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Haha. It's ironic really. The Defender is clearly part of JLR's past... but those shaping it's future don't seem to care what the past looked like.... I wonder how much of the design that was revealed today was revealed as part of the original court case...

The front looks better at different angles in that ineos video that Anderzander posted above. I do keep looking at those bits that hang down beneath the chassis rails though for the suspension arms - wonder if they are going to work at re-engineering them any more to move them upwards!?

Especially with a nice BMW engine. I have had three BMW's and the engines have been excellent in all of them whether petrol or diesel.

I would think that from today there will be aftermarket companies starting to think about a 'defender style' replacement bonnet and grill. Ineos get what they really want then with a little help from the customisers.... the Defender...

Very first thoughts: 110 from the side G Wagen from the back Lada Niva from the front I agree with Fridge - overall I like it, but lose the bump at the front. If I wanted a Niva I would look out for one as they become classics!

I have the same Trucklites as Mike and Jon. Jon's comments are spot on - they take a bit of getting used to initially as its black directly in front of the vehicle because, like Jon says, the beam doesnt seem to start until 10ft away. Its absolutely fine as you aren't looking in the space ten feet in front of the vehicle, but takes some getting used to! The light is different to halogen and initially I really didnt like it. Its a cold blue light, not the warmer yellow of halogen and on some road surfaces and particularly at dusk it can feel like you dont have headlights on, but you can see, so they are clearly on! Its hard to explain, but its a colour/wavelength thing I think (mixed with my OCD!) I thought they had stopped making the old model of lights that I have now and that the current ones all have filaments to heat the lens. Mine do ice up in the snow - given I was driving through the middle of the red zone in the south west when the beast from the east hit and then the snow later that season and the following year, it was a bit of a pain, but I just had to stop every so often and clear the headlamps. It gave me a chance to clear the snow from the wiper blades etc at the same time, so not the end of the world given the frequency we have those conditions in the south of the UK! Edit - forgot to add - I got mine from Nakatanenga and their prices were pretty good at the time even though they were imported so worth looking there.

Pretty much exactly the same as me.

BBC news just now showing pictures of liverpool fans celebrating in the streets. No social distancing whatsoever.... what is up with these people?!

Haha. That Miserable old git chap hasnt been on here for some time!

What sort of price can you pick them up for? One of these would do all I want on my land....

Same with the tribute to the three chaps who were stabbed outside the pub they drank in - couple of masks, no distancing at all. Its adly the same with the riots that have been all over the news for the last two weeks. It will be telling if we see a higher infection rate as a result. People are moving on but the virus is still there.

No one was being cocky - all I read here was a greater level of caution from those posting. I think Fridge has summed it up really.... 1m distancing hasnt suddenly become safe overnight and that wasnt the message given, but it is the message that most people will have heard... People will gradually slip back to 'normal' as thats how they will interpet what the government have said today... that is, until an inevitable second wave hits. Look at Germany...

I think I paid about £158 a tyre for BFG AT's earlier this year (fitted)

They could do a series of cards for as the relationship evolves.... The last one - ‘Our love is like a Land Rover..... broken’

I have never quite understood what the sprag clutch does in there VB. Can you shed any light on it? We changed the one in Neils when his was slipping but it made no difference (that was after changing the clutch cone and that making no difference too!)

That wouldnt explain why it drives ok in forward gears?

That's partly what I was wondering. Do you agree that looks too turbulent with air mixed in the clear pipe Snagger?

Thats what I would try.

Yep. That's what I would do. Knowing how mine runs without a lift pump (very well) I would try from can to filter first. If it runs fine like that you rule out the connections from the filter and the pump

Well, it kind of looks like it to me. My electric lift pump has a clear bowl on it like a sedimentor and it looks nothing like that - it just smoothly pulls fuel in and pushes it on to the filter head. It doesnt look turbulent like your pipes show.

Not necessarily but if you do you would see air in it if its there. I am wondering if its sucking air from the supply pipe from the tank or even through the lift pump diaphragm (although with the latter I would think you would notice that as an external leak). Mine will run and drive (and drive well) without the lift pump at all so it should behave fine even bypassed.

Maybe try it with a pipe from a can of diesel to the lit pump and see what it does, then again from the can straight to the filter (run the output from the lift pump into the can or diesel will go everywhere!). It rules out the pipe from the tank and then the lift pump itself then

BFG AT's for me. I have run two sets now over about 220,000 miles on the 110. I don't even look for anything else these days, just look around for the best prices on the BFG's. The last pair I changed had done 110,000 miles and were still legal - one had a puncture and since I was considering changing them, I did it at that stage, but otherwise they would have been done at the end of this summer. Excellent performance on road and off, great in the snow and ice, I have no trouble at all on the wet and consider them a very capable tyre. Perhaps the wet performance for me is better than some say because I run at what sounds like low pressures on the front (28psi), the rear is a more normal pressure at 36psi unladen and 48 psi if I am towing or laden (and higher if the trailer is heavy).

It makes sense its just everyone does it the other way normally - upgrading the later gearboxes onto a older tdi rather than a later engine onto an LT77

I thought he sounded like he grounded it a few times early on. The majority of the track didnt look that challenging. Nice to see proper tyres on one though