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We're looking at getting a rear shelter for our defender. Nothing fancy. Saw the following on sneezebay. Any feedback on this?? It's for festival use and summer camping...

In the way jobs seem to get bigger, changing my drum brakes has grown into needing a new hub. Unfortunately I couldn't find the axle number anywhere so had to ring customer support. Based on the reg number they identified the part as RUB500240, but I was suspicious since I don't know if the axle...

I'm investigating vibration when travelling about 30mph. Typical suspect, UJs. There is a tiny bit of movement on move props, so just whipped out the rear to changes the spiders. On inspection the spline on the prop itself (don't know the proper name, but the bit that allows the prop to stretch...

My 300tdi seems to have sprung a coolant leek at the back of the engine, on the cylinder head block. Looks like the core plug as failed. See image below What's the best way to tackle this? Engine out or take the head off?

Subject says or all really. Trying to replace one of my prop shaft UJs. I think they've been in the a long time and slightly rust welded. Let some oxalic acid to do is thing. Cleaned. Plusgassed it for a while. Trapped one of the eyes to try and rotate the circlip in its grove, off came one of...

My prop brake failed yesterday. Closer inspection revealed the rear oil seal has failed. It's a real mess in there! So I'm trying to remove the drive flange nut so I can get to the seal. Am I right in thinking the retaining nut is torqued up to 146->179 NM? I'm working on my driveway and...

While investigating the state of my rear brakes (drums) I noted it looked a bit wet inside and there was evidence of oil contamination on the pads. I whipped the hub off to have a look at the state of the seals and the stub axle. The seals look OK - not perished, no missing bits and still firm...

I need to replace my shock absorbers, but I'm struggling to find objective reviews or compassions. From looks alone my 110 has stock oem shocks fitted. I only partake in occasional green laning so I don't need anything super fancy/expensive like Old Man Emu, but I was eyeing up the terra Firma...

I'm trying to remove some of the slack on my steering wheel by adjusting the steering box. After a little effort and application of a 1m breaker bar I managed to free the main 3/4" nut. Trouble is the alien key bit is the middle now just moves along with the bolt. I'm hesitant to apply similar...

Anyone know the thread size of the 10 cover bolts? Want to clean mine before putting them back in. Thanks.

NRC8955. Why are they so bloody expensive!? £26 for a bit of injection moulded rubber and all the other versions for other engines are £3. Does anyone one have a serviceable spare they're prepared to part with in exchange for a few quiddies? Alternatively I could see if Tiger Seal can repair...

This weekend's project was replacing the Jerry can locker in my beastie. Getting the locker was a mission in itself, but that a different tale! I extracted the old locker with the usual defender surgical precision and steady hand. Inspection of the resultant gaping maw showed evidence of the...

After getting a battery light yesterday I tested my electrics and long story short, was getting the battery voltage (12.3) across the alternator with the engine above idle. I gave it a few thwacks with my persuader to see if I could shake the brushes loose, but nope. (It worked on my old Volvo)...

I'm about to pull the front diff out of my 1988 110 beastie so I can drill out a snapped bolt from one of the diff guard attachment holes before re inserting the unit. I've watched the various YouTube videos on doing this and it doesn't seem too complicated, but any tips, tricks or advice on...

So I'm having issues with my grease gun. (For some reason when I mentioned this to a friend he started smirking...). No matter how much I pump away, nothing comes out. (More smirking...). Seriously, it had been working fine, but then stopped pumping. I thought it had an air lock so I did all...

Morning all, Is hylomar Blue suitable for use in sealing diffs or should I use a silicone sealant like FixtPro? Thanks, Bee

Been searching the internet on this one but not found anything like it yet. When my 110 is under load (climbing a hill or heavy acceleration) there is a rattle/grating noise coming from around the gearbox. It seems to also occurs if something causes the truck to drop into its suspension, by even...

Refurbished Eye Cross Rod from a RHD Defender. I replaced the entire track rod assembly from my vehicle because it had seized. It was easier to swap the parts out and salvage what I could than have the vehicle off the road waiting for parts. So this part was salvaged. It is in perfect working...

So today's job was to replace the A-Frame ball joint and fulcrum bracket. All was going well till it came to reattaching the arms to the bracket. The holes don't line up! It's like the new unit has slightly different geometry and/or requires a different mounting bracket on the rear axle to make...

There is clearly something up with the brakes in my 110. Driving along, brakes felt 'nominal', then the next time I went to use them the pedal was very hard to depress. I've started running the usual checks on the vacuum system, but my question is this, how much suck should I be getting from my...