Frax
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Check the oil filler cap for ice cream if that is OK you may have lost compression in one or more cylinder. I doubt that the timing will have moved if it was running OK before but not impossible.
Depending on how confident you are that the timing has not moved you could let it run till up to temperature and see if that makes any difference.
If it has a turbo check it has not blown.
If glow plugs are not working it will start with difficulty and run rough till it fires in all cylinders but if compression is fine that should not take it long.
What engine do you have?
Someone will come along with more checks for you to do with any luck..
Frax
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If ye can take it to a garage and get them to check and see if there are any gases in your cooling water which will tell you if the head gasket is gone or even a cracked block.
Dip your oil and see if there are any signs of water or you could drain it and do the same check.
Frax
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As far as I have been told the newer the worse they are sadly due to the shortage of good grade/ quality steel, most now being imported. The Chinese seem to be buying it all.
Frax
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Thank you
Ralf
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Hi I have a 1995 300tdi Defender and would like the part number for the front Bulkhead, the hunt is on for a new one.....
Thank you
Regards
Frax
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Hi I just did mine – it’s not that hard and you don’t need any special tools, you would be better to remove the half shafts to make it easy to knock out the bearing case but you may be able to do it without doing that. I did remove it as I was doing all the bearings and seals.
I used the same shims but it should not matter if you fit the new ones or a mixture of them both as the pin will sit slightly higher than the ones you have in probable as everything will be new.
On the half shaft at the moment I have no shims as I replaced the brass rings and have no play in the shaft.
Plan to run it for a while and then recheck and fit shims as required.
Just make sure you give the hub a good wash before starting so you don’t get dirt in your new bearings and grease.
Regards
Frax
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Drain or change the fuel filter it may have water in it.
Frax
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Well I have already fitted the camping mats with a reflectice side and it works well but looks a bit bright and needs covered in something.
Frax
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I will have to do the same or just carpet it.............
Frax
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Did the smooth roofs never come with headlinings then ?
Frax
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Hi do any of you know if you can buy such a thing, I have been looking for a while and have never seen one without the cut outs for alpine windows.
I also wondered if any part of the 110 rear roof sections are the same size as the 90.
Thank you for your help...
Frax
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Thanks guys just what I was after – seem to have stuck this on the wrong forum though “Sorry”
Frax
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Does anyone know where you can buy bits for the Hi-lift jack?
For some reason the stop at the top of the jack has gone missing and I would like to replace it.
Frax
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If I was you I would buy an old one and rebuild it, You will then have a Defender that will last for years longer than a TD5 and in the process you will know ever part of it which is always a good idea.
At the end of the day you need to be up for all the hard work or you will just waste your time and money.
The better condition the old one is in the less it will cost to rebuild.
Frax
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I would lay them on a track and use them for an offroad play day.........................................
Frax
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I had a set of RECAROS from an RS 2000 in mine and found them very comfy but really hard to get out of.
I have now changed them for Rover 75s as well and they are a good seat the only disappointing thing was that they do not fold forward so it’s hard to get in behind them.
Frax
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The wings, bonnet and grill might be but that is about it.
Frax
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Well the chassis is already powder coated so I will have to find a good point to fit an earth bolt.
This should have been done before the galvanising I suppose as I dont really want to drill any holes if I can get away with it so I might just have to clean an area where a bolt already goes through the chassis, might use the gearbox crossmember.
Good idea about isolating the body from the chassis and I dont think it would be hard to do, but to do without an earth path would be an achievement but it is worth a go.
Frax
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Do you get a good earth on galvanising – I am going to need to earth hopefully a galvanised bulkhead to a galvanised chassis and them to the engine and gear box.
Have I missed anything of is it a case of the more the better.
Frax
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Thats the one's I needed.
Frax
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Well they were defiantly UNF as they had one bolt left which I was given and it was a perfect fit.
The 10M was about 1/2mm to big.
I also found out that there is more than one metric fine which I did not know.
It may depend on age of vehicle but I would not think so.
Frax
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I think bracing along the two chassis legs would be easy but the rest might be a problem.
Also the more steel you add the more it will cost......... all ideas are welcome though.
Frax
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Well as you say I might just have to do it, can anyone tell me what braces I would need to fit as I don’t want to wreck a new bulkhead and I don’t know if my local galvanisers will have done one before.
Frax
Defender 90 ride height problem
in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)
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Swap over yer front springs and see what happens.
Frax