Recent content by pika1971

No movement in the header tank and the pipes to the rad are cold when engine is up to temp. Pipe coming out the bottom of the header tank cold and water in header tank cold when gauge reads normal. Hope it's not the head gasket only had it replaced a couple of months ago.

There is also a squeaking noise coming from the water pump and warm water is not circulating around the cooling system.

Hi, my '98 110 defender over heated yesterday and at the same time I noticed the heater was blowing cold, I have had an air block in the heating system before which did the same thing but it cleared itself. This time I checked and it had coolant in it although it did look like the header tank...

Nice, Did the brown splattered effect cost much?

I have a 1998, 110 defender which still has the standard wheels on it, they are starting to look a little tired and need respraying, they are currently a kind of cream colour, but I was wondering if that was the standard colour or should they be white?:confused:

I could be up for these...how do I contact you?

Hi, Bought a 98 defender 110 recently and everything was lovely until today, as I started to pull away there is a horrible rattling noise from the engine, when you pull over or slow to a couple of miles an hour it stops. Its quite hard to get it to make the noise when its stood still on the...

Great, there are quite a few around but keen to get one from an enthusiast. I need all the seating I can get so a freelander won't do it I'm afraid. Looking forward to getting one though...:)

Hi Guys, New here and trying to find my first landy. Any advice would be much apprieciated as I need a reliable and trustworthy truck to use for work. I have about 5-6k to spend on a 110 county to transport people and canoes around the wye valley. Do you think thats enough for something...

Hi, this is my first post, and at the moment I don't have a RR, although the family used to have one years ago and it was great. I am considering buying a P38 and spending upto 10k so Milesg vehicle is of interest, especially as I live in Evesham which is 20 mins from Cheltenham. I currently...