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The whole loom has gone right around the engine all the plastic covering has popped open and all wires are exposed. That portion touching manifold was from an old kenlow system i think thats long since been removed. I just moved it for the purpose of photo

Just been in Scotland and last night my engine loom melted. Managed to get to Gretna and decided it wasn’t worth the risk so got it recovered home. The engine loom has completely melted and I am not sure why. We have done heat gasket last weekend so wondering if some wires got disturbed...

1999 300 tdi 90 CSW Ill take my door card off and have another look Can confirm my wiper and heated rear window all work fine though

My defender had its roof off to repaint a few weeks back. Since getting it back noticed the centre rear break light isn’t working. I have tested the fitting itself with a voltage tester with breaks engaged and the wires and bulb holder are both dead unfortunately, no volts When i was putting...

The leak off pipes Thanks for this I wasn’t really sure it would be that issue as they were only replaced in August last year, but sure enough the 2nd one in from the back of the engine is absolutely soaked in Diesel.

The leak off pipes I did in August last year so they are basically brand new didn’t like the look of the old ones. I will have another look though

Hello i have been away in the dales and since being here my 300 has been playing up a bit and struggling to start. Differences from home We are about 1200 foot up on a hill side its also been exceptionally wet constant rain and cold, i put in some diesel from a local garage too, but this is...

So you think be okay with red in? Do you have any recommendations for a small top up bottle?

So my defender was involved in an accident and it involved a new radiator to be installed. The garage has done an excellent job. However I’ve noticed that the coolant that’s been put in it is red and I’ve heard that red can be very bad for an engine with an aluminium head and it can cause...

Its one of the last 300s off the production line for uk market, we suspect in the last batch of 200 or so. They were making TD5s behind mine on the assembly line thats how late of a run it is. It is just a factory Rioja Red colour. it was optional but its still a factory colour. Metallic paint...

Ill be buying banded ones as they are 265s, still think they look good though Ill still wire them in though as its got the wiring from the wipacs in place from when they were installed

Its more for the retro look. Its a concept at the moment but i am hopefully rebuilding the 90 and going to do a bit of a retro throwback edition. White roof, white Rostyles and some equally retro spots I feel like the wipac spots are a bit too modern for it lol. This is my Photoshopped...

I would like to get some Hella Comet 500 spots and i really like the retro type cover it comes with them in black and white. Does anyone know if the lights are okay to be mounted upside down on a defender front A Bar and will the covers also mount correctly so the text is the right away up?

I do like Limestone but am trying to be as period correct as possible

She was built in April 1998 so is Chawton correct as thats what I will go for.

For my era it was apparently Alpine white?

There are definitely 300s CSWs about with white roofs my friend has one in Cobar blue in our Off road club. Its a 1997 300 tdi

Hi there, Thinking of putting a white roof on my 90 Its had quite a dull finish and since I was out working overseas it got left for a little while and on my return noticed the roof started to micro blister slightly in places in the cold weather. I was thinking of giving it a white roof as I...

Yes spring had failed new seal again fixed it

Had a bit of a weap on my rear diff pinion seal thought best get that sorted. Got the part and we swapped it out last night. Part number we used was a FTC5258G. However after the replacement the leak is now sadly 10 times worse. This was a pic before replacement after about 6 weeks since I...