Dave Decadent's latest activity

Fitted this. One of the switches may not do what it suggests ....... Pete

Thanks, yes that has been my problem, local garage I've used for years just said they don't work on them. Happy to do anything else for my van but not my LR.

That may be true. But plenty of places don’t want to work on them because they are heavy and dirty, when I first got mine my long trusted family garage said they wouldn’t swap the clutch on it because it was too heavy a job. Also at that age you...

I have a smaller tire as spare [a get you home job] Lighter on the door and also suits my twin axle trailer.

I don't know what all the fuss is about myself. I drive thousands of miles in my TD5 and don't find it burdensome at all. The most miles I've covered in a day is around 700. My everyday motoring includes rural roads, motorway trips and the...

Today’s tinkering

Il post more tomorrow as very busy at work lol

The new earth cable arrived in the post today from Devon 4x4. It was a large and quite heavy parcel for a small item, but this was due to the large catalogue that they posted with the cable! I fitted it but the chassis earth didn’t have any...

Don't take this the wrong way but a new member asking how to bypass the immobiliser is not the way to get a huge response from people here and will be viewed with caution and suspicion. Maybe a little more information about the vehicle and how...

A few months ago my ‘05 defender had no tail or brake lights. Both front side’s working and the number plate light on so i thumped the rear panel and…… Everything working again 🤪

Took her for a spin down on to the beach 👌🏼

u need a new led flasher relay! the tuneable type with the dial etc

Had my D300 110 Defender for 20 months from new and no issues regarding reliability and it’s a great vehicle on and off road, However off road you soon realise what big cars they are, for example, Stile end in the Lake District, getting through...

Got stuck.. off to find a tractor

Demand exhaust on. I had no centre box before and it was aggressively too loud. Sports exhaust and rear silencer currently in play from Demand, which is great, pulls a lot better low down, but now lost the turbo whistle so the straight centre...

Sooo.... final update! It was the fuel pump!! Boot floor cut out and the cross members out, new pump in big old hmmmmm as she primed and purged and the old girl is living again!! Thanks for everyones help

2025 UPDATE SO, THE NEW DEFENDER Yes STILL LIKING IT? I've driven a few old ones as they've come up for sale locally. The best was a pristine 2012 TDCi XS Utility with 30,000 miles. l went for a drive in it, and apart from a clattering/play...

Carpeted and fitted the seat box protectors today. Makes a huge difference to the look in the cabin, really happy with the outcome. Just need to wash the rubber mats.

It depends... what do you want to do with such a vehicle? If it pose and nothing more arduous than a Tesco carpark then a lot less than if you want to off road it. I'm not against big wheels, but be aware they'll blunt performance, esp on...