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Welcome… S1 always good,I try not to work on these as my hands are to big for the little gaps Is it a truck cab or 5door?? Always good to have photos

Got my injectors back. £281 for all four to be rebuilt with new nozzles and re shimmed to open at correct pressures. Done by a Bosch service centre. All fitted and started and idles lovely. Not driven it yet due to one tyre being half flat...

Went to go out this morning & Motobike failed to run… Get in the landrover & as normal starts up & runs like a dream. 30 miles down the motoway and cruises well. Sat on a course all day,then 30miles back home. Gaffer taped a few holes up in the...

Here is a picture of the wheel, a Bolt on bits special from eBay. Used them for a few bits and pieces. More elbow room.

Serviced the following today. Def TD5 Merc SL 350 Kia Sportage 21 liters of oil combined!

MOT Yesterday Passed! No advisories 😃😃

Thanks for that. Funnily enough I have just fitted the part you suggest. I had hoped to be able to warm it with a heat gun to shape it a bit better but its obviously pretty tough stuff and not willing to bend. I have managed to fit it but haven't...

Just pulled up to the shops on a hill and nearly ended up at the bottom 😂

Would a 110 LR fit? Tanks in the same place and neck to tank same size.unsure filler end (Disco I think are smaller diameter on the filler end & would be longer)

In my humblest of opinions I would dispense with the concourse plan and go for good useable. And use it !

That’s one corner complete and my gas empty. Need a top up!

That looks like a solid state relay.too posh for me.

You can keep a tdi running with a 9v battery from a tv remote wired into the stop solenoid. They really are the old fashioned mechanical type that require virtually no power to run. On this I went with the safe option to protect the battery...

Got one on offer last night 😎. Went through stock and got enough to do coolant system overhaul. So all g parts going in. Just need to source a decent rad!

I have a Clarke jump pack. Does 12/24 and starts the 7.5t lorry. Gets 4 boosts from it. Got little power outlets for usb etc. good if you have a dead motor & camping. Never had any problems with power steering pipes. Electric pump,you can...

That is a job for tomorrow. Right now I need to get it to a point where I can drive it with or without the engine charging the battery so I can get to work in Stoke later tonight. Have a separate thread asking about that specific issue!

Undo the belt & see if it move up/down & grinds.bet the rear bearing has gone… Just replace it

That is all I put back. No idea what the black on was. Was much harder material than the green one. But doesn’t seem to be leaking anymore! Now just need to sort the alternator.

I just replaced the green 1. Only 1 in there

That may well be the case as it seems to have fixed the leak just replacing the o-ring and putting the cover back on. Without the black seal. The test drive home will confirm.

Maybe someone fitted new o ring and left old one in there.

Just a wee update on driving and charging. The car has been driving great since the 12V relay module was replaced. :D I've only driven around miles 60 since but it's been flawless. TBH I had always questioned the wisdom of using ultra cheap...

Finally sorted out the heavy steering issue. The Landy has been almost undriveable the past couple of weeks, I was worried that the PAS pump or box was on the way out. Thankfully, turned out to be a seized lower steering uj! It would move freely...

Left the 90 at the MoT station and got the call after lunch saying it had passed with no advisories - very happy. All my hard work at the weekend sorting the wipers and lights paid off. The garage also advised me that I was losing coolant from...

All sorted with new wheel boxes and a cable. Access to the drivers side windscreen vent fixings was a nightmare, but got it sorted eventually. Pete

they will give you samples and the main catalogue has full size sections. if you keep door opening lip (standard series) i used KRS 22 SELF ADHESIVE, but on defender plain edgesKR010, 118, 046, 042- there are lots, and they do KRS 9 a sponge...

3hammers & a gas hammer… Best tools in you box

Drop arm ball joint replaced, bit of a ball ache (get it 🫣), but got there in the end! The atb diff helped mask the problem a little, but it got to the point where it was getting silly! Back to cornering on rails!

I use a crowbar everytime! But I will try slackening it off and see if that makes a difference. Need to fix the injector pump leak first, but managed to get the o-ring needed today.

I don’t think there is a difference.not near my motor till the week end if you need photos. truck cab would sit in the same place as a normal landrover Remove wheel arch/internals up to the flat back of the bulkhead,remove rear light cluster...