So I will have a look in the morning and see if...

Many thanks. That’s what I did. So happy with that. Having now taken it for a drive I Need to have a closer look at it and see if it is contacting the steering guard. It has no play and feels good once moving. But it feels like There is more...

Finally got around the replacing my leaky steering box this afternoon. the new one has only been sat on the bench since February! Was a much quicker job than I remember, last time I did it on a running vehicle (rather than dismantled rebuild) it...

That is the issue and why this is an uphill battle. She has driven it once about 10 years ago on a green lane and has refused to drive it since. She is only a begrudging passenger when her car is too small which is far more often now there is a...

Completely correct. I am not trying to predict the market and not interested in future prices. I am not looking at this as a financial investment, this is an investment in future teaching, bonding, common interest time spent and experiences with...

I am interested in the top of the market because other than the lack of originality that is where I believe my daily 110 should sit with galv everything and regularly and repeatedly rebuilt mechanicals due to the mileage I do. I am not looking to...

I care because I am trying to gauge the current position of the market to work out if it’s realistic to get a project vehicle for a couple grand like I did two years ago or if the market has moved up and I need a larger budget. I am not...

Back to the topic of the thread this is another one that seems hugely over priced: LINK I am not denying it has had a lot of work done but as it is a series vehicle the higher prices are for originality which this is a long way from. So again is...

Much jealousy of the grey miracles

The tractor runs I do tend to be about 10mph. Which on my super is low third so works ok. But is a little fast for the friends fordson standard. A B275 is acceptable because it is not grey!

I saw this one currnertly on eBay which is more my price point: LINK. But need to persuade the wife that unborn child number two needs a Land Rover like I did for unborn child number one. She is currently very unhappy about the idea and thinks...

Go for it. You know you want to 👍

I may be interested but as above it is very much price dependant as I currently do not have covered storage so anything I buy is going to deteriorate between now and when I actually want it to start rebuilding with children. I would certainly...

Although it has now reduced to about 25k i spent several years doing 30+k miles a year, when you are doing that sort of mileage lots of things become regular “service” items far more so than a weekend toy that never does any work. Latest example...

I have it as a single piece in the second row footwell of the station wagon.

Or the cheap version, skip the sound proofing, and use THIS and a stanley knife!

Bit steep for me, ultimately whatever I get is going to sit in the side of the field for 10 years before being touched and then rebuilt over the next 6-8 years to hand the keys to the child at 18. After sitting that long any vehicle will need a...

I got the 12k for mine after the fire from the insurance with no arguments, but that was 3 years ago now. I completely agree with your comment about we spend too much on them without increasing the value. I have no intention of ever selling mine...

This is important and very sage advice. One of the big advantages of the defender is that you do not buy the perfect one you build the perfect one, whether you are doing that yourself or paying someone else. All you buy in the first instance is...

Another vote here for leaving it out. If you want to protect the floor of the back and double up as good sound proofing a sheet of stable matting does the trick and just leave the wheel boxes bare I am the same as marjon, bare front to back with...

Hello @ederreis I don't really understand what you need. I haven't done this myself, but can't think why you would need to change the accellerator pedal and connection to the FiP. Ashcroft are very good and helpful. Perhaps you should give them...

I am beginning to look at another 110 as have a second child on the way, in the sprit of fairness after getting one for my son on the day he was born with a plan to rebuild in about 10 years time with him, I will need to do the same with this...

@dag019 Just having visions of a dog in a cage on the roof rack… Ours go to sleep when out in classic runs

That is a neat sounding idea, but unless you have a horse of a dog I would have thought the solution does not need to be hugely over engineered if all the board is doing is taking the weight of the dog and their bed. What sort of seats do you...

I’d be looking for a faulty lift pump (even from new) or an obstruction in the fuel line somewhere (possibly even within the lift pump).