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Hello, This is slightly off the Landy topic but I have adopted the problems of my 17 year old sons classic mini! We changed the alternator because it was rough as a badgers arse and the bearings where shot and in general it had seen better days but it was working it just screamed constantly...

I take a lot of backroads on the way home to miss rush hour traffic and when there is snow covering the road I put the landy into diff lock. I have a 2004 Td5 110. Is it ok to run this for considerable mileage, I might have it in diff lock for 10 miles at a time over my 30 mile commute. I...

Hello, After many miles of head scratching and stopping in laybyes ive pinpointed the big rattle to the bonnet hinges. The hinge fitted to bonnet is tight and the other half of the hinge fixed to the bulkhead is secure. There is however a huge amount of play where the hinges locate in each...

Happy new year to all. Santa brought me a basic Alpine head unit so I can listen to these new fangled CD things in the Landy. The Landy has a 90 degree female antenna connector which goes onto my current original cassette unit but my Alpine unit has what I think is normal a deep female...

I am having consistent problems with the central locking on my 2004 TD5 110 County. I read if the battery in the key fob is going it will only open every second push and it seems better since i put a new batt in. But the lock buttons inside the cab sometimes stick. I have lubed them with...

Had my Td5 in to local dealer for new wiper motor and mechanism under warranty and while in they did a free health check. Apparantly my rocker cover gasket is leaking. It looks like a simple case of removing engine cover, remove bolts, rocker cover and old gasket and replace everything...

Im looking to replace the tape player in my 2004 Td5 with a cheap Alpine CD/Wireless. I see Mudstuff sell ISO adapters but do I need one? The connector block that is part of the loom on my vehicle has round plugs but taped to the loom also is a rectangular connector roughly 10mm x 30mm...

I have a 2004 110 Td5 CSW for various reasons, towing caravan, trailer, carrying lots of kids, winter etc and a big reason is as a depreciation buster over more car like 4x4's. I end up in fields, forests etc with it but Im never going to have it up to its windows in water etc and I do spend a...

Ive driven Defenders for a few years with work and recently took the plunge and bought my own. 110 Td5 CSW 2004. I bought it from Stratstone in Buckinghamshire and they transported it up to me FOC. It arrived with a cracked windscreen which they paid to be replaced locally to me. Wipers stopped...

Ive just had a chat with my builder and joiner about a problem he was having with his Iveco truck and the topic of fuel came up. The builder who does some truck driving course every so often, not HGV but something more than a normal car test says its also been discussed on the course that...

Had a new windscreen on Thursday done at work and not sure if the guy took the wipers off. Would he have? I have since got a knocking noise from the blades and I think this may be the rocking of the blades when they change direction. It doesnt allways happen but is loud when it does. It also...

Hi, Is there any way to add a pair of spot lights to the front of my Defender without cutting into existing wires etc. One of my mechanic mates once told me scotch locks (blue crimp on wire doublers, think there called scotch locks) were a pain and are often the cause of electrical faults...

There are various A bars on the market as you know. Ive been looking at the Rebel ones they are only about £60. Any use? Any other ones worth buying. I just want a steel, black, solid, decent one I can put spots on in time. Also whats the story are they not really legal? Thanks

My cigar lighter isnt working, I presume it works only when the engine is on so I checked that again and no joy. There isnt anything marked on the fuse box cover for the lighter only so I presume it is on the same circuit as something else. Mechanics I can do but Electrics are not my thing...

At the moment I am using my Defender for a 30 mile commute each way to work. In north Scotland so temp is at the moment typically about 3-4 degrees in the morning and 6-7 on the way home. This will change dramitically soon, last year was minus 15-22 in the mornings. My Landy is a well...

Hi Im new to Defender ownership as of yesterday. Driven them before but always had the luxury of handing them back to work and letting them maintain them. I now have to look after my 2004 110 CSW myself. I notice people going on about Sh*tpart. I pesume this is a derogotary term for...

Hello, One of the foam seals on my vent flap is no longer sticking to the flap so doesnt seat properly and leaks. It looks straight forward to unbolt the nuts at either end of the exterior hinge pins, then remove the two bolts from under the flap which connect to the interior handle...