Recent content by sepweaver

hi everyone, please forgive my stupidity but I can't find the answer I need anywhere. My 1995 300tdi 110 has a few issues. Biggest of these right now is the temperature. Head gasket went last year, replaced gasket and put on a complete new cylinder head, all good. Today the temperature gauge...

Thanks. Used angle grinder in the end. When all else fails, it's the or a hammer... Put the Landy all back together, let her back up to temperature, all looked good... Test drive - still all was well... Bonnet up for a last check before declaring all sorted, noticed steam from the exhaust...

Turns out the problem was 2 fold. Faulty earth screwing with the temp gauge, combined with a faulty water pump. Neither problem is being easy to fix. The earth refuses to earth properly. 19 years and 220,000 miles is making a selection of bolts un-undoable. Tried everything now, time for the...

Hi. Water pump on 300tdi 110 has failed. Trying to get the PAS pump pulley off to remove the useless pump, but we can't get the bolts to move, it just turns the pulley. Any magic suggestions very great fully accepted (been trying for about an hour now) Thanks Simon

My 300tdi 110 overheated for the first time ever yesterday, at least I think it did... The temperature gauge certainly spiked, so I pulled over immediately and switched off. Flicked the key to put the electrics on and the gauge sat perfectly in the middle. No steam from the bonnet, no...

The clutch pedal on my 95 defender 110 300tdi is acting oddly. The clutch itself feels fine, engages gears in the same way as normal, no slippage, no stalls. However, the top half of the pedal travel has disappeared, the pedal now doesn't return to its usual "rest" position, it stays half way...

Hi, I'm looking to mount my spare on the bonnet of my 300tdi 110. Can't find a decent mounting kit for a decent price anywhere!! Any pics would be great to see. Where can you get one for £100??

It's mostly on acceleration. The front prop shaft has only been on a couple of months though.

While doing a load of other jobs on my 110, I decided to look at the indicators (o/s front, n/s rear) which have been a bit intermittent. On the front, it looks like the connector the bulb assembly plugs into is the problem, it works in a very specific position, but stops as soon as it...

My 300tdi 110 has all the usual expected rattles clunks and bangs. They were driving me nuts so today I have replaced the front diff, front half shafts and cv joints and wheel bearings, also did the front discs, pads and calipers (they were seized) and the brake mud shields (they were rotten)...

It was parked on the "secure" car park at the hospital where I work. Thinking of getting a steering or gear lock, or maybe a quick release for the steering wheel.

Thanks everyone. Finally got it done with a hammer and centre punch, really needed a lot of encouragement, fought all the way! Another 'fender job that took 3 hours to take apart and 10 minutes to rebuild. Cheers!

Thanks, sadly I haven't got a chisel, can I drill the head off the bolt?

Hi, my 1994 defender was broken into by some scrout who tried to steal it with a hammer and chisel, so now I have to replace the ignition barrel. I have the wheel off and all the trim, and I come to the security bolts holding the ignition barrel to the steering column... Any suggestions how I...

Hi, this has probably been covered, but I can't find it. I want to fit a 300tdi discovery alternator into my 110. I'm going to run a split charge system and winch/stereo is putting a lot of pressure on my little 65amp alternator. Which other bits need changing, I'm thinking pulleys and belts...