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Those of you have been on LZ for a while might remember me rebuilding my engine quite a few years ago now. From day 1 it was pushinh oil through the turbo seals, through the inter-cooler and on in to the engine. It was burning about 1ml of oil to the mile. ie every 200 miles I was having to top...

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD I bought a brake servo from LR Direct. I thought it was faulty and so they sent another one. Turned out it wasn't because the second one was the same. Full story on this thread Servo Rattle They told me to keep them both :confused: It's a TRW part number LR013488G it...

Bought a new TRW servo and it's just arrived. I took it out the box to find something is moving around inside and causing it to clang like a bell. I've messaged LRDirect to enquire about returning it. Pretty sure there's nothing much in them but the spring and the diaphragm? Surely something...

I'm looking at replacing the brake servo on my 1996 300Tdi 90. There's an 'apparent' massive range from £45 up to £250 and everything in between. One of the ones up for £250 even says unbranded :rolleyes: Surely there can't be that many manufacturers to warrent a myriad of different prices...

My mate has a 60 plate (2010) It's got the Ford 2.2 litre engine, but I can't remember what bhp that model has. He's just messaged to say on his way home it lost a lot of power. Struggled to do 45mph and really struggled to get up any hills. On the drive, out of gear, foot to the floor on the...

I know there's a good chance that is is going to be an earth issue, but I don't know where. Initially, I thought this was a fault with my boomslang harness. The boomsland has two relays and one of the terminals over heated distorting the holder. I replaced the two relay holders and made sure the...

I've got a Boomslang Harness, but my headlights have stopped working. I've previously had an issue with the right hand relay One of the terminals corroded and overheated, slightly melting the relay holder. The headlights went off. Cleaned the terminals up and all good. They've gone off again...

As part of my ongoing investigations in to oil going through the turbo bearings and in to the engine, I had a look at the vac pump and servo. (see Britannica Restorations video) My brakes felt ok and seemed to pull me up from 60mph well. However, the vac pump hose stuck to my thumb, but wasn't...

A week or so ago the Landy developed a squeak. Initially, I thought it was the fan belt as the sound was very similar to the belt slipping across the tensioner a smidge. Then I realised that the squeak stopped immediately I took my foot off the gas or put my foot on the clutch. Drive train I...

I did the foot on brake pedal then start her up test a few days ago and it made no difference to the brake pedal. I tested it a few times over a couple of days and I felt nothing through the pedal when she started up. The Landy seemed to brake ok, but I wondered if I'd just got slowly used to...

Is the fitting that goes in to the block called an AN-10 fitting? Left hand end of this picture. Does the right hand fitting have a name? I know it's 45mm between centres

I'll keep a long story short. I rebuilt my 300Tdi engine a couple of years ago and I've had trouble with the turbo blowing oil through the intercooler ever since. On to my third turbo. If you're bored and got some time on your hands you can see my engine rebuild thread in the Engines section of...

I'm contemplating making my own return pipe from the turbo (Defender 90 300Tdi) I've got some silicon hose rated to 220 Celsius. Anyone any idea what temp the oil will be as it exits the turbo? IIRC the water stat opens at 88C and the water sits at 90-95 ish, but I don't know what temp the oil...

One of the relays on my boomslang headlight harness has corroded and is showing signs of overheating. Are these relay holders generic? Would this do the job properly? LINK TO FLYING SOCKET The relay that is causing the problem has the code H5458 and it's 12V 40A I can't find one. Does anyone...

My mate has just whatsapped me to say he has bought replacement discs and calipers for the front of his 60 plate defender 90 van back. He's bought solid discs and calipers to match. They are due to arrive tomorrow. He's just realised the fronts are vented discs. Will he be ok fitting the solid...

Fitted a boomslang harness a year or so ago. Last night the Mrs came home from work to report she could get side lights and main beam only. There's a couple of relays in the harness, is one for headlights and one for main beam? If so I'm presuming the headlight one has failed, but that's just me...

Been having problems with feedback through the brakes. One caliper wasn't pushing on one side and allowed rust to build up. I've cleaned that off, flakes of easily half a mm, but there's still feedback and so disc must be warped. Anyway, CV splines are worn (originals on 200K miles) so I'm...

Mate has a TD5 Defender 90 and brought it to me yesterday with a knock on the back end. Didn't take long to find the top bush on near side rear shock was worn. Rather that replace the shocks, which seem to be fine, I've ordered some replacement poly-bushes. I've got two questions. Are the...

Had the stereotypical jumpy front axle about 4 months ago and cured it with new panhard rod bushes. Used polybushes for the first time. It's starting to get a mild jump on again on way home tonight. So, I'm thinking you can get good and bad ones? Anyone know if there's a good quality make out...

The Landy stood for a week, over Christmas, and when we came to start it the battery was flat. It's a new 105Ah unit. First thought was alternator. Felt it through the week and couldn't detect any warmth. Checked it yesterday with the multimeter and when I disconnected the supply to the...