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Hi all! So I’m powering through a full rescue of a ‘95 Defender 90 300tdi and I’ve just acquired a ‘97 Disco 300tdi with the sole intention of robbing its motor for parts. Whilst I’m waiting for delivery I had a chance to look at it more closely and recognized the front axle appears to be the...

Hi guys, I’m in the middle of an extensive overhaul of an old 300tdi Defender. I’ve done loads of work on the motor, it runs mechanically well but something is up beyond my understanding! It hunts at idle, almost like 3cyl, struggles to pick up a little then flies up through the revs sweet...

Hi guys, I foolishly ran my recently acquired 95 Defender out of fuel a few weeks ago (fuel gauge misinterpreted!) ever since it had felt a little down on power and although running ok, black smoke pretty constant. I replaced the fuel filter then removed the injectors today, they were pretty...

Hi guys, I’m trying to solve a huge mystery regarding the provenance and history (of which I have much!) on a newly acquired Q plate Defender! The mystery today is the 9 character vin number on my V5- it stacks up with Landrover and many MOT’s have been passed over the years etc but 9 characters...

Hi everyone, I live in a hugely rural part of France and I have just excitedly acquired what I hope is a very cool project for potential off road joy- always fancied a LR and this was what I ended up with although confusing provenance and (despite a stack of history) unknown model/models! I...