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So I've been off work for a couple of weeks recuperating after an operation. I've been doing the small jobs on the Defender. You know. Door seals, repaint the inside rear of the Station wagon a nice Hammered black, tidied up both the tool box under the drivers seat and the battery box under the...

Hi All, Completley new to Discovery 3. Bought one for my wife which has been running fine. Yesterday whilst out picking up some bolts for my Defender i9 had driven only about 3 miles and the engine completely died. No bangs, no rattles, just no power at all. The power steering went, and i just...

So I went in search of an oil leak i9n my engine and i can see the start of the leak coming from the rocker cover. I have a new 200tdi rocker cover gasket i was going to fit to my previous vehicle before it was nicked but was wondering if the same gasket will work for a 300tdi. it looks...

Hi All, Defender 300 TDI I think its a short somewhere but no idea how to identify where. My Stop and tail / sidelights wont go off even with the car turned off and the key removed from the ignition. I lost my headlights the other day but have not been to examine them yet. its an after market...

L971 EUD STOLEN Defender 110 CSW Hi All, I have woken to find my Defender 110 CSW stolen from behind my house. Can the network keep their eyes out for it. Im totally gutted. There are 4 distinctive scratches on the drivers door where some ner'do well keyed it.

I changed out my numberplate light yesterday and having done that I seem to have lost my sidelights and tail light on the Pasengerside of my defener 110 200tdi . I have LED lights throughout and these were working fine. I reckon I have broken a connection somewhere. The rear stop/tail light...

Hi All, I found out yesterday whilst on an offroad day that my Hi-Lo selection on the transfer box is not working. I found out when selecting Dif engaged, low box 2nd gear on a hill decent. It went a bit quick. Today I have checked that the diff is working by Jacking up the front and sticking...

Hi Guys, I'm out here in Ethiopia on holiday with the Missus and I have been looking to buy/import a LHD Landy into the country for a general run-a-round. I could leave it at the Father in Laws which is well handy. THERE IS 150% IMPORT TAX on any vehicle you import here so even a 4k purchase in...

I'm at a loose end today and am off to Thetford for a play. Anyone up for a meet? I'll be on Channel 6. I'll be in the area from about 12PM till 4pm ish

So who's coming to play on Sunday? Bures Pit, Suffolk?

So, having replace the front prop shaft after breaking it in France the other week my PAS pump has up and split on me. That will be why its so heavy on the steering. I'm meant to be off to Belgium with the Wife on Friday for our first wedding anniversary but I'd better get this fixed first. So...

Hi All, I've broken down in France on the way back to Calais (Figures). I had a squeak, a rumble and then a Thud as the front prop separated from the transmission Having had a look below the UK has gone completely. I'm waiting to get towed off the motorway I'd like to remove the front...

I have a noisey 1993 defender CSW 200 tdi. I took out the front carpeting but left in the tunnel carpet. There is no carpet in the second row seat area either. I'm thinking of getting the beast sound dampened and wondered what others noise levels are. My Defender registers about 89 - 90 db...

Hi All, I'm replacing my dipstick tube on my 1993 Defender 110 CSW as the current one detaches every time i pull out the dipstick. I got an MOT advisory so thought id replace it. I have cleaned up the area around the screw fitting for the dipstick tube and have received my Britpart ERC8980...

Morning All, I just had my Defender 200TDI 110 put through its MOT and it came back with advisory on the Universal Joint on my prop-shaft. Having had a look myself the rear prop-shaft is solid with no play what so ever. The front prop-shaft seems to have no play at the universal joints but...

Hi All, Im looking for some info here. I just received a £750 LEZ Penelty for driving my Defender 110 CSW in London in January. Apparently it was £500 with the first letter I didn't receive. Anyhoo... Does anyone have some individual rear seats. I have bench seats which it turns out are...

As it says in the title. Im looking for some one to install a secondary fuse box in my 200tdi Defender. I was going to do it myself but having had my winch start smoking after I wired that in I thought id get a professional or some one to show me. I have fitted a raptor console and want to...

Hi All, I had a broken speedo cable in my Landy which i decided to change at the weekend. I purchased a new one from the guys at RST in Mersea and fitted it on Sunday. It all went great. Fitted new cable.Routed it through the engine com partment. threaded it into the dash console and...

I'd like to stick in a second fusebox in teh dash of my defender but I'm not sure where to bring the power in from. I have a single power in with 10 outputs secondary fusebox, rated to 100A, from Bolt-On-Bits. Is it just a case of bringing another power line from the battery compartment to...

Hi All, Anyone able to give a new landy owner a help with his new CB? I have a Midland Alan 78Plus multi B. This is connected to a Moonraker Tornado Stinger Mobile CB Antenna via a pSM-1 vehicle mount which is attached at the rear right off the 110. This is grounded by the cable and...