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It was rear prop , changed now perfect , horrible when its your own vehicle !!
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just changed a viscous on a bmw because of lock up and blade failure . Only vehicle i see standard with an EGT sensor is the scooby WRX ,, and some newer diesels ,, never thought about fitting one to my defender , I suppose a rich mixture would show up as extra heat in the exhaust !! opposite to a petrols lean mixture
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bit like the spare wheel and the plod, it's not law to have a spare wheel. In fact a lot of new cars don't have one.....at all. But if you do carry one it has to be road legal i.e have enough tread and be serviceable. Carrying a bald spare will cost you 3 points and or £1000 fine?
BTW do under car green neons, illuminated washer jets, blue interior lighting and strobing red led bumper strips count as sidelighting? :-0
Pete.
In blackwood on a thursday (cruise) night , you are required to have undercar lights, blue sidelights , loud exhaust and a 2000 watt stereo ,,,,
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This lists the entire lighting guidelines I go by when testing a vehicle , havent checked reversing lamps for years , actually they.ve even stopped us tapping lights to ensure they still work. Watch out from next March airbag lights, tow sockets and a load of new stuff such as TRE gaiters, ball joint gaiters will be a failable item
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seen valeo in their kits and I think a HD one was LUK ,, I think GBMUD's post was about right, some oem , some OK other stuff EEK !!
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I got a spare one here , BUT its got a broken solenoid casing . You are welcome to use it to make one good one out of two ,,,
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Dont panic about the reversing lights , not part of the test . Check the fuse contacts as well as the fuses , get alot of corroded fuseboxes
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On my 90 I use schutz on wheel arches for its abrasion resistance, waxoyl thinned down inside chassis etc , and hammerite undercoat and paint on everything. My local factors discounts the 1l schutz refils to £4.20 inc Vat when you buy a case of 6. My last discovery used around 4L of schutz to pretty much cover all underside ready for winter. I usually thin the schutz down a little with thinners to ensure an easy spray.
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I'll try disconnecting props and driving it , used to hearing noisy diffs but never had a graunchy metal on metal sound before ,, this has dismayed me a little. If it makes any difference the landy was parked up for a year after build while I sorted out a scoobie project ?
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First thing I checked was box oils etc . I was scared a bit of sabotage had happenned as landy was parked in garage.
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I did this conversion on mine , 300 tdi disco axles, disco front radius arms and new polybushes to fit. And did the rear propshaft conversion with help from foundry 4x4 ( they reccomended a high tensile bolt, spacer and big washer to pull out the center piece. ) actually they even offered to do it for me !!
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Ive just finished my defender (92 K 200tdi ), taxed it and actually used it on road ,,, Perfect until I got into 4th to 5th . It then decided to start making what I would call a graunching noise when lifting off and then re accelerating. It is inly present above 35 ish. It also happenned when I went over a few bumps in road. Sometimes on overrun it makes the noise until i accelerate or brake.
The defender was rebuilt with recon gearbox,new input gear gear in transfer box (might be a little tight as i fitted it and wasn't 100% happy with it) , disco axles, new front prop (standard) and has slight wear in rear prop. It is lifted 2 inches and I was concerned about the standard props. With it being my own landy I'm finding it hard to be objective over what it might be. Any help would be appreciated , I'm suspecting either propshaft or transfer box ,,,
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I think ralph is right with the panhard rod bushes . Usually find it makes them nervous to drive. usually the front radius arm bushes push the arm over to one side if gone. Just lever with a thin bar and they wont center back when detatched.
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Forgot to say ,, that is as long as battery is good , if its cranking over to slow itll never start
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once they are primed they usually cough into life very fast. Not really had to tow any 300s into starting usually prime up , open injector for for few secs and they are there. We just had a pump back from engineers which had got water in it and it wasn`t nice. It had bent some cam in it. Best of luck with yours , ours was a second hand pump off the bay of evil , running A1 now. How much of a squirt is coming out of injector if you crack it slightly ?? Check a good engine to gauge it , its easier if you are not used to diesels.
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Its not that bad to do , easier than most modern front wheel drive cars now , is it oil contamination on plate ?? or just worn plate. I can give you an auto data quote tomorrow if you want (its what most garages use) and just multiply by their hourly rate , varies from £40 to £80 / hour round here ,,
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Think this is probably linked to the dim dip system which partially lights headlights , have seen it play havoc on other cars etc either switching lights on permanently or no lights !! , don`t know (ralph probably does) but td5 might pulse earth instead of live to hlights for this system,
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Try running it off a fuel can straight to the pump , it`ll then discount system and check pump,
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Well if you have nothing to do for a few days you could try restoring http://www.ebay.co.u...215817130066531
Couple of local companies build complete shells or restore shells around me , big buck in it. Shells can be 10K apparently. I think you are basically buying the v5 as a right to build an historic rally car !!.
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still the original flexi hose ??
maybe it's finally given up through old age.
cripes I think its done well !!!! I fail 5 years old cars with perished flexi hoses !!! seen a few leak at ends where ferrule has rusted
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I`ve seen this before when slightly different threaded flexi fitted by guy , it leaked obviously, a little at first and alot when finally threads give way
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wouldn`t come up in an mot ,,, might be an issue for a traffic cop (usually is) surprised as most rally/hill climb cars I mot have glass fibre panels. One team I do wiring looms for use carbon fibre bonnets,doors,boot and wings !!!!
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quite right , had alot of problems with them as well , there are others though ,,,
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that would be much better as usually breakers are a complete ripoff (trust me I used to work for one) some parts were cheaper from dealer !!
believe me you should see the chav chariots
Can I spray standard wheel arches? does it work?
in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)
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they use plastic primer in local body shop , I can ask if needed