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Brian, thanks for your post. You were right. It was in fact not the cigarette lighter. When pressing the cigarette lighter the 12v radio supply was coming into contact with another wire. this was shorting out. The fuses installed were too higher rating and were not blowing soon enough.

lovely, cheers datatek - I will get myself a copy! I will let you know what I find and try and post up some pictures. Hopefully it is just the bad earth.

thanks bankz, Perhaps a silly question, but would you know where a typical earth point would be for the main electrics? Thanks

Hello everyone, Ive had a bad few days with the landy! I just smashed my drivers window by slammig it to hard (because the seals have gone rock solid I was having to slam it) and now I have an electrical fault! and my clutch pedal has suddenly got lots of play and im struggling to change...

Thanks Grimmer, I will have a chat with them. I'm sure they can sort something out. I will post to confirm the outcome ! This famous four company look good. I need a few bits to do with the door lock mech, hopefully they can help me out there !

Ahh, very good point folks. It might not be a safari snorkel. It says defender on the side of it so not sure it's an official one. If I can't find the manufacturer what will I do !? The car is not with me at the moment it's in a garage for many other restoration items so next time I am down I...

Afternoon all. My safari snorkel has a pipe running into the wing area but just stops, the pipe which runs from here to the airbox is missing! This is for a 2.5td. I have been trying to find a company that would sell the original missing pipe but I have not had luck yet. Is there a...

Minty, thanks for the link buddy.

Ok mate, thanks for the advise. Im going to look into this option while its in the shop for the general jobs.

any ideas on a good supplier for a 200tdi engine that I can have put in?

Ahh, that sounds like something to look forward too then... Will check the posts. Thanks

Hey Turboman, what do you mean by 'big trouble if its not 100%?' Thanks

haha!!!!

Hi all, I joined the site just the other day in antispation of picking up my first land rover, a 1989 defender. I have bought it to tidy up, keep smart, use as a local A-B and some local offroading. Picked it up from Bradford yesterday with a long journey back to Essex ahead, got 1/4 of...