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Hi folks, It's been a while! My 300tdi is blowing brake light fuses. With the engine running and stationary, it takes 40 seconds of constant brake use to blow a 5amp fuse. With the 15amp in it takes around 2 mins constant use. If the engine isn't running ( so just have ignition on) I can't...

Hi, My alpine windows seals have perished away again ( or perhaps I didn't fit them right in the first place...). Anyway was wondering if there was a replacement panel to cover up the gap permanently ( pot rivet them on with some sealant etc.) once window removed. Cheers Ken

Festive Greetings! I can get the landy into low ratio without any problems, but when I push it over to diff lock in either low or high range, it doesn't seem to want to go, It certainly won't engage and just refuses to stay on the LHS (the difflock dash light doesn't come on either). Any quick...

Hi, Wondering if anybody knows of an easy-on paint to use for re-spraying landy in the back garden - looking for bright yellow. Did a fair bit of car spraying as a yoof (20 + years ago) but not sure if things are still the same. :) Cheers K

Hi folks, I'm going to pick up a dead hippo in Argyll (v6 with blown head gaskets), and plan to tow it back home (180 miles) using a towbar rig onto the free lander chassis. Will I be ok to stick the car in neutral and head home, and not destroy the gearbox etc. on the way back? Cheers Ken

Hi, I'm an escapee from the defender forum! A pal of mine has a 2.5 v6 X reg (2000) Freelander which has blown a head gasket. 64k on the clock, two owners and him. It hasn't moved for over a year now, and he's looking to scrap it. Is it worth buying off him for £300 and trying to put it back...

Evenin! Got my new second row door, but can't get the main glass back in. Everything is off, (winder, winder plate handles etc.) I'm sitting with a bare door (apart from the window runners etc. ) and I can't work out how the glass goes back. And before someone says "The same way it came out"...

Howdy! getting desperate re my second row doors. Have found a company but they only have 110/Puma doors - I wouldn't have thought there was a difference (apart from the window configuration), do any of you good people know if there's a difference ? Thanks in advance cheers K

Hello folks. My rear doors on my 110 are humped. I've patched them, and the guy who had it before patched them (apparently with pre-rusted plate...) I can't do anything more with them. Having trouble finding second row doors online /second hand - anyone got any ideas where I can get them at a...

Hi folks, one of those five minute jobs turning into a nightmare. Door handle was buggered, and I assumed that because the button kept sticking in, that this was why the door wouldn't shut properly. After taking off the card and finding most of the metal work in a pile at the bottom of the...

Afternoon! Opened the bonnet the other day (always a bad mistake....) and I noticed that fuel was leaking from the injector as it goes into the block. I've looked at tightening it up, but it hasn't really shifted, and I didn't want to tighten any further incase I wreck it completely. So my...

Howdy, As winter is fast approaching (ok, it's in Edinburgh tonight already!) I need to fix the fan in the landy. Is there any tips or tricks for this? The Haynes vague mentions a set of lower holding bolts in the footwell of the passenger seat and I'm buggered if I can find them. If I'm going...

Hi folks, My heater has started blowing fuses every time its turned on. After reading some of the other threads on the it sounds like it might be seized (since I can't find any other obvious wiring issues). The Haynes Vague makes the replacement of it look pretty complicated, is that the...

Hi folks, my imobiliser won't turn off, have checked the fuses etc. but all are fine. The light is on and no amount of pressing the 3 contacts on the fob against it will make it go off. Everything looks ok, I can detect voltage through the system etc. Problem is, I didn't fit it, and have no...

Hi folks, This just started the other day, if I park the landy (95 110 300tdi) up hill, even the slightest of gradients, when I come back the next day (or sometimes in about 20 minutes...) it won't start and needs a fair amount of cranking to bring the fuel up (I'm assuming) to make her start...

Hi folks, My landy is stuck in high ratio, I've tried all the usual stuff (taking the carpet up and checking for crap in the linkage etc.) I've changed the oil in the gearbox/transfer box, I'm not really sure what to do next. Had a quick search but couldn't see anything that matched my...

Hi folks , after plucking up the courage to do my cambelt, I'm stumped at the first hurdle. The bolt through the pulley wheel on the crankshaft will not shift. I'm giving it plenty of heat, and moving up on shift bar size. Whats the chances of me shearing the bolt? I've got a scaffoding bar...

Evenin! has anybody bought veg oil from costco? This might well sound like a daft question, but I'm a veggie oil virgin and want to make sure I don't put the wrong stuff in. cheers Ken

Evenin! Changed the oil in the Gearbox of my 110 at the weekend, and this came out. The plug was covered in crap and looks like an exploding volcano or Denis the menace in profile.. I've no idea when the last time the oil was changed, but that doesn't look very good. Have done around 100...

Evenin folks, Having replaced the whole brake system (all pipes, master cyl, all flexis, all calipers, inc T-piece) I still can't get a pedal. All joints have been checked for air/fluid leaks) all bleed nipples have been checked, flexi's have been locked off and others bled, no air is coming...