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come from a land where it's km/litre so i'm getting a good 11km per litre on 265/75/16 tyres.

find out what's the temperature rating of the sender gauge first before looking at the positions of the needles. if it was totally factory in good working condition the Tdi is just abt center of the meter or sometimes slightly to the right, while the Td5 is slight to the left of the center.

not too sure abt the disco axels but the newer model defender axles sure do have disc braking on all 4.

if your rust area is not too wide spread, and contained within the footwells and kick panel, you can just mark out the area, cut it off and weld in an overlap piece as mentioned. this will solve your problem, but if a bulkhead transplant is your game, then sounds like real fun. i've never...

check your clutch resivour fluids. if the fluids are up to level, then the rubber seal is not doing it's job. you mentioned that you could press the clutch pedal to the floor without much resistance, so that should point you to the clutch master pump. when driving and you really need to...

might be the clutch plate needs tightening (as the springs are on the plate itself) or CV joints. Try this -> 1. park facing downward on a hill. 2. pull hand brake, release all gears and footbrake 3. move the differential to low (clutch in) 4. move the differential to high 5. move the...

ok assuming the one with the rotten rear cross member is fine, you can consider that. the rear cross member, can actually be replaced. That is the entire piece can be bought and fitted hence saving you all the headache of trying to wield the rots. most of them come with some rust in the out...

if you're game for a bulkhead transplant, then it shouldn't be a problem. However, if you only have rust in the footwells and kick panels then it would be an easy task to fix. Assuming you're not into 'authentic' restoration. A job of cut out rusting parts and weilding in a new sheet of metal...

The worst case scenario, you've a cracked piston block. Indicated from the blue smoke. I used to own a SIII which puffed white smoke upon start up, but once fired up it's fine. In my case, i believe that when left overnite, there will be water condensation in the engine block itself or fuel line.

I can get abt 140km/h on my Td5 D90 (02MY) without flooring the gas (well almost). She's running on 265/70/16 Bridgestone AT dueler.