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Where does the multiplug that the rear indicator in my 200tdi 90 connects to live? How do I get to it? The lamp has been playing up for a while now and I've scrapped so much corrosion off there's not much left. Time to replace it :)

The steering in my Defender is feeling a little slack. The mechanic did mention it last time it went through it's MOT (I would say "but it's a land rover" but he did work for a LR dealer once upon a time). Where should I look for the source of the slack? It doesn't appear to be in thre system...

I'm getting tired with my collection of tat flying from the passenger seat when on the odd occasion I use the brakes and I don't have any midget friends, so I figure it's time to replace the centre seat with a cubby box. The basic Exmoor Trim ones look just the job. I'll store aware the centre...

So I've fixed the battery problem and I'm starting properly again. I did notice some squeal from the alternator belt the day before the battery failed but it's been fine with the new battery. Questions... Does the alternator give more resistance to the belt when the battery is knackered/low...

Had a spot of trouble with a flat battery in my 200tdi this morning, and with no one around to help had to come and get the AA man to come and give me a hand. Once started he pointed out that my battery which is rated at 520 CCA is barely up to spec for the vehicle. Now I don't run any winches...

The rain on my drive home reminded me; there's a lot of play in my ('93) Defender's wiper blades; the passenger side one flops over the windscreen seal at the extent of it's travel. When I had it in for service a few weeks back the mechanic blamed it on wear in the wiper wheelboxes. Replacing...

My next little project is to add some driving/spot lights under my A-bar, to switch with my main beam. I guess the easiest place to put the relay and other gubbins is under the wing near the existing bullet connectors behind the headlight. What's the best way to run the extra power cable...

Anyone know what the size of this bolt is? I've got a stubborn one covered in layers of waxoyl and other muck, and want to make sure that it's the the muck and not the bolt that I'm mashing as I struggle to tease it off.

I decided to take a look at the jack that came with my 200tdi 90. It appears to be an official Land Rover part, consists of a long screw which is turned with a wrench at the top, with a tubular bar which hinges downwards. It doesn't look like the most useful thing, ripe for replacement with a...

Thinking about tidying up some of the external fittings on my defender. What's the trick to removing the plastic wheel arch extentions and then refitting them? I see they're fastened by some sort of plastic rivet (I presume that the removal necessitates new rivets - what's the magic word I need...

This week my 200tdi Defender 90 has been losing power at higher revs (say 40mph in 3rd). The power feels like its pulsing up and down by about the same amount as when the turbo kicks in and out. :confused: Now it is cold and damp this week, and I usually run on B100 but I've mixed in a quarter...

The rear of my 90 has a rubber mat ontop of a thin layer of foamy sound-proofy type stuff. It's a pain when water gets in the back as water seaps under the mat and soaks into the foam where it a pain to dry out. Having just found the latest leak I'd like to make things easier to dry out after...

I've just had a second sealed headlight unit in my 90 200tdi go in a month. Whilst reading the workshop manuals it appears that the older 90s came with sealed units whilst the 300tdi came with reflectors and bulbs. I presume that it's no more difficult to switch from one to the other than it was...

My 200tdi has started to make an odd noisy when decelerating. It's a grating turning noise that started off quietly but is now quite noticeable. The noise stops if I press the clutch whilst continuing to decelerate. Any ideas?

I think whoever fitted my headlight guards on my defender decided that an industrial power screwdriver was the order of the day. What's the opinion here about stuck screws? Having tried some WD40, I was going to attempt to get more torque using a screw driving socket and wrench and failing...

Day three of owning my refurbished 200tdi and I'd like to take a look under the bonnet. The bonnet release knob doesn't appear to be very effective, I've pulled quite hard with little movement and so I can't open the bonnet. Any tips as to what's wrong (or more likely, what I'm doing wrong)...

The alignment of the the steering wheel on my new defender is off by about a quarter of a turn. I wouldn't mind so much but it's obscuring the speedo at the speeds that really matter. Is it just a case of centering the steering, removing the wheel and reattaching it in the correct alignment?

I'm looking to run my 200tdi defender on biodiesel (not SVO :)). As far as I understand, this should be fairly straight forward, I just need to watch the fuel filter after the first few hundred miles and I may need to change some hoses. How can I tell if the hoses fitted aren't suitable and...

I'm looking to purchase my first defender. At the moment I'm looking at what appears to be a rather well looked after '91 200tdi. Whilst I don't think 150,000 miles is bad for a car of that age, is there anything I need to look out for in a 200tdi engine of that distance? It's been recently...