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Good morning all I'm just prepping for my MOT in a month or so and need to replace both front and rear propshafts on my TD5 Defender 90. I use Landy pretty much every day but only for on road driving. I just want a straight replacement and most suppliers stock the Britpart shafts. My only...

Hi everyone my Defender td5 steering box was leaking in February this year and I needed to replace it for my MOT. I did some research and went to We Are Diffs in Birmingham. As part of the warranty I got my local independent garage to fit it. It has started to leak from the front of the box...

Hi Everyone I topped up my fluids the other day and since then Ive noticed that ive a small drip coming from the top plug on the rear diff. When I took it off there wasnt a washer or rubber seal so I thought this this might happen. Ive looked on my go to parts website www.lrworkshop.com but...

Hi everyone Im gradually getting through all of the none essential items on my rebuild. I had to get a new fuel cap yesterday and the guy at the parts shop was like "there cant be anything you havent replaced". Anyhoo the plastic cover on the dash warning lights is cracked and Im trying to...

Hi Everyone I'm building up courage to repair the top of my bulkhead in my 2000 TD5. Its not too bad but it is rusting and has had some pretty ropy repairs to the passenger side where a patch panel was welding over the existing metal - it came from a quarry so it was probably just a working...

Hi Everyone My 2000 90 TD5 front brake pads make a clicking sound when I'm driving along, but as soon as I touch the brakes the clicking stops. I did take out the retaining pins and copper slip them and this seemed to reduce the click for a couple of weeks then it returned. I have searched...

Hi Everyone I'm finally getting the courage up to change the core plugs in my 2000 TD5 Defender at the weekend as one of them is slightly weeping. When I took the exhaust manifold off a couple of years ago it was an absolute nightmare with the studs snapping. I know that I have to take off the...

Hi Everyone I've been having some intermittent starter issues and its down to the original female connector to the solenoid. I have replaced it with a universal spade connector but its not tight enough and so I'd like to put a proper connector on. I've checked LRworkshop.com and Ive attached a...

Hi Everyone Occasionally I have been getting an issue with my starter motor. 95% of the time my 2000 TD5 90 fires up immediately. However occasionally I turn the key and nothing. No clicks. And then it after about 4 turns the starter motor sort of thumps, a short noise and nothing. As part of...

Hi everyone I recently noticed that it was getting slightly difficult to get into gear and the pedal was biting at a ver low level, so I checked the clutch fluid and saw that the reservoir was empty. I put some fluid in and after a day or so the level dropped. I changed the slave cylinder on...

Hi everyone I've been putting this job off but I'm going to repair the bulkhead corner of the drivers side on my Landy. Its not too bad but the bit next to the vent hinge is definitely rotten. Someone did a half arse repair on the passengers side and just welded a repair section over the...

Hi Everyone Even though I have already replaced the fuel pump once, I need to do it again. To be honest I made an arse of it the first time when I allowed the whole pump to move when I tightened the locking ring. I broke off the float and and tried to weld it with a soldering iron. Anyway...

Hi Everyone I'm trying to sort my engine warning light. Normally they are a pain in the backside when they come on an they wont go out! In my case the warning light is not coming on. Before I bought the TD5 I know that there were some issues with the immobiliser, which I finally sorted and...

For some bizarre reason, as part of me replacing the door lock barrels I have decided to refurbish the door cards for my Defender. Im going to clean and then vinyl dye them as close to the colour as possible. When I was messing about last night I decided to take off the dash (for the 5th time!)...

Hi everyone I've just done a diagnostic check of my 2000 TD5 and apart from the usual errors relating to options that I don't have for air con and abs, there are two codes 3070 and 3103 which are "Glow plug relay drive open load active". Landy starts no problem and I suppose just because I'm...

Hi everyone Over the last few days my fuel gauge has been showing the wrong reading sometimes and the correct reading others. What i mean by this is when I turn the ignition switch it either; goes straight to the correct level and "behaves" as normal and goes down depending on distance goes to...

Hi Everyone My oil pressure light has been flickering occasionally so Im going to change the oil pressure switch as its been in there since 1999 and dead easy to get out. Typically, the TD5 had two different type threads for their oil pressure switch and this was decided during fitting on the...

Hi everyone First off apologies for all the posts recently but I'm so close to getting Landy back on the road. The OSF wing indicator isn't working on my 2000 TD5 defender. I don't know if it worked when I got her as I basically stripped her down straight away (first schoolboy error). I then...

Hi everyone, I have almost finished my renovation of my TD5 2000 defender which I started in July 2019. Ive got two things to sort before it goes for her MOT, OFS wing repeater is not working (I should have checked before I refitted the inner and out wing - ahhhhhhhhh) and the Immobiliser...

Hi everyone, ive finally managed to get hold of a 1999 td5 defender 90. Ive been restoring her with my daughter since august 2019. Ive no real mechanical experience and we have just used manuals and the internet. Weve documented the story on instagram landierestoration where theres loads of...