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I know this is a long shot but here goes!!! :p I bought a 110 double cab last year and the previous owner bought it a new hood. It has come to light that he was a doughnut, and bought it a 90 hood which is too long to fit properly. :doh: Does anyone have the reverse problem or a 110 dcpu hood...

Just about to buy all the bits to lift my landy, but ive just been told ProComp dampers are crap! Had them befor and they dident seem to last long but I though that was normal for any shock. Which ones are good; there are loads of other brands! :confused: Im now considering the two britpart...

I recently got rid of my old 110 and now have a shiney 2006 TD5 110. Now its time to ruin it with masive suspension and wheels and winches and bits! :D Put all the bits in the online basket for a 4" lift, but one problem; It doesent look like anyone does extended braded brake lines for Defender...

Hi, My rear nearside brake is dragging abit on my P38, noticed a break smell and touched all the wheels and that corner alone was too hot to touch! Does this happen alot, is it most likedly the pistons in the caliper or the sliders, or somthing else? I re-greeced all the sliders with copper...

Hi, I have an air leak between the brake master cylinder and brake servo unit, which causes loss of vacume under heavy breaking, is there ment to be a rubber seal between the two units? Has anyone else had this problem? Both the master cylinder and servo unit are a year or two old and are...

Hi, My 110 has britpart yellow +2 springs, highest stiffness springs, and a +2 spacer under it which im not overly keen on eather. Is there a spring that will lift my heavy 110 +4" with the spring only? Idealy i want a realy realy tall spring that not too stiff. I dont like the way my shock...

Hi, Im leaving for Norway this winter an I need snow chains for my 35/12.5 R15s! Im struggling to find any here (though in the US thy have heavy duty ones for 125 dollars a pair they wont ship them) :mad:. Anyone know where i shold go, or even have a pair/set they might be able to sell me...

Im putting new CV joints in my axle and there are two types for the age; 32 and 23 internal splines. Im chainging the half shafts too, my question is this - If I buy both half shaft and CV joint with the same no. of internal splines, does it matter which I have already? My landy is my everyday...

What oil am i best to put in my 200tdi for the extreem cold, I was thinking 10W 40 as I can still run it here on this oil. Will be at tampritures of -25 celcius, possibly even down to -30. :eek: I have also heard 5W 30 used in the cold, but would it be too warm here too operate on it? I am...

I have a grinding noise at low RPM, most knowtisable in gears 3 and 4. It only happens when theres load on the transmition. Its not the gear box or transfer bax as ive now had three transfer boxes with the noise the same and ive just changed the gear box with no difference. Its not the rear axle...

Hi, Will i be able to replace my LT77 with an R380 on my 200tdi using this flywheel housing? Flywheel Housing, 300Tdi Engine, Manual Transmission on eBay (end time 31-Oct-10 13:25:29 GMT) Cheers, Rich.

Is the T-box for the RR classic (VM diesel if it makes a difference), the one with a viscus unit that goes on an LT77, a 1:1.222 ratio? Thanks, Rich.

Hi, Ive spent some time trying to find where the oil is coming out of my engine, its everywhere on it and under it. Think its coming from the oil catcher thingey on the side of the head, i have no pipe to feed it back to the air box. Does oil normaly flow freely from here? It doesent bother me...

Hi, I have just bought some silly big wheels and need to lower my gear ratio. I have a Disco 1:1.222 ratio transfer box in good working order which i fitted last year. Does anyone with a defender standard box want to do a swap? I am in Surrey, near Leatherhead. Please dont offer me a shagged...

Hi, Just trying to find out why my steering feels so odd. All the ball joints are new and fine, the universal joints on the steering are fine, it is all coming from the steering box. On full right lock its all nice and tight, in the centre its abit loose, and on full left lock its got tones of...

Hi, Just took the Discovery down to the MOT garage and the tester seemed to think there was a knocking noise, and warned me that it wasnt his fault if it blowes up.:eek: Ive never particualy knowtised a bad noise, is there somthing which oftern causes a knocking in the engine? I thought TDIs...

Hi, My battery went dead in the P38 while i was away in Morocco, now im trying to jump it and its emibalised the engine, says "Press Remote or enter key code", pressing the remoted does nothing and i dont have the key code. :doh: Tryed syncing the fob with the key but its not doing anything...

Hi, The Power steering on the discovery we bought for our Morocco trip has had a sudden PAS failure. the steering works fine but is not powered. There are no unusall noises and the oil level is good and hasnt moved. We know the guy we got it from and there have been no prior problems with it...

Hi, My Dad just bought a 300tdi Discovery but we dont have it yet, i need to order it some brake discs and pads. Its chassis code is MA so it a later brake type apparently, will vented and non vented both fit? (I dont think they will) If not is there any way i can tell if its vented or not...

The defender failed on just one thing on its MOT (all the butchering i did to the rust that was once a chassis passed), but they failed it on the small amount of ATF coming out the bottom of the steering box down the drop arm. I have a TD5 box, im i best off buying it a seal kit and having a go...