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Annoying fault, few years back I renewed the whole front wiper system in my Defender, OEM motor, spindles and cable. The old lot was noisy and worn. But now for some odd reason the wipers get stuck in park, it's rather random and only tends to happen when they're either on intermittent or...

Trying to remove the panhard rod to replace the bushes, thought it would be one of the easier ones to do...no. Axle end had a castellated nut fitted with pin which was rusted solid in place, freed that with the gas axe and brute force but now I cannot remove the bolt because the it has corroded...

Got a 2005 Freelander with the single fuel pump in the O/S rear wheel arch. This morning I got out with car running and the pump sounded very loud, buzzing, clearly audible over the sound of the engine - fairly loud to be honest. Switched off and listened to it priming with just ignition...

Hi all, Mrs and I went for an upgrade from old FL van to a facelift Td4 Sport, got a few questions on some things. The clutch bites very low, you have to make sure that you push the pedal with tip of toe so that it can be pushed far enough to work properly, clutch fluid is sufficient but...

Trying to cut a long and ongoing story short; new clutch kit June last year, now only done est.5000 miles, has started dragging the past month so that the gearbox is still turning with clutch fully depressed. No leaks, just been bled through with all new fluid and adjustment checked, have tried...

Been having an ongoing, rather annoying problem with the missus Freelander. Trying to cut a long story short - a while ago we went to use it, turned the key, all lights up but no starter. Has always started excellently. Left and used the reliable Defender :D tried all sorts, cleaned starter...

The missus' TD4 Freelander has done this randomly ever since we got it, but sometimes it will go for weeks without a hitch and then it'll happen, then be fine for several more weeks. It'll be going along fine and then without warning you can feel the power drop off, as in the engine stops...

My clutch pedal assembly is quite sloppy in the pivots and I wanted to tighten up some of the free play in it which I did, it now has a small about of free travel (about the required amount) but the bite point is very high. It always has been, had a new clutch this time last year but removing...

Just bought a new transfer box from a 300TDi disco for the 90, as the current one is clunking and leaking from every seal, plus I fancied the 1.2 gearing. Box seems good, little backlash, diff lock works nicely and it has a cross-drilled input gear and spotless splines, covered approx 110K...

The missus bought a Hippo. :D I am to say - very surprised at how much I like it. It's even got me second-guessing the 'Fender. It's a 2001 TD4 commercial, seems to have been looked after well and runs really nicely. Got a few bits and pieces I've picked up on the last few days looking...

After having a new crossmember fitted today (thanks Clive) it came to light my back box is well and truly shagged. For a 200TDi, what options are there for changing the exhaust without much modification, none if possible. Have been reading tonight and found various answers - use a 19J...

Anyone got any experience or ideas with fitting one of these on a 200TDi? Actual fitting is simple but the bonnet release is in the way: Does anyone have any ideas on how to move it? Don't just want to cut it off and not be able to fix it back on - how is it fixed on originally anyway?

Happy new year all :) Had a recon LT77 (H suffix) from Ashcroft back in June, has been a fairly good box, I changed the oil in it a few months ago for some Difflock fully-synthetic stuff which made it a bit smoother, the ATF that came out was a bit darker and glittery then I expected for only...

Ordered a new side-mounted fuel tank for my 90 to replace the leaky one, should arrive soon and I need to get it fitted promptly. Is there anything tricky or important that needs to be taken care with when changing them over or is it simply a case of drain what's left in it, undo the pickup...

Gotta get in the garage and fit new hub seals to the O/S rear hub tomorrow as they've been leaking for a fair while but it's started getting pretty bad now. Just wanted to try and get a solid answer as to the correct way to fit each seal as various guides/other forum posts seem to conflict each...

Another new problem, the side-mounted tank on the 90 has sprung a leak. It's dripping from the lowest point on the guard underneath but there's a lot of staining elsewhere the the whole rear of the tank is wet, checked the top of it under drivers seat and although the area around the sender unit...

Got my new Ashcroft LT77 fitted on Thursday, turned up an hour early as I didn't think the old mainshaft would make it there but it did! Once the fitting garage (Dale's) had opened up I went in for a chat, very nice bloke. Said I'd bought a new gaiter with me and I already had the new input gear...

Anyone got any suggestions on curing an opening drivers door latch, or is a replacement necessary after all I've tried? Been battling it for months now, randomly door will 'pop' open to first notch while driving - sometimes it will be because of a large bump but sometimes it seems truly random...

'Fender is off to one of Ashcroft's fitting stations next month for a new LT77, just been wondering if it's worth getting hold of and taking along a new rear-crank oil seal and seeing if they'll fit it while everything is out? 200TDi engine is at just under 151K, got a good service history...

I'm putting a new serpentine belt tensioner on a 300TDi Discovery as the old one has been squealing and chirping, but I've come across something of interest on the old tensioner after I removed it. It appears someone in the past has stuck a screw in the side of it, for what purpose I am not...