mrFrog

Are these freestyle wheels ??? You got me worried just now :huh:

Not sure mrsFrog is mechanically minded, but given the correct directions she's quite happy wielding a spanner to help As for fitting the hinges to the wing first, that's what I did, but then, you do run out of arm length trying to hold the door, push the bolt through the hinge and mate it with the nut on the other side, then the spanners come into action !!! Much easier if you remove the door trim though.

Well, I spent five hours working on the 110 today, trying to change the cambelt. I have got everything off except the timing cover. I ran out of light... timing cover will be off tomorrow, hopefully it will be plain sailing from there I've had to drill three bolts out of the bottom pulley. Two of the bolts holding the radiator assembly simply snapped off when I tried to undo them. Oh, and the radiator is completely shot and needs to be replaced (luckily we've found a replacement already ) What a day... and I'm not done yet !!!

Had a similar experience changing one bottom hinge on front driver's door So you're not alone... Captive nut was seized solid, then started turning along with the screw. Ended up using an angle grinder to cut the hinge out. An extra willing pair of hands (wife ?) to hold door, spanner, bolts, etc... while you're having a think is about the best I can advise. It certainly helped me. At least you shouldn't have to do the job again too soon

4x55W is 18amps at 12V so 25amp should be plenty enough. Depends on the relay's rating, if the relay you're planning on using is only rated to 15 amps, you'll need 2, you can use a single relay provided it can switch 18 amps or more. On the other hand you could plan an element of safety and fit two relays so that if one fails, you still have 50% of your lighting and aren't left in the dark Don't forget to fuse this properly (as close to the battery as possible), and use grommets or some kind of protection on the live cables wherever they are likely to rub, crush or pinch on sharp chassis parts.

We've cheated and bought lenses for use on the continent . Just need to remember to swap them before we leave and when we return.

Sounds like we might as well buy a trailer in France if that's the case, one less thing to worry about B)

Or fail your MOT if the tester feels like it's too noisy.

Sounds just like me

Doesn't mean it's right, but to add weight to the above, make that 5, mine has oil in the inlet too, clearly coming from the pipe out of the breather into the turbo inlet tract.

1993 I did read about regulations, etc... and it seems that since ours was built in the dark ages, blue tack and sticky back plastic is fine :o

Don't you love rust eh !!! Lots of people diss wd40, but I find that if you soak the nut/bolt regularly with it and let it do its job over time, it usually gets most things undone. I'd start soaking those bolts now

Now you tell me :P Angle grinder was a lot more fun though To be fair I forget just how many screws, bolts, etc... I had already drilled out in my first week end with the 110 fixing this that and the other, the hinge was just another and I figured the angle grinder would get there quicker.

and give it time to work its way in... Often I don't wait long enough, but have fcound that if you are patient, penetrating oil/wd40/... does a brilliant job. I got myself in a right pickle with one of my hinges recently, the captive nut was spinning so drilling was out of the question, the angle grinder was the only way out

Hubby here... Thanks for the comprehensive answer I think that's the crux of it, along with deciding how to "dress" the back of the 110... The most likely use for the trailer will be to move the remainder of our belongings across the continent, e.g. what we didn't get into a container, or the back of the landie. This isn't likely to weigh much either, and I suspect something that's 10ft long would probably be the most. At the same time, we have an urge to do things to the landie, and that includes something at the back, either bumperettes or the NAS step (which we prefer). I don't however want to compromise function for the sake of form, hence the question in the first place. Do trailers usually come in standard height, or, are there trailers for normal cars, 4x4's, etc... with an appropriate tow hitch height ? Hope this helps

Thank you, that's definitely given me a few ideas.

Yes Please

A little hand from a fellow forum or club member is always welcome. I can guarantee you that some ford owners would do it too though Maybe not mondeo owers though :P

Or is it double that ? It will have taken 20minutes for the video image to arrive to control centre, then 20 minutes + operator delay for the resulting command to have got back to the Rover... A lot can go wrong in 40 minutes, even at snail's pace Just makes you realise quite how complex these things are, not quite the same as a little remote control car, and that's not taking environmental conditions into account.

I lied, there are markings on my lenses, just not the slope I am used to seeing on other cars... Here's a picture of my right hand lens (they are both the same afaik). I have highlighted writing on the lens, on the right it reads "Drive Left", the left hand one reads "USA". Would it be possible for someone to mark out or paint over the area that needs to be taped up Thanks everyone B)

Brilliant, makes perfect sense. I'll try it out when it's dark and dry and will try and take a few pictures for others who may need them, and you'll be able to validate I've done it right too Will report back in a few days.

Where exactly to you put the masking tape ??? We're off to Corsica in a few weeks, driving through France. I've found some stick-on light bender things but our 1993 110 Defender isn't listed in the application list. Looking at the lenses there are no markings, slopes, etc... All I've found so far are the following suggestions: -The lighbulb can be rotated into the headlamp with a little modification to the headlamp. -Replace RHD headlamps with LHD ones for the trip. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Greg

Noted Makes perfect sense

On my first post - result !!! Never got moderated ever before I have two sierra cosworths (although one or both will have to go soon) as daily drives, not quite ultima pace, but a little more comfortable Love the Ultima btw, on my cars to have one day B)

Do all newbies land in this thread ? My original post seems to have been copied and pasted here while the thread has been deleted ? I don't mind of course, just a little puzzled as to what happened