Recent content by struy

hey mik, how's yourself? it's the haggis close season just now, so they tend not to stampede just quite so much, but thanks for concern. talking of 'beasties', is wilson tied up with the drying out last years teabags or what? the laddie's never been so quiet!

hi roy just for the record, what make were those duff pads?! might save us all from same bad experience... i haven't had to replace pads in my 90 yet, so i can't offer a tried and tested name. you could find out what the OEM pads were for your spec of 90 and use them. always cheaper when not...

Thanks Wingy!!

you're welcome, fattom I know the kind of chap you are on about; i have a couple of those types up here too. One of my first posts was regarding seatbelt configurations for the back of my station wagon. You wouldn't believe the lack of progress i made off the back of Main Dealers and the...

hi russ no, you don't sound stupid at all. with so many mod's - good and bad - out there, you are right to want to know what the spec' is for a certain vintage. the diesel 2.5 n/a was fitted until 1990, as was the turbo diesel (which was just a turbo grafted onto the n/a lump). these vehicles...

hi Diallo I can't remember the exact crash survey, but in LRO magazine (end of last yr?...sorry) it reported that driver safety in a Defender was, i think, almost unbeaten. I also couldn't say whether this was front impact testing or any other kind of collision. Whatever, it was proper, bona...

hi nush i'd suspect perishing somewhere on vacuum hoses, as you mention was a gradual deteriation. Given that pedal doesnt sink, then you can rule out leaky/contaminated fluid, or air in the system (double check that pedal doesnt 'pump up') A slight increase in vac when revving also suggests...

'scuse the delay, but had to comment... Nail on head, Fattom. My earliest memories were going to Highlands to visit family for our thrice yearly annual hols. We had to go over - at the time barely what people would know as a road, 1 in 4 grad' - a serious hill road, and were transported in...

Hello everyone, been a while! (ISP hassle....a long story) I see the site has gone from strength to strength, and looking better than ever. I'm looking forward to catching up with all the posts i've missed this last while..and catching up with everyone, familiar and not so. Not much news...

hello RR, hope you enjoy and make full use of the site! don't be shy

hello and welcome, gary - glad to have you onboard! hey, a metal detective? maybes you could help locate that screw i have loose...

'Landyzone.co.uk...get in up to your air-intake!!!' hell's teeth, somebody make me stop?!

or... 'Don't get bogged down, get logged on!!! ...Landyzone.co.uk' perhaps... 'You wont come unstuck...in the Landyzone.co.uk!' can anyone detect a theme developing here?

here's one for you 'let's off-road!!' types: 'Landyzone.co.uk...more useful than any winch, mud-terrains or Hi-lift!'