trickydicky

that sounds like a winter job then . ill have to look in to a rebuild then

hi i have a defender 90 200tdi with a worn transfer box . a friend had a low milage transfer box from an automatic .when i fitted it it had an intermittent drone noise in 5th gear it would drone about every second .2 years later i fitted a new chassis and i also fitted a rebuilt r380 gearbox and axles with good diffs .i still have the drone noise (i can feel it through the body of the car )has anybody got any ideas about what it could be or is it a recon transfer box ?

iv literally just tried that and everything works except when the key is removed but that's a good thing if you ask me .anyway thanks again for all your help . hopefully see you out on the lanes

iv now pulled every fuse and relay in the car (that i can find ) and its still got power . i have absolutely no idea what it could be .i unplugged the dim dip unit and the power went off so iv ordered a used one hopefully that one works fingers crossed

i have taken the dash apart this morning and gone over pictures of the bulkhead with the loom showing when i fitted the chassis and i carnt find the red relay .my 200 was one of the first .maby it didnt have one ?

its a 1991 defender 90 200tdi iv changed the dim dip switch if thats what you mean ?

hi i have a recently tried to fit LED headlights and noticed the blue and red wire to the headlights is permanently live my old headlights worked ok but they were very dim iv changed the light switch and that's not helped could this be a relay problem ? how would i test for this ?if i pull the left light fuse it goes out .the blue and red cable going to the main beam switch is live .would a dodgy relay be able to make the cable live when the key isn't inserted?

i watched a video on youtube saying if you earth the chassis of the radio to a good earth this should improve the signal .iv tried lots of aerials over the years on both defenders and they've both had a rubbish signal iv got to be doing something wrong

yep ground is good .right or wrong i even grounded it to the bulkhead .iv tried a new aerial and a new radio but still the signal is just about ok . im wondering what aerial peaple are using ?

can anybody give me some ideas how to get a decent fm signal on an older defender . what aerial you are using ? iv had a defender for about 15 years and iv never managed to get a good signal .

iv fitted it and they said it would be 30 percent lighter and wow what a difference it makes its literally like driving a real car (ha ha) .yes it has changed the biting point but for me its a good trade off on a days laneing when your on and off the pedal all day. id say its a total success and well worth doing to any early defenders.

I'm going to be fitting a loff clutch master cylinder and i was wondering if anybody has anything to say about them (good or bad)

whats a syncro short shift ? who would supply them ?

if anybody is thinking of fitting an r380 stumpy don't mess about just buy all the bits Ashcroft recommend and it should fit straight away . I'm so pleased with it it seems to pull much better than the lt77 each gear has a much better range . thanks for everybody's help and comments

iv ordered it now it should be arriving in the week lets hope this works. my backs had enough of lifting that lump in and out. cheers western