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A search has not turned anything up, but I'm sure that this has been done many times. Where are people fitting battery cutouts to their D2 TD5s? I am not needing this for competition or off road safety, so do not need (or want) it to be accessible from outside the vehicle. I simply want to...

I have Dixon Fabrication Tree Sliders fitted to my D2 TD5 and am very happy with them. However, they have taken the odd minor knock and the powder coating was not premium quality from new. As a result I have had to wire brush them a few times, treat with Kurust and then layers of Satin...

Dammit, this is a self-inflicted cock up. I have just removed the tail gate handles and door card. Drilled out the rivets holding the door release mechanism in pace, wrapped it in bubble wrap and tucked it neatly inside the door. This is so that I could fit a 2mm checker plate card and attach a...

My original bumper is in good shape and I'm not yet ready to replace it with an HD one. So forward recovery points are an issue. I carry a cunning device made by Nomad that is designed to go around the front axle, and that should be fine in extremis; but it could damage the original bumper. So...

I know I should have taken a photo before I took it off and replaced it, but there were only 3 vacuum connections, how on earth could I possibly forget which one went where... :rolleyes: Can someone confirm that the feed from the turbo inlet pipe, near the MAF goes onto the top, the feed to the...

No response yet on the Defender Forum, so opening to a more specialist audience. My son's D90 TD5 has just developed a very lumpy tickover. Any attempt to drive it more than 10 yards and very lumpy graduates to really, really unpleasant and a slow limp back. It starts first time and sometimes...

My son's D90 TD5 has just developed a very lumpy tickover. Any attempt to drive it more than 10 yards and very lumpy graduates to really, really unpleasant and a slow limp back. It starts first time and sometimes seems fine until you try to rev the engine at which point it goes back to a lumpy...

I have been loading the RAVE manuals for a few years without any issues. But a couple of days ago they stopped loading. The iso mounts OK and opening the folder shows the rave.exe file. Normally double clicking on this brings up an Adobe Acrobat 4.0 splash screen that quickly transitions to...

My son's TD5 D90 came with NAS-style LED lights (Britpart?) which have to date worked really well. However, having lifted it by 2" and fitted 255/85/16s, what he did not anticipate was that the larger tyre on the swing away carrier would now contact the tail light when opened - which it did...

I put the D2 in for Dinitrol treatment last Saturday, but having pressure washed it they have found a couple of areas of rust that need treatment before they can continue. I live near Sleaford, does anyone know of any competent welders nearby? It needs a patch on the right rear shock mount and...

So Brentacre won't cover my son's D90 for theft unless he fits a Class 1 Alarm and Immobiliser. Apparently a decent Tracker doesn't count, it has to be a Thatcham Approved Class 1. Any recommendations for a Class 1 system that works on a Defender? He is in discussion with Adrian Flux using...

I already have a Hawkeye Total which is a robust and very practical diagnostic tool, but does not handle live data well, it cannot display it graphically, display more than one element simultaneously, or save it to a file. Nor can it read or change EKA codes. OTOH it does have software for all...

In fitting a tank guard my son needed to remove the rear sway bar and two of the bolts sheared and will need drilling out before it can be refitted. He is tempted not to bother, but with a hard roof tent bolted on to a roll cage he has a lot of weight mounted high and he has a 2" lift running...

The D2 just passed it's MOT, which for a 20 year old car is always good news. But there were a couple of advisories that puzzled me. "Rear seats not fitted." Yup, moving home at the moment so I need the extra luggage space. "Chassis coated in underseal". Yup, the chassis on these things...

Although my D2 starts first time and is showing no signs of a weak battery, I have been getting suspicious that all may not be well. At 830 CCA it is smaller than I would like, and if I do not drive it any decent distance for a week or two I put it on an Optimate 4 trickle charger which...

Just realised that there is no section for product reviews, good or bad. Is this a deliberate policy to prevent people pushing their own gear, or is there just no demand? It strikes me that having somewhere you can point others towards good products or deals and away from ****e might be useful.

OK up front admission, the vehicle concerned is a Volvo V70, but the question is a fairly generic one. Two months ago I swapped rear pads and discs on our V70. I used Eicher pads and discs bought in one of the usual 50% off sales at Eurocarparts.com; total cost £65. Yes I know that this is very...

Just had a very reasonable repair quote from FBB Land Rovers in Steeple Langford. Has anyone used them or heard of them?

Seeking a bit a diagnosis confirmation. My son's 1999 D90 TD5 suffered a transmission failure coming off a roundabout onto the A303 in the middle of the night. A severe juddering suddenly developed, so he dipped the clutch and pulled into the side. There was no loss of drive, so that ruled...

A week or so ago my son's D90 TD5 (10p) lost power, the MIL came on and it threw up a code along the lines of poor crank position signal high. It was close by and driveable at slow speed so it limped home. When I swapped in a new crank position sensor the plug off the loom basically came apart...