Recent content by Wolf Spider

Thank you all for your responses. I don't have a pair of accurate calipers, but checking with a rule this morning it looks like 4mm. So, will obtain some new M4 nuts and washers. Separately, I have never checked my glow plugs before (1996 300 Tdi, nearly 5 years in my ownership) and I have...

My Defender: 1996 300Tdi 90 CSW I am about to replace the glow plugs, the old ones appearing to be u/s. I have purchased 4 x Bosch ETC8847G. Strangely, they do not come with new nuts/washers on the connection stud. The nuts on the old ones were steel, but were quite rusted due to age. Given...

Thanks. A post in one of the threads linked by @miktdish suggested running a thin silicon bead around the CP panel and then letting it cure before fitting. This seems a good approach. The only objective I really have is to stop there being a permanent 'water sandwich' between the wingtop and the...

I have birch trees by my house which shed tiny seeds in profusion that get everywhere. I have today removed the chequerplate from the NSF wing of my 300 Tdi 90 CSW to clean out the heater intake box (which had two good handfuls of sludge and seeds and a blocked drainage hole). The chequerplate...

You guys with the Hankook MF31-1000 batteries: what vehicle do you have them fitted to? The height of the Hankook terminal post is 242mm according to the data sheet. The battery box (the standard one under the front passenger seat) in my 1996 Defender 90 CSW has a sloping top: 295mm at the...

I've just been out and measured the battery voltage this morning (outside temp is 3C according to my other vehicle, but it feels noticeably warmer than the past week and everything is not covered in frost today). Battery voltage is 12.08 volts. So, would it start, I thought? Turned the key and...

Thank you @kermit_rr. Everyone has pretty much confirmed and elaborated on my initial diagnosis. I will check the charging voltage 'cos I'm at this point and would like to know! I'll then order a new battery - I'm drawn towards the Varta because I rate them and have had good experience with them...

Thank you for your comments. I've been out on the fell tops today (not using Defender), but I checked the battery voltage when I got back. It was 12.12volts (down from 12.32 volts in 24 hours). So, the battery seems to be going EOL and as I said in my original posting, I'm surprised it has...

This is my first post........ woohoo. I have a 1996 Defender 90 CSW 300Tdi. I have owned this vehicle for just over 3 years. It has always seemed to have a slow battery drain when the vehicle is parked and unused: it's OK for 3 weeks, or so, but then the battery becomes too drained to crank the...

@kermit_rr re. 'upload button' I figured I was just of too lowly status to have permission to use it! ;-) I just tried to copy/paste two images into this window that I'm typing into now, but nothing has appeared (unles it does suddenly when I 'post' it.

I've finally signed up after visiting Landy Zone occasionally as a guest for a while - I got some great help on fixing my immobiliser spider (no pun intended) during that period. I first leaned to drive in a LWB farm Land Rover (Series 2A, I think) in my early teens, having graduated from...