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Thanks, I greased the props and UJs before I set off this morning and that does seem to have calmed the noise down a bit. One grease nipple missing so that wont be doing it much good, but ill change that in time. Front diff and transfer box flanges do have about 1mm play side to side, so...

The last few days ive noticed a noise like a squeaky prop shaft UJ coming from the transmission tunnel area of my 1992 200tdi 90 Defender. Having had a look underneath the propshaft UJs dont seem bad at all but I notice that I can turn the front prop about a 1/4 turn by hand with all four...

HOORAH!!!!! Cracked it, at last! Although I had pulled the relays out and replaced them, one by one, i just noticed that the yellow relays all had the same part number, so I swapped them around until I worked out which was the duff one. All fixed now. Cheers lads :);)

It's a brand new headlight (and fog light) switch and my test light comes on in every position of the switch.

Nice drawing. Much easier to read that the Haynes Manual version I have been working from . Just pulled the dim dip relay out from behind the speedo but when I popped it open I was surprised to see theres nothing in it. If anything its just linking two pins together. Cant believe theres...

Pretty sure ive tried it with the fog light switch on and in the off position too. No fog light working on either occasion but I will bare it in mind tomorrow.

Plastic blade fuses, all the relays ive found are present but I hadnt removed any of the clocks. The dash lights are out but i hadnt realised there were more relays behind the clocks. Will have a look in daylight.

Thats a red relay isnt it? I wasnt looking for it earlier today but ill keep an eye out for it when I go back to it tomorrow. Its just occurred to me that the fog light and fog light switch arent working either and they are on the same circuit, arent they?

Thanks Phil, although no doubt you appreciate im "winging it"... half teaching myself as I go and half poking around in the hope something comes to life.... I think I tried that approach earlier. Ill have another go tomorrow with a more strategic approach.

Brake lights working now. That was just the switch. Although I can still get full beam flash I can't get dip or full beam from the headlight switch and a new switch didn't cure it. No power at any of the four 7.5a headlight fuses at the fuse box........ any ideas, anyone? It's giving me a...

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-vw-split-screen-camper-van-with-front-windows-open-and-vw-sign-on-86223270.html Years ago I asked a company who made those opening windscreens for VW vans if they could do something similar for the rear windscreen of an Austin Mini Pickup. They didn't seem to...

OK, slow progress being made but progress, none the less. All indicators are now working. Dont know how thats happened but i'm not complaining. Also all side lights now working. One side light didn't have a ground, but now it has. Brake lights are on and working at the switch, but not from the...

Thanks, both of you. All i've got is a test light and a multi metre and although up to now I've been replacing seriously corroded bulb holders and trying to do what I could through the headlight aperture, today I will have to get the wheel arch liners out and have a good look around. Will report...

Hi everyone. Im still getting to grips with the factory built 1992 200tdi 90 i dragged out of a hedge back in October last year. Its running and driving now but I just cant get my head around a few electrical issues im experiencing. Ive got all the lights working except for the front near side...

Thanks. I might have something going on in Buckingham next week, so ill be a good half way to you anyway. When I know what im doing ill drop you a line and see if you're tied up elsewhere.

The forum is probably lashed together with old BMW timing chains.......... thats why the posts are going "funny". No, my IP has not been rebuilt Mr Grrr. Might be worth going the whole hog and freshening it up while ive got the thing dismantled. While were on the subject, do you fancy earning...

Oh well..... And there was me expecting a quiet weekend. Any recommendations of where to get the bits from? I'm guessing this isn't going to be a cheap installation so I'd rather have quality parts for this.

It cut out on me approaching a roundabout the other day. Id completely forgotten about it. Approaching a roundabout the engine stopped running altogether, "GEARBOX FAULT" on the dash but i managed to coast into a layby. As soon as turned the key it fired up again and hasn't done it again since...

Cheers DT. I havent checked the plugs but i replaced them with Bosch plugs about 2015 and the car only does about 4000 miles a year. Would you expect them to be questionable after such a relatively short life? That big fat fuse in the bottom of the fuse box is intact and although I made the...

Evening all. Suppose I should have sorted this out a while ago but its never been high on the priority list. The P38 hasn't sounded particularly smooth for the last year or so as the timing chain always sounded like it was becoming a bit rattley to me. After replacing the leak off pipes...