Recent content by dewils80

Spent 6 evenings cleaning the chassis with wire brush and pressure washer, then painted with black hammerite. The wife had to wash paint out of my hair and off my back. Going to waxoyl it this weekend. I don't deserve rust, with the effort I have been putting in.

Has the switch burnt out? This is a common problem with Defenders.

Mmmm, I like the plan. What width is the case? *My thread is bearing fruits.*

Does it have an electric fan?

My defender, like all others, collects rain water in the rear door handle recess. After a bit of rain, I have about 3mm of water collected there. Anyone got any bright ideas about how to stop this? I was thinking of either filling in the bottom of the recess, with a slope towards the front of...

They also stay on when you leave your lights on, but turn the engine off.

Now that is what I was after! These sort of ideas. Utterly genius! I fitted small 'u' bolts to the tub for the same purpose, but they don't sit flat. I saw the expensive folding devices at Sodbury, but didn't want to pay silly money for them. Padlock clasps are genius! More in this vein...

As for your original question, it depends what you want to do with the wagon. If you want to off-road, then get some chunky tyres and under-body protection. If you want nice on-road handling, then get polybush suspension bushes.

Jackable sills replace the thin strips of alu' which run down the sides of the vehicle. These bend and break easily. The jackable sills are thick steel items, which you can jack the vehicle up on.

I think I perhaps phrased the question badly. I am interested in the clever little ideas, such as the navigation lights I explained above.

Polybush

Lastly, no you are not mad for taking an older vehicle on long journeys. It will be fine, and you can fix a Landy with bailing twine......whatever the problem. Before you take it on a really long journey, you should make sure the tyres are OK, brakes are 100% and do a fluids n' filters change.

Prepare for massive generalisations: For the money you are quoting, you will find either a dog of a 200TDi (avoid) or a reasonable TD. The dog TDi's will have very high mileage and problems you don't want to inherit. The TD's will most likely be good honest vehicles. Check all the usual...

It is hard to say. Generally, if there is some rot on the cross members, you will find it elsewhere. It may be covered by mud\underseal\components, but it will there somewhere. If it is just limited to the cross members, and is not bad, then a simple patch job will do. You just need to ask...

In what way does the diff "feel knackered"?