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Wondered if anyone has a photo of a 2.5 n/a filler cap, pretty sure the one i got on mine is non-standard as it leaks oil everwhere, and has a thread on it even though there is no thread on the engine to screw into. Cant get a picture of mine for a few days as i lent it to a mate. Cheers

ive found that the rubber that protects the the live wire from my batt to the starter motor had perished and consequently the terminal had become corroded, gave it a jiggle around and tightened it up and it fixed a problem similar to yours.

no there isnt any resistance but when i straighten the wheel the wobble doesnt stop until ive slowed down a little. Its hard to explain... it almost feels like its on very high springs (which i dont think it is) and is a bit top heavy!

thanks guys sorted the mirrors out, dealing with the speedo now, i have another niggle which annoys me and that is how sensitive the steering is at high speed, ive done a search but i dont think what ive found is relevant to my problem. There are no noises or clunks and its fine at low speed...

ah right, i hadnt bothered to take them apart until i had enquired on here, will have a bash tomorrow, also gonna dismantle the dashboard tomorrow as the speedo has stopped working, gotta go to france and have a mot soon so think i best sort it out, any ideas? And its stuck on 100k miles which i...

My bloody mirrors keep getting forced outa position by wind when driving at speed (well you know what i mean!) its becoming rather hazardous when overtaking etc. Before i go ahead and buy some new ones at a cool £10 each is this a common problem or is it just that the ball-socket joint is...

yeah we are very sensble about how we load the trailer fortunately its a double axle so the distribution of weight isnt all on the hitch and we load it low as the thing can be loaded very high in which case it tends to swerve in the wind...its a nightmare to drive! For clarities sake this is...

I repainted my landy this summer, they previous owner had done a **** poor job and hadn't lacquered it in time and the paint went off and consequently didnt have a good key so it all peeled off. After a little research and no prior experience i borrowed a compressor from a mate, bought a £20...

the white smoke thing was from an older mot certificate that problem was fixed.

tell me about it!! the boats (what we tow) are worth the money and hence we are strapped for cash most the time as they get damaged etc easily, and like i said before the defender although great fun isnt quite what i would of bought for the purpose, but we are kind of stuck with it for a while.

If i told you the load is often worth in excess of £50,000 i think you would be ****ting a lot more!

Yeah its a long old trailer. Its a club vehicle and was actually chosen and bought by the previous president of the club. If i were choosing myself i would have bought a TD or a disco. However we are pretty much stuck with the defender atm as its been plastered with lots of sposorship and club...

its a bit dark to go and have a thorough look at the engine now but from what we were told when we bought it and looking at the documents we got with it its neither a TDI or TD im basing this on something on a past MOT test that said. "its emitting a lot of white smoke for a non-turbo charged...

having just gone out to move it to get a proper photo of the engine its given up on me, think the starter burnt out as it started to turn over then stopped, no there is nothing! Day is going from bad to worse i swear! We do a lot of motorway driving all over the country, the purpose of the...

Thanks for the replies. As far as im aware its neither a TD or TDI, just a standard 2.5 ltr. Ive heard that getting a more modern air intake system will help aswell as getting the cylinders rebored with new pistons but it all seems a lot of fuss for what i could imagine being not a very...

Hello, Ive got a G reg defender 90 2.5 deisel (just under 100k miles) which i bought 6months ago with the idea of using it solely to do some towing in. As far as im aware there is nothing modified or untoward with it as it has had recent services at a specialist and passed an mot. What i...