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Hi all, New to the forum - I'm in the Canadian Arctic, but I'm a born and bred Brit having spent the first 22 years of my life in the home counties. Cheers, or as we say in Canada 'take it easy, eh'!

That's a great tip! I remember the first time I changed the filter on my 90, I think it had been put on using a 12ft extension bar - whatever happened to hand tight for oil filters?! Thanks.

I second the Td5 suggestion. Enjoy your truck!

Get yourself a multimeter, cheap enough and you can test the switch and know for sure. It's possible the switch is OK and the wire has chaffed through somewhere and is permently earthed. You can test that with the meter too. Useful kit for...

Indeed, it seems more like an adventure when you drive a Defender.

That's so true. I also have a 2023 pick up that I specced exactly how I wanted it, but my '05 Td5 90 is so much more pleasurable to drive. I have driven it from Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories to Vancouver Island and back (three full 12...

That's great info, thanks. The wire appears to be fine, so perhaps it is the switch itself. That's an easy fix! Cheers.

Hi all, On my 2005 90 the light letting me know that the hand brake is on won't go out. I suspect it's a bad earth. Dumb question, but the one wire that leads from the hand brake switch out the back of the bulkhead...where does it go to? I want...