Dutchgit

Dig a hole and bury your spare wheel in it to attach the winch rope to. You'll safe yourself some weight.

Take the sticker off. Play dumb and have a bribe handy.

Here in Germany it's okay to do your own modifications but you'll need papers with the parts you're using saying that they are TUV approved. The vehicle will have to be inspected to see if they are fitted properly. You can get away with fitting stuff and not tell 'em but it will fail on it's next inspection. Besides the fact that it makes your insurance void. It can be a headache at times but you won't have trailing arms on your motor that can snap off ...

Diesel is about 91 € cents per litre here. the way my V8 sounded was worth the extra though I better change my avatar and signature seeing I've turned to the dark side...

I've used such a t-piece and a RR EFI filterbox. The T-piece is in front of the carbs as I couldn't get away with it behind it due to lack of height for the hoses but I'm sure you've got more space on a Defender. I connected it up using two hoses from an Escort and a small piece from a Saab. It worked fine and this way I had it in the right spot for adding a snorkel.

I suppose it could be possible to take a fan switch from a car that has three or more settings (with a built in resistor) and fit that.

Gear oil. Don't know what type exactly as it's been a while but when getting parts for my 8274 the chaps who imported them here told me to use no more that a tea cup full.

Don't know but maybe ask here : Rover V8 forum

If the difference in torque methods is "apply x amount of torque and then turn 90 degrees or something" rather than torque up the bolts to 70N/M I'd suggest you get some old style bolts and use the old style torque methods as they are re-usable were as the later style ones are not. (I'm talking headbolts here) The rest is pretty much the same procedure.

You're probably alright using them as is now.

Use an o-ring or a rubber washer that fits.

You know that too huh ? Still, I've put me name up...

Stick a carb on it and do away with yer troubles.

What's the update on this Streaky ?

I think that if you look at your tires Streaky mate, that they'll be 265 wide.

Don't get too exited with that Range Rover aircompressor. It won't last long probably. It wasn't made to do anything you see.