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Then we can conclude that I do have self-levelling suspension.

Oh God, I hate to ask this but...how would I know? It's a 12 seat, 1996 County Station Wagon. Does that help in any way at all?

Not quite what I was on about but maybe I need to have a scramble under the truck again tomorrow when it's light to check. This place is great. All this instant help for free. Thanks.

OK, ignoring the fact that this diagram refers to a Range Rover, I just wanted to clarify the situation. Can you confirm that the scrotum thing indicated shouldn't move and that the bracket also indicated should or shouldn't be as floppy as it is?

Oh. Great. That's progress. WTF is that thing anyway? Actually, forget that. I'll harness the awesome power of google.

Thank you, sagely anoraks of the green oval for your advice. There is no trace of zimmer frames nor putrified remains of any pensioners. The exhaust is very firmly attached and I can only move it a couple of mm in any direction. Likewise the disc mud shields, front and rear, are rusty but...

I'll give that another ****ting with the hammer and see if I can recreate it.

Yes, I said clanking. 110 CSW has been making this noise for about a year now. Mostly I suffer it with the windows wound up so it is tolerable. Either it's getting worse or the summer driving with open windows is making it more noticeable but I can't put up with it much longer. The noise is...

So the damper would come with a bush already? I'd assumed that the two were separate purchases. Thanks for your very prompt response.

I'm pretty sure that the bush at the top of of the rear damper on a defender (and probably any other vehicle for that matter) should be a tight fit with no play. While fettling the brakes on my 110 yesterday I found that there was about 3mm of play available. Attached are a couple of pics...

Just refuelled (sooner than anticipated). Economy was 27.3 mpg. 210 miles pootling round the village and in and out of town and 200 miles on fast A roads. Also I probably need to take into account some hooligan acceleration I have been doing 'in the interests of science'. This is on a mostly...

Not yet, no. I do very few miles so it can take me 3 months to go through a tank of fuel and it's fuel that I'm worried about. After all, you can't get more power out of thin air so all that rorty goodness has to come from diesel. When I have to refuel then I'll post the economy here...

As requested, a few photos of the work carried out. Not very exciting, I know. The variable potentiometer on top of the radiator bracket is to set the temperature at which the Pacet fan cuts in. Clockwise = hotter, anticlockwise = cooler - no more high tech than that.

Work was carried out at Alldrive near Swadlincote in Derbyshire. Small family business doing only land rovers and (as far as I remember) only up to and including 300Tdi powered variants at that. I did take some pics but they're not that thrilling. Can post if you like.

Well, I picked up the truck on Saturday and on first impressions I am stunned by the improvement in performance. I should mention that while I was dropping the truck off to have the work done we had the bonnet up and the chap who was doing the work pointed out that the EGR was still present but...

I decided to take the plunge and am having a full-width Allisport intercooler fitted. I'll post my assessment of the upgrade once I've picked my truck up later this week.

Thanks for that link, Hext. That pretty much covers it for me. Tapper, FWIW I think bypassing the intercooler would be a counter-productive.

This is my first forum post so please go gently with me if I've breached protocol in any way. I am considering upgrading the intercooler on my 300 CSW 110. Other than the cost the things that are making me waver are: a) if an uprated intercooler - ie a full width one such as is made my...