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I would first ask why are you convinced? J

Don't think mine looks like that (although am going off memory) Mine looks more like this: LINK

I might have an older style column in the box of spares left over from my rebuild, I certainly have the later style. I also have the earlier column in mine as prefer the larger 4 spoke wheel fitted the the early 90/110. I can have a check if you...

I used econoseal connectors on my roof lights onto twin core cable so they are earthed in the battery box where my relays are mounted. You can buy econoseal and cheaper imitations on ebay. this means if I need to swap a light out it is just plug...

Can you give me a little more detail on exactly where this part is? I have never actually had the calliper apart properly on this so am not sure what it is I am needing to clean out but your assertion it only takes 20min fills me with hope.

It is the xeng one that I have. Based on a jcb caliper and brake pads.

That is my hope. But I can’t afford to have the vehicle off the road. So was hoping to fit an R380 handbrake which works better than the original one while trying to rebuild the xeng one.

My disc handbrake conversion is becoming troublesome, I do not know if it needs stripping and cleaning or if it’s not set up correctly. But it only Seems to keep Adjustment for a few weeks and then stops working again. As such I am looking at the...

No, still have a little hole with sprung capture. Only difference is later ones have an extender on the end of the lock barrels

Mine is a 1989 and it has the slot. To my knowledge it is standard on all models. The number of turns from lock to lock is not a guarantee that the box is centred as the tracking could have been adjusted incorrectly, the steering stops on the...

I don’t know. Mine is an early one, so that is what I am referencing. I don’t have fancy doors with up and down windows!

you should not set the steering centre or tracking on a vehicle with a steering box based off the steering wheel. The defender steering box has has a centering hole that you line up with the slots on the back of the drop arm (pic below). You put...

I'm doing that, there seem to be a lot more of the curved ones up for slae form discos than the straight ones for a defender. I am assuming as discos rust away and get scrapped people pull the accessories off whereas the defenders are kept running.

that was my assumption, it is just the tail lights.

I do not know how to access it on a puma, on the older ones, they are very easy to swap over through the ashtray on the dashtop. If one jet is still working the other will just be blocked and some more careful pocking and prodding to clean is...

Always black, although I am going to judge you for have alloys rather than proper steels wheels! you have exactly the same tyres I run on mine, and I am running an 8" wide modular with a ET+8 and this setup puts the edge of the tyre level with...

Key does need to be in the barrel, it does need to be turned to the correct orientation to line the pin up with the hole, and then even after doing all that the chances are it will still not come out if it is anything other than brand new and you...

TRO/Lucas is the OEM brand to go for, more expensive but worht the money imo

It is a very straight forward job to do, There are two screws one each side and a plastic pin into the side (although the parts diagram below shows it as a screw). It Then just pulls off over the handbrake handle. I do not know if it is different...

They will be on a screw through the body work behind the rear light covers. I don’t know if you have trim panels but would Need to remove those to access the light cover. then remove the light cover. This will expose the back of the lights and...

I do but I am trying to avoid having to do that if I can. That was my guess as well. But I do not like the idea of a full light bar. If it fails you lose all, if it breaks you lose all, I would much rather just need to replace a single light...

Just an update to this I have found the one I have currently but is no longer sold LINK Does anyone know of any similar on the market or have an old one tucked in the corner of the shed I could purchase?

Based on that pic I don’t see the point of mounting the spotlights separately. As they would certianly Be blocked. Would be better pointing to the bull at on a separate switch so they can be turned off when in that position. If you still need...

You will find we are generally less delicate than the people of instabook etc. here. Your bumper looks like it has a nice flat top to it so should be easy enough to knock up some brackets to support a bullbar with a pin to allow them to fold down.

Not necessarily true, he may be going for an underslung setup for the gaylander owners so the spotlights are not be obscured and will illuminate the set for the additional film rights revenue

Nor did I and I could not find it on their website, it was only when I phone them saying "I am looking for this and it seems like the sort of thing you will make" that i was point towards the information. I am a big fan of YRM (accept the price...

Having said that you now absolutely need to tell us what you are planning on using it for! especially the comment about night use... A lot of HGV "bull bars" are foldable, both American/Australian style trucks and the European cabover design as...

I agree and always use genuine piston seals for the same reason. the callipers I am currently rebuilding were very bad and had sat off the vehicle for a long time so all the seals were hard and brittle.

I am looking at repairing the seatbelt mount and chassis mount at the front of my tub currently. YRM do the repair panels for both above and below the tub which I am looking at using: LINK From you above description have you just made your own...

On closer inspection the bits that I am missing an are broken are the green lens these screw into! on a couple of my spare gauges the lens has disintegrated but this part is still going strong.