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So a quick question that's come to my mind now that it's dark and miserable whenever I'm driving and I have the Defender's notorious lack of beam power to deal with. What is the definitive way full beam is supposed to work? I have noticed that my full beam is pretty rubbish on a day-to-day basis...

Right, so I just spent the whole weekend in the freezing cold changing all the suspension on my Defender 130 from standard to Terrafirma's 2 inch medium duty lift kit but I'm not sure they sent me the right springs! It's all gone together fine but I'm almost convinced I have no lift at all. I...

This wet weather has really made me miss not having a cover over the bed of my 130. I have a Truckman but it sits above the roofline and is quite frankly the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Does anybody know who makes or where I could buy a canvas cover like what I assume is supposed to come...

Here's a quick boxing day question. I was lucky enough to get a rather nice Moto Lita wheel for Christmas, however, when I came to fit it the thread of the shaft only protrudes about 5mm from the boss of the wheel meaning the nut only goes on half way. Does anyone know why this may be? The...

Once again I require further help. I took the small part of the passenger side dash off my 300Tdi defender so as to cut a hole for a speaker but out fell a couple of unconnected wires. They have connectors on the end but have no obvious destination (see picture). The wires appear to come off the...

Hi guys, I have what is potentially a very basic question here. I have moved upmarket from a 110 MoD Defender to a 300Tdi 130, however, none of them came with a radio. I have gone to great lengths to fit some speakers in the back but as it's such a loud vehicle you can't really hear them from...

So I don't know how normal this is, but my 300Tdi really has some large vibrations when I start it up and turn it off. When I turn it off it seems to stop very quickly if you know what I mean and it shudders so much my bonnet rattles on the wing tops. It's a '98 so I don't know if the engine...

So here's an interesting question. Have any of you ever had a fire randomly spew out from your handbrake? I mean, fire coming in the cab from under the rubber handbrake gaiter. I had this the other day and I'm still trying to find out how. The handbrake wasn't on, for sure, and I had only driven...

So I seem to have a similar problem to many others on my 300tdi, my hazards work fine but my indicators do not. The flasher relay buzzes like a bee as long as the indicators are supposed to be on. I don't know if that means it's broken or not. I currently have it out and in my house as...

Has anyone had any experience with an Autowatch immobiliser? Mine has decided to immobilise me and I cannot get my 300tdi Defender started. I don't know if I can just rip it off and be OK or if there is an easy way to fix it/common faults. Any help greatly appreciated!

So this has got me confused. I went out to see if my turbo hoses were pressurising as I suspect there is a hole in one of them. I went to start the engine but there was nothing. The lights on the dash come on, the headlights work, the radio works, everything except the starter it seems. It's...

So I rcently upgraded from a 1986 2.5 N/A 110 to a 1998 300tdi 130. The old 110 was slow and loud as you'd expect and ran out of gear at about 60mph. Considering I now have a 300tdi I was expecting to have quite a bit more pace. It will do 65-70mph but only after a good couple of minutes at full...

Hello to all, I have been searching and reading things on this website for months now and it really is very useful! After joing a few months ago I feel I am ready to ask my first question, which is a basic one and merely out of curiosity. I currently have a 1998 300tdi Defender 130 and was just...