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Hi All, I fitted an airtec intercooler yesterday on my 300tdi defender. It requires the stays supporting the bonnet slam panel to be required. Plot twist, after hours of faffing around adjusting the bonnet, I realised that when the bonnet is pushed closed it bends the slam panel and also the...

Be warned this is going to turn into a bit of a rant! So having a nice weekend out green laning yesterday, driving along in 3rd low up a steep'ish but flat gravel track. Catching up with the car in front I put my foot on the clutch and put it into 2nd low. Release the clutch and next thing we...

I am replacing the standard core with a hybrid one and enjoying the delights of getting the four bolts undone. I have resorted to extreme violence, so I will need to replace the four bolts. Does anybody know what size they are? I know they should be 1/2 inch, but thats all.

So the bushes on the rear anti roll bar were an advisory on the MOT, I have decided to do a 'proper job' and replace the links too as they looked a little worse for wear. I really wish I didn't bother. For the life of me I cant get the ball joint links off. The ball joint that goes through...

Long story short my passenger side rear brake light stopped working right before a trip. Lots of swearing and threatening later I have figured out its something to do with the live wire (its not the bulb holder / connector). Currently I have done the bodge of the week and used scotchloks to...

Hi All, My 300tdi 110 has been ruining really well up until recently, so its decided to punish me with absolutely everything going wrong at once. I have three problems which I am slowly beginning to think are linked. When low speed coasting (clutch in, no accelerator, either brake or no...

Hi All, My 300tdi injection pump has sprung a leak from the throttle spindle. Its probably a drip every second or two. We are going away tomorrow to the lake district, will it be okay to drive like this? The last thing I can be dealing with right now is a breakdown (unless its my own!).

Hi All, I have had my 300tdi Defender for coming up three years, I have gone from no mechanical knowledge to what I think is a reasonable understanding. I am reasonably happy with how the engine is running, but looking at others I feel it could be better. What do you guys think? Tuning wise...

I am thinking of replacing both the radiator and intercooler, having had a good browse online I think I have settled on one from Bearmach, it is both the radiator and intercooler together in a new frame. As much as I would love an Alisport one I really can’t justify the cost at something like...

Here is a good one for you, its an electrical problem so I am doing my best to ignore it and hope it goes away....... A little while ago the radio would turn randomly off and on again, generally if you hit a bump in the road. Its progressively got worse, bumps seem to make it worse but I can...

Hi All, We have just moved to near Banbury and looking on Trailwise2 there is nothing around where we are and over the border into Northampton everything looks like it has been closed. Is there anything local that is worth a go that I might have missed (whilst still keeping the paint on the...

Morning all, My partner has wanted a roof top tent since we bought our landrover, secretly so have I – but I am loathed to fit it! Anyway, long story short on Saturday we bought (impulse!) a Hannibal (sp?) 1.4m roof top tent, she shortly vanished off to her parents and left me to fit it. First...

Hi all, Can anyone help me with the part number for front drive flanges for a 110 300tdi Defender (1997). I ordered these a while ago and they are too thick to fit. On a side note if anyone wants these cover postage and there yours because they are no use to me.

Right.... stupid question time... start rolling your eyes.... I am an avid mountaineer, I use the smallest, lightest stove I can find and shovel it straight out of the packet into my mouth, I might wash the spoon by licking it and certainly won’t wash my jet boil out… I will use the leftover...

Since owning my Landrover (1997 300tdi 110)I have always had to be careful changing gear, the gearbox works fine – never had an issue selecting gear etc. However, when I release my foot off the accelerator there was a slight jolt or jump, then if I did ‘normal modern car’ style gear changes i.e...

I recently have had work done on my landrover 300tdi 110 and it involved the removal of the rear propshaft. When I crawled under there yesterday to have a quick look at a few things I noticed that one of the bolts from the prop to the transmission brake drum was missing. My first instinct is...

Around 4 years ago now four of us stayed at a smallholding on the west side of Loch Eriboll for seven weeks to undertake geological mapping for our degree on the Moine Thrust. For the other two gents we were with it was hell, there was no internet, certainly no signal and it didn’t get dark...

Disclaimer: I don't have a clue what I am doing. I am writing this mostly for my own benefit, I don't feel like I have made much progress with the project and so I think looking back on here in a few months’ time will help me realise how far we have come (hopefully!). But also... who dosen't...

Well, first off, its not going to be a true expedition vehicle.... more of an 'adventure vehicle' (if it ever gets finished!).... but expedition sounds cooler.... When we bought the 110 in August it was visually in a poor state, having said that mechanically and structurally the previous owner...

Advice needed, and yes I have used the search function before someone says it! I am having some welding work done on my 110 station wagon chassis which will require the springs and shocks to be removed, both are pretty cruddy and I can see in a year or so they will need replacing so I am getting...