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I learnt to drive in good old 'ETH', but one two year old girl and no time means she has got to go, it really is a sad day, I have owned her since 1996. Was a daily driver from 1996 to 2006, now a Project vehicle: Rebuilt on 'Designa' Galv Coil Chassis in 1999, 4spd ZF auto, little used...

Back in 1996 I fitted new door tops to my 1966 S2A, fast forward to yesterday when I started poking around under the glued on carpet it transpired that both NS and OS are little more than rust! As I peeled away the carped the entire steel lower frame came away with it :( I could just fit some...

My Dad has a 1999 4.0SE which he has owned since new. It is a great car, but considering the 85k miles and FLRSH its problems have been huge! Both front wheel bearings Climate control Mixer failure Heated seat failure AFM failure Full engine rebuild new torque converter Boot water leak...

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Where do I start.................. Last year I brought a late 60's bulkhead (for next to nothing) with the intention on restoration. I now have it back to good metal and that is where the problems start! I have no footwells, no A posts no centre plate at the bottom and with the repair...

I've got rear air suspension on my Disco, once the air springs were replaced it has been fine and I love it. A friend at work has an identical vehicle but when the compressor failed he fitted a coil conversion. His car rides a little more harshly than mine now it didn't cost much and he didn't...

On the last couple of tanks of diesel I've only been managing 18 MPG, my trips only consist of back and forth to work, a round trip of about 4 miles, plus a long motorway journey of 200 miles. I'd be expecting at least 23, possibly 25 MPG. My old worn out 1966 S2A 2.25 Diesel used to do 26 MPG...

Has anyone experienced a brief noise after starting a TD5 at the instant before the oil pressure light goes out? Weather the engine is cold or warm I get the same brief noise....how do I describe it....like a deep growl, for no more than 1 second. I drove a friends D2 the other day and that had...

Possibly there are early and late defender footwell designs. The defender footwells that I am familiar with have a deeper rear vertical section (~1" deeper) and a corrisponding more accute angle on the lower section than series 2 / 3 items. Alastair

Sorry - Defender footwells are very different from Series items :rolleyes: I measured those on my Lightweight, made a sketch, faxed it to the local Fab shop and collected them in a week! Thicker gauge steel and only cost £20 for the pair. Excluding the side piece, the basic panel is only a...

Thanks! I collected the bulkhead and stripped it late yesterday, top panel is good, looks like it needs A posts and footwells. Alastair

I did the same on all four arches. Original S2A body work, simply used a JiGsaw to remove the parts of the wing that were not required and made a new flange (bent aluminium back) to screw the Defender spats to. Ideally you would use an old Defender rear wing as a tempate, I had to use the...

I'd love to have a look, drop me a line...thanks Alastair

Hi Guys, I'm on the scrounge for a very late S2A bulkhead (looked on ebay noting suited), the type with the single wiper motor running both wipers I think they were 1968-71 of something like that. The condition doesn't matter as I need to modify it to match my 1966 bulkhead that has a 4.6 V8 in...

Thanks, I'm back in Kingswinford this weekend so I'll drive by and have a loom if it is sill forsale. Alastair

Hi All, I am considering buying a 2 door rangie but they seem to be a bit scarce nowadays:confused: . I viewed a restored one in about 2002 for a friend of mine, for the money (£1400) it was in fantastic condition and he had a good two years motoring before trading it in for a Rover 400 :( due...

Does anyone have a recomendation where I can get some Parabollic springs for the rear of my 88" S3? The originals are shot. Alastair Ideally in the Midlands, Dudley......ish......

Better late than never! My Dads P38 is in top form and has been all year after finding the problems, I'll note them here for all: No power, lean mixture: Out of calibration AFM - new one, plus ECU 'reset' cured the problem. Poor idle: Old HT leads, new ones transformed the Car! Wouldn't...

Hi Chaps, I've been searching for some technical data concerning the changes made to the S3 4spd box during it's production life..... Does anyone have a data sheet that they could reproduce etc... I ask as there is lots of 'pub talk' about which suffix box is stronger than the other, or that the...

OK, I haven't posted for ages, even though I was active in the alt.fan.landrover hay days of the late 90's, that newsgroup seems VERY quite nowadays...... Old ETH is getting a make over next summer where I intend to replace the safari back with a truck cab. Does anyone have one to hand that I...