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Hi, sorry I have not been on here much lately, I have a VW bay window camper which has taken over as most unreliable vehicle in the fleet, so I have been hanging about VW forums. The prices of LED headlights for Defenders has come down to silly levels on EBay. The non halo ones I prefer are at...

My 110 has been on the road for about a year and a half after a full rebuild. Unfortunately the new paddocks rear exhaust section looks like it’s just about to rot through. The rest of the system is “Walker” and was on it when I got it and still looks fine. I don’t want to go down the stainless...

Hi, my headlights seem to have gradually dimmed over the last year since I fitted them. Clear crystal with decent bulbs. I am toying with LED headlights, then thought about a boomslang loom, as it will be cheaper than buying the parts and making a loom?, then thought about checking the earths...

After owning my 90 for a while and working on both axles to some degree of confidence, I have now got a 110 as well. Unfortunately the Salisbury axle seems to have a lot of play in it, and sometimes makes a real clunking sound when turning a corner at slow speed. I thought initially it was me...

The rear disk brakes on my 110 are squealing really loudly when they have done a few miles each day. I checked both sets of pads and also smeared some coppaslip on the back of the pads, which has helped, but not cured the noise. One of the "anti squeal" shims is missing on the one pad, I've...

My 110 is nearly finished, apologies for the lack of any useful reports or photos, but it's been a hard slog with some late evenings, and as its in my parents garage 45 mins drive away, I keep forgetting to take any pictures. Last night I replaced the drop arm ball joint, which made a massive...

The repairs to my 95 300tdi 110 are coming on well, so far I have changed the cross member, replaced the floor pans, o/s out rigger and the battery tray. The bulkhead has some rot in a weird place, basically round the bonnet hinge and down to the blank where the speedo cable and wiring goes...

I fitted a new drivers side wiper box on my Defender, In January of this year. The old box seemed to be seizing up and was clicking and under sweeping. It was a bit of a pain to change. Pretty much from the start, the new wiper box overswept the bottom and side edges of the screen, but at least...

Hi all. Managed to remove the fuel tank on my 110 to change the rear X member. But in the process, broke off the fuel return pipe from the fuel gauge sender. It has a female fitting which screws on to the plastic pipe stub sticking out of the sender unit. I had hoped to just be able to change...

Hi. I'm in the middle of changing the rear X member on my 110. The X member to tub bolts were a bit of a pain to get out. Some of the captive plates are now scrap. I looked on paddock and eBay etc, but can't find replacement captive plates, all the bolt kits are nuts and bolts. I'm worried the...

Went to look at a 110 van today, and yes ended up buying it. No plans to sell my 90 but just wanted to see if the 110 would be more useful with a bit more space for kids bikes kayaks etc. Anyhow, by a strange twist of fate the 110 is a 1994 300tdi and used to belong to the local highway...

Hi all. I have bought a really tidy TD5 defender bonnet ridiculously cheap, and it's in much better condition than my 300tdi bonnet. The only silly problem, is the bonnet stay on mine is the big flat metal strip type, and the TD5 bonnet has a normal type rod. I don't have a rod, and...

After a genuine type radio mount to fit a 300tdi Defender. I don't really want to fill up the storage with a mud dash but keen to fit a stereo in the defender. I would need it posting too. Cheers.

I'm putting together a paddock order, as I need a new brake servo and clutch master cylinder. The brake pedal has wear in the pivot pin, so I wanted to change the bushes and the pin while its apart. I found the part number for the bushes, but can't find the part number for the pivot pin...

Anyone got any advice on an ideal trailer to tow behind a 90? I've presently got a 5' x 4' box trailer I've had for years. It's getting tatty and although it was fine behind my discoveries, I can't see it at all out of the back of my 90 until it is jackknifed which is not useful. I can't...

Can you get the heater matrix out of the heater without removing the heater assembly from a defender 300tdi Looks tight!

A new development in my 300tdi saga. It has now started smoking blue oil smoke after a long downhill on the overrun or if the engine has been on a reasonable trip and then stopped and then started again. It does it most if I stop at traffic lights and it idles for a while then pull away. We...

1/2 a mile from my house on the way to work this morning, and there was a clunk a whir and my power steering packed in and the alternator stopped charging. Nursed it home to find the aux belt tensioner lying in the engine bay, and the fastening stud sheared off. Is this a common problem? I'll...

I'm planning to do a head gasket change on my 1995 defender 300 tdi. No particular reason, but I messed up a cam belt change last year, and luckily got away with just pushrods and one rocker. It's been using a bit more water lately and there are no obvious leaks. P gasket and water pump changed...

Whilst I do like living in the IOM it can have its drawbacks. I tried to buy some basic 10w 40 oil on Saturday, to change oil in my 300tdi defender, and no stock. Only semi synthetic or full synthetic. Not only a waste of money, but also might not do a 200,000 mile defender any good. At this...