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Looks very much like them. Note how the corners of the bit that sticks up are rounded off, to stop them from ripping your clothes or the seat squab covers. Now all you need to do is to make some more of them. There are none fitted to my 1970 88, and I don't have a problem with the seat squabs...

From memory, they are about 20x20x20 (millimeters) with a 1/4" hole in the middle of the one side which locates on the front seat rail bolt. Maybe a bit smaller, my memory fails me. My 88 should have six of them fitted, but they all seem to have disappeared over the years.

How durable is the 12J lump compared with the series two and a quarter diesels that I've been running in the past ? Those three bearing things used to wear out at a rate of knots,. I'd fit a decent engine, everything within the wear limits, and 30,000 miles later the thing would be a...

My best guess is that those outer brackets were added by someone competent in order to support the weight of a overhanging roof rack - the sort that stick out over the bonnet.

Just looked them up. Fitted to quite a few quality vehicles including Mercedes SLK. And not too expensive either

I did actually question why a centre belt wasn't mandatory, which on reflection, was probably asking for trouble, and the testers reply was that, to the best of his knowledge, the only belt you could fit there would be a lap belt, and they were considered to be potentially dangerous, as...

Is your vehicle legally required to have a centre seat belt ? My 1970 88 diesel still has the original belts fitted, and they're only fitted to the OS and NS seats, nothing on the middle seat. TBH I thought that this would mean an MOT fail, but the MOT tester passed it every year.

I'm just wondering. I've got a couple of tubeless type rims kicking around somewhere. Now if I fitted the proper tubeless type valve insert, what if I were to fit my old tube type crossply onto one WITHOUT a tube in it. I'm well familiar with the old petrol/butane gas trick to blow the tyre...

Yeah, one is a Deestone Extra Traction (tubed), and the other is an ancient Olympic Mud Plugger (remould made in Australia)

Tried that and can't find anything. Maybe my alignment skills aren't as good as I thought. My thoughts are that if it's something sharp inside the tyre carcass, putting a soft rubber patch over it isn't going to stop a puncture, but it might just reveal the location of the foreign object...

I might just give it another try, just in case I get lucky third time around

Sorry, but I tried that, I should have said. No air bubbles coming through the tread area on the tyre. Once the tube is holed the air is working it's way around to the join between tyre and rim, or coming up the side of the valve stem

I've got the same problem with two of my part worn 7.50x16 crossply tyres. Fitted them to repainted 5.5 rims with brand new tubes. After a few days both developed punctures despite me having checked the insides of the tyres very carefully before fitting them. Fixed the punctures, checked for any...

Many thanks ! Thanks for the heads up on it being from the 300 engine. Pattern vacuum pumps like that trending at about £70 which suits my wallet fine. From experience I know that the petrol lift pump is rated at 2-3 psi, while the diesel lift pump is 3-5psi. I don't think that it's really...

Q. Would one of these fit a series engine block ? And work from the eccentric cam that normally drives the lift pump ? Apparently it fits a 200Tdi engine unless I've read the description wrongly. And that would leave me in the strange position of having to fit an electric lift pump for a...

They've got some interesting stuff in the US. Power brakes that work off the power steering pump, and electrically operating trailer brakes. Unfortunately the latter are totally illegal in the UK (AFAIK) despite the fact that they have a built in failsafe. Not seen any electrically powered brake...

I'm feeling that I need to lighten the pedal pressure on my 1970 88 Diesel. My joints aren't getting any younger, long journeys are taking their toll on my right knee. Brakes are standard 88 type 10" drums all round with a non-servo master cylinder. So with late 2A wings, I can fit a series...

I put a set of sliding seat frames in my 2A, but found that they just took up more space, and made the driving position even more cramped. I'm 6' tall, so there must be plenty of owners with even longer legs than me. I ended up removing the adjustable frames and going back to the basic set up -...

Absolutely. If your '81 has the five bearing engine the flywheel and flywheel housing are different and a few other minor things but nothing really important

The Defender chassis were made by GKN Autostructures at Hadley Castle, Telford. Once complete they were put through the automated paint plant located in the same building. The paint system was Electrophoretic, with the chassis going through a series of chemical baths and finally into a...