Recent content by Micb1905

Afternoon all, As per my last post I've got my landy off to a garage and confirmed the cylinder head is warped beyond repair. il be changing the head soon, Ive just got a few questions to people with experience of carrying this out. 1.what head should i get? aftermarket, oem? if aftermarket...

cheers for the advice gents. as far as I'm aware the local garage deals with a fair few defenders as theres alot out here in the local town. il see what the cost is and weigh it up. il be returning to the uk soon and my breakdown cover includes returning it to the uk so that may be the better...

cheers gents. any specific guide you can point me to to properly check this over? il get onto my local mechanic in the meantime.

hopefully it hasn't gone, but its not the end of the world if it has... I've just found a decent guide on filling it up properly so il give that a go tomorrow and see whats happening. like I've said though theres no leaks anywhere or anything drastic going on.

unfortunately he's not very technically minded so thats where the initial issue lies.. however its done now so I'm ready to move on with my life 8-) when I run it unto temperature the only place I'm getting white smoke/steam is out of the expansion tank cap, if i ease it off to let the pressure...

cheers, il have a go of that now.

hopefully its just that! I've no idea how to solve it though?

how do i check the stat? rad isn't hot. all the hoses feel pressurised bar the 2 for the heating matrix which are empty but really hot! also heating has stopped working since this has happened. cheers

Afternoon all, back for more technical advice :/ currently running a 300tdi disco 1 engine in my 110. my friend was out in it yesterday and after about 50 miles on the motorway it split a heating matrix hose and dumped its coolant then cut out. he repaired the hose, let it cool and refilled...

no this is only a recent problem. as i said its something that got progressively worse over a week so its a part failure somewhere

hi guys I've got a 110 land rover with a 300tdi disco engine in it. currently having problems regarding the fuel system. its got enough fuel running through it to start up and idle fine, however once i get going i will start to lose power then cut out... give it a minute, start again then cut...

Hi all, anyone in the tines/savoie area? I'm currently in les brevieres 73320 for the winter. cheers :)

Hi Guys, Originally from liverpool but currently enjoying a winter season out in Tignes in the french alps. brought my 1989 110 out with me thats had a 300tdi disco conversion done on it. only picked it up two weeks before i came out here so didn't have a massive amount of time to get everything...