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Although it has now reduced to about 25k i spent several years doing 30+k miles a year, when you are doing that sort of mileage lots of things become regular “service” items far more so than a weekend toy that never does any work. Latest example is my complaint on another thread that the lift...

I have it as a single piece in the second row footwell of the station wagon.

Or the cheap version, skip the sound proofing, and use THIS and a stanley knife!

Bit steep for me, ultimately whatever I get is going to sit in the side of the field for 10 years before being touched and then rebuilt over the next 6-8 years to hand the keys to the child at 18. After sitting that long any vehicle will need a chassis and bulkhead anyway so may as well get one...

I got the 12k for mine after the fire from the insurance with no arguments, but that was 3 years ago now. I completely agree with your comment about we spend too much on them without increasing the value. I have no intention of ever selling mine and six years ago at the point I had owned it for...

This is important and very sage advice. One of the big advantages of the defender is that you do not buy the perfect one you build the perfect one, whether you are doing that yourself or paying someone else. All you buy in the first instance is the starting platform, just get the one nearest to...

Another vote here for leaving it out. If you want to protect the floor of the back and double up as good sound proofing a sheet of stable matting does the trick and just leave the wheel boxes bare I am the same as marjon, bare front to back with rubber floor mats. sound proofing (alu-butyl) has...

I am beginning to look at another 110 as have a second child on the way, in the sprit of fairness after getting one for my son on the day he was born with a plan to rebuild in about 10 years time with him, I will need to do the same with this one. I am looking at the bottom of the market at a...

That is a neat sounding idea, but unless you have a horse of a dog I would have thought the solution does not need to be hugely over engineered if all the board is doing is taking the weight of the dog and their bed. What sort of seats do you have in the back, the individual or the two man...

I'm a little more considerate and use the spare tyre on the rear door as it is a little softer than the hitch :p

Yellow and red is for the fog light. There will be one on each side (same as the brown and green for reverse) but only one side will be used for each if you are still original. The loom is the same for RHD and LHD, so depending on which side of the road you are depends on which way around the...

The lift pump on my disco 200tdi failed yesterday, but it failed in a way I have not seen before, see the video below. Usually when they fail the internal diaphragm fails and it stops pumping, not the casing failing and it just pumping fuel out of the side. I will remove it later this afternoon...

I use a latching solenoid (LINK) on mine with a switch on the dash rather than a remote. It is hidden in plain sight with all the other identical toggle switches. I also have a fused bypass link which keeps the radio programmed etc, but as soon as you turn the ignition on the fuse will blow. I...

No. Unfortuantly not, I did not find any new or second hand and am currently running with bare doors. I am not sure if I will bother with the diy route or not. I have other pressures on my time and they are fairly low down the Land Rover work list of work for when I do have time!

I would not expect resealing to be part of a respray, and also not part of a re-chassis. it is a separate job that would have needed to be specified. I filled my gutters with white tiger seal to reduce the leaks. It is up to you if you dig out the old sealant first or overseal, that depends on...

Just to throw another spanner in the works why have you chosen DT connectors rather than AMP econoseal connectors which do the same things, are a modern multi pin waterproof connector, and more importantly are what land rover used themselves in the defender from halfway through the 300tdi? This...

I have not looked, but my first port of call would be YRM. I have not found a body/chassis bracket yet that I have needed that they do not stock. It is also something that if they do not currently stock they may look to manufacture for you and add to their offering moving forward. Their website...

Any high temp RTV sealant will do the job. I have used two different brands that were just the ones available on ebay at the time of needing it. Last one was designed to wood burning stove chimneys according to the advert!

It should be a fairly large brown wire with a ring terminal (originally attached to the starter) which would come out of the centre of the bulkhead and then go to the passenger side of the engine. I am not sure which side the starter is on for the M57, but you want it to pick up power from the...

Again I’m familiar with the older models but on them the gearbox ones come up behind the engine. And the axle ones just go up into the bodywork. I have all mine extended to the top of the snorkel so has been a long time since factory. Just put it up as high as it will go into a Position that is...