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spot on western it is an old raf base thats being demolished which is surly a crime in itself. buildings dating from before ww1 untill about 2000 destroyed , alot of history lost. altho a lot of fun (sometimes) lol

just thought id share some piccys with you of my day yesterday when a piece of concrete collapsed and i had to try and rescue the lanny damn i can figure this out so ive attached one image and there is more in this album: http://s1120.photobucket.com/albums/l493/tomnewmc/landy/

hi all thinking of fiting a bikini hood for the summer altho would need to put in harnesses can anyone advise the best place to anchor the shoulder straps too as i dont have a roll cage in it tom

hey yo i am thinking of changing my high ratio transfer gears to ones from a disco 300tdi and was wondering if it mattered if i used ones from a manual disco or an automatic disco. are they the same? tom thanks in advance

Hi all Am curretly stuck at the top of Sweden with a blown head gasket on my 300tdi ahhhh So desperately need to find somewhere to buy a new head gasket 1.6mm I think #ERR7154 and head gasket set I think #STC2802 Does anyone know were I could get these parts from ? Thanks in advance Tom

yep green top sender is what you need Code~: AMR1425 Also check you have good contuinuity on the sender cable as this screwed me over, then if you have to replace make sure you replace properly so it still goes through the speedo, i shortcutted and went straight to the guage then somebody pointed out that was why my guage was reading too hot still lol (thick moment) Tom

A water heater for cooking rations Army issue 15amps continuous hopefully Otherwise 30minutes 3 times aday for 2 weeks Tom

Hi all I have an urgent need to fit a 24v supply into my defender before the 11th February Does any body know the best way to do this? Also cheapest I was wondering about either a 24v alternator or a 12 to 24 inverter but all the inverters seem to be naff power output and expensive Please advise Tom

lol just out of interest i ran an online quote with performance direct for my defender to see how much they offer. i didnt say there was any mods though and they came back with £3659 per year!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think i will stay with my 800 pound insurer tom

just rang 4site4x4 which happens to outlet about half a mile from my house and they came back with a quote of £85 tom

ahhh good point i need an insa turbo special track 265/75 r16 tom

i know some of you will probably say dont get them theyr rubbish but i already have 5 and need to change the two front ones so need to buy one before i do a 5500 mile trip. im sure these used to be like fifty quid but i cant find em anywhere for less than 75 does anybody know where sells them cheap? tom

ace il pm you my details so we can organise where i can meet you tom

ahh nuts

im just outside chester but can meet in wales wherever really, where were you thinking of going? tom

HI Paul Is this route still Closed? Out of interest i just looked at a map and some pictures and realised i drove this back in 2005 and it was an awesome route tom

Hello Im thinking id love to go greenlaning over the weekend maybe Sunday or monday in north wales does anybody fancy joining me? also if anybody could suggest some good ones that are still legal to access that would be useful as my knowledge of where greenlanes are is very limited thanks tom

i couldnt find any anywhere ended up buying a whole new window from fleabay for bout 60 quids

thanks for the replys guys yes it is an l series motor although whats a splendid lol just gotta find some time to do it now tom

hi all am having problems with my starter it just clicks and then after allot of trys will eventually fire. can anybody tell me if this is the answer: Ebqy clicky as this would be alot cheaper than buying a new 1 thanks tom

Ahh brilliant exactly the bit of info I needed Yes I'd gone straight from sender to guage temporary as was waiting to check I wasnt skipping any other devices out of the circuit before I plumbed it all in properly Thanks so much You certainly know this conversion jobbie well (I feel thick now )

I know this topics been covered well but i couldnt find a final answer for my question i have recently followed retroanacondas brilliant guide on how to replace the guages on my 300tdi with the td5 ones i also did the warning lights at the same time. my problem is that i could never get the temp guage to work changed the sender twice for the green one AMR1425 i think. eventually thought it might be the cable even though it worked for the old one so very crudely ran a new cable from sender to guage and hey presto it works. now though it happily sits mid way all the time unless i giv it any power at all then it climbs up neer the end of the white scale towards the red. now i would think that this is perfectly normal really except for the fact it never used to do that, almost the entire cooling system has been replaced this year because it has a personal vendetta against me and also the fact that my viscous unit on the fan is completely foobarred so constantly spins GRRRRR. this is going to be replaced i just wanted to sort the guage befor e i messed with the only thing cooling my engine. I suppose my question is, is my sensor and guage fine but the new cable i ran in meant to have something in it, i.e resistor, nuclear warhead or something. or is just a plain cable ok???? ANY Help Please ))))) tom

damn theyr more expensive now 75 plus 13 postage http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DEFENDER-TRUCK-CAB-REAR-SLIDING-WINDOW-GENUINE-NEW-/390269509806?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5adde020ae

i got my new window off flebay genuine part, easy enough to fit but i got it for 69 quids and i think theyr still on there so if you do a bit of searching youll find a cheap one. just remeber if you use lazy tong rivet gun then you need to take the seats out also put silicon on when you fit the window so it seals on the metal properly. oh and they still rattle, cuz the sliding locks have poo tolerances i found if you recline the seats a bit more then they touch the windows and stop the rattles tom

Thanks for the reply nick Just managed to find my owners manual and it also says 11.1 litres Thanks Tom