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    TD5 electronic faults - any ideas?

    My 2006 TD5 Defender refuses to start. I'd just pulled in to fill up with diesel and it failed to restart, although the engine spins freely on the starter. Other symptoms include: No engine check light or glow plug light on switching the ignition on. Temperature gauge goes straight up to hot...
  2. Brown

    Transmission noise, any thoughts?

    I'm getting some transmission noise and I wonder if anyone has any ideas. It's a 2006 TD5 model Defender with the R380 gearbox that appears to be original to the machine and has done around 140,000 miles. There's a whiny, scrapy noise that is gradually getting more obtrusive. I'm thinking...
  3. Brown

    Brakes and bearings

    I thought I'd post a few pictures of what I'm up to in the Land Rover. I've said elsewhere that I'm doing the swivel balls and brakes, so in between the showers this morning I made a start. In the immortal words of Mr Haynes 'jack up the car and remove the road wheels'. I've got the...
  4. Brown

    Interesting electrical problems with lights and heated rear screen: Any ideas?

    For a couple of weeks now, when I put the sidelights on, I get the heated screen warning lights too. No voltage at the rear window itself, just the warning lights. If I actually put the heated screen on, the sidelights come on, together with the little green 'lights on' warning light on the...
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    Brown's clutch rebuild thread

    Sometime over the next few weeks I'm going to do my clutch. It's a 2006 TD5 defender. The old one has done 100.000 miles and is a little tired. It can be encouraged to slip under hard acceleration or after a while creeping along in the traffic jam, plus there's a bit of groan or chatter when the...
  6. Brown

    Off on another adventure

    I'm off again today, but where am I going? Watch this space for updates.
  7. Brown

    The wet and the whimsical

    Off on another trip today. Again, I'm posting once we're home rather than in bits and pieces along the way, because I had Xylia with me, so it's a bit antisocial to be fiddling with websites when you have company. A good early start was made and we rattled up to Ripon: Ripon has really cheap...
  8. Brown

    TD5 engine maturing - what would you do?

    My odometer is nudging into 6 figures. I tend to think that once an engine has gone past the 100,000 mile mark it's time to start thinking about what to do when it gets tired. Of course some people have TD5s that have soldiered on for twice or even three times this, so it's probably not urgent...
  9. Brown

    Today's little outing

    Up before the crack of dawn for a trip to the West Country. Here we go down the motorway. Whee! Weston Super Mare looks very empty first thing in the morning: Time for a little refreshment: I'm having a proper cup of coffee and a slice of cake whereas Xylia is having some sort of...
  10. Brown

    It's grim up north

    I've been having another trip. Unlike most of mine, I'm not doing this one simultaneously, because I had people with me and so the opportunity to hunt around for a place with a signal where I could write and upload photos was limited as it would have been a bit antisocial. But seeing as folks...
  11. Brown

    To the ends of the earth

    I'm going to have another of my long trips today. I'm up early and will see how far I can go in a day, Land Rover permitting. I just need to clean my teeth and put the tool box in the car and I shall be off. Once again, I shall demonstrate the superiority of the Defender as a long distance...
  12. Brown

    Windscreen wiper spindle rubbers

    The little rubber seals on my windscreen wiper spindles are perishing. They're the ones that form a seal between the moving part that the wiper arm goes on and the stationary part that goes through the bulkhead. A look in my parts catalogue and a quick Google doesn't show them for sale...
  13. Brown

    Building the gearbox of my dreams

    I got a bonus at work at the end of November, so what better way to mark the occasion than to waste it on Land Rover accessories? I've been bending the plastic over the past few days. An overdrive unit arrived: it even has a cute little finned sump for the transfer box to help keep it cool...
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    Trip to Scotland

    Seeing as so many people commented on the thread I posted of my trip to Scotland back in September, I though I'd do another one. I'm off to Stirling today to be an external examiner. After doing this, I shall be pointing the bonnet north eastwards and heading to Aberdeen to see some old friends...
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    Memory Map sale

    Some of you seem to be into Memory Maps, so you might be interested to know that they're on sale at the moment. I see the 1:25000 Ordnance Survey HD of Britain is only £180 now, rather than in excess of £300 as it was before. I had some older Memory Map files courtesy of someone on here who...
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    Long day's journey into night

    Just to add to all the discussion on here about whether you can travel long distances in the Defender, I thought I'd post up my activities today. I'm doing a long trip in my Defender and will update this thread with pictures through the day. As you can see, I'm starting early, and will go to...
  17. Brown

    TD5 woes - any bright ideas?

    I was going for a little drive yesterday afternoon, enjoying the lovely smooth new bearings I fitted the previous weekend, when all of a sudden the engine stopped and could not be restarted. I failed to make it go, and neither could two AA men. The engine died as if it had been switched...
  18. Brown

    Axle refurbishments

    I didn't have to go in to work this morning so I thought I'd get a start on my axles seeing as last night's rain had stopped. Let's try a wheel bearing to get us in the mood. Well it's a bit more than a wheel bearing. My nearside rear hub keeps filling up with oil so it might be a good idea to...
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    Christmas is just around the corner

    Brilliant! 12v Kids Electric Car Licensed Range Rover Evoque - White | eBay More or less indistinguishable from the real thing - a confection of plastic and budget Pacific-rim electronics guaranteed to last nearly as long as the box it came in.
  20. Brown

    Axle serial numbers

    Well I do feel silly asking this. I can't find my axle serial number for my front axle. It's a 2006 TD5 90. It's certainly not stamped in the place where the factory manual says it's stamped. Cleaning reveals it's smooth as a baby's bum and still has some of the original factory paint, but no...
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