Dave Decadent's latest activity

Bloody things ... My 1994 has the long thin ones, you need to pull them away from the wing and then twist the bulb and holder out... The orginal ones were stuck on with double sided tape. Not right IMO. So after a friend of a friend pulled one of...

Thank you John, got you, thank you. Am now learning I should've said a L663. Will give you feedback anyway if I get a resolution.

I have this one ----

Just done an oil and filter change this morning. Now I've got such a high mileage engine I don't work out the service intervals by doing sums in my head. I do this in the spring and the autumn instead, so it happens about every six months. I've...

Theres a reason for that, mainly driving around on the road with occasional off road (fields/farm land) type activities you don't need such a strong spring set that transfers to much (pulsating) energy into what is a complex gearbox. You also...

After a LOT of faff yesterday, I managed to syphon out 60L of contaminated diesel. I've put 500ml of low ash 2 stroke in the tank and I'm going to fill her up today and keep filling her up every time I've used a 1/4 of a tank or less. Thanks...

Well, the newest TD5's are now 19 years old, an age by which most modern vehicles have been recycled into spam tins. So the old Defender is doing well, considering over 70% of TD5 production is still on the road. l doubt my 2022 Defender...

Just had an email from my insurer about my renewal - it's due early next month. I was quite pleased to see that it's £311, for a 2006 TD5 model for 12,000 miles a year. That's good for the current climate. The company has a silly name - 'Quote Me...

As mentioned above you need to put it on a rolling road before and after to see the difference. Anything which claims a hp increase needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, be it air filters, exhausts, tune etc.

How do you know you're down on power? Because it's noticable, or because a Rolling Road told you? If a RR told you it was 190, did the exact same RR tell you it's now 160? You can get VASTLY different results from RR to RR.

What the hell possessed you to move to a place like that, weather not bad enough for you in the UK? lol

My current thoughts having owned my Defender 90 Commercial for 2 1/2 years are, it's not a Defender. lt's the new Defender. lt's not like the old one, although there's a certain Land Rover "DNA" feel to it when driving it. Certainly with mine...

That's crazy l thought if things were factory fitted (tow bar, mud flaps etc) they didn't count as modifications.

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