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As the title says has anyone got any live links for a free download of the above manual. Cheers in advance for any help.

If your charging a 12v battery, do it without the inverter

I've just bought an old roof rack by Brownchurch, which has only one way of attaching to the gutter of the Defender and is through the feet of the rack, with 6mm bolts bolted thru newly drilled holes into the gutter, which afterr eading " Puma gutter", I'm not so sure, do you think it will be ok, its going on an 1994 110 Defender , so not brand new but I also didn't want big rotten holes in 10 years time. cheers Brian

Thank you Bob, that was more like the reply I was after, don't suppose you have a number on the belt , do you, cheers Brian

Hi, I have the aircon pump fitted for onboard air on my Defender 300tdi, but I want to fit onboard air on my other Defender 300tdi, but I haven't got the tensioner or idler pulleys, just the aircon pump with saddle and I was wondering if anyone has fitted a smaller belt without the other pulleys, and if they knew the part number or vehicle it applied to, cheers Brian

will axles fron a 2.4 Defender 110 fit a 300tdi 110 chassis, cheers Brian

Does anyone know what the M+S and a zero with a diagonal line flashing on the dashboard means, also the engine will not start, but has been sat for a year or two, cheers Brian

I thought there was something like that, cheers Brian

will a Defender td5 gearbox bolt straight on to a 300tdi engined Defender , or does the bell housing need changing , cheers in advance . Brian

sounds like the armature is knackered, a break in the wiring, or you could try cleaning the rotor where the brushes contact with a bit emery paper . Brian

put a bar across the two bolt heads while loosing the other, or put a socket on a tommy bar and loosen off that. Brian

when using fluxcord wire , you don't need the shroud(chrome cover over end where wire comes out), handy when space is tight, but means the end is live, have fun with your new toy. Brian

I have a similiar idea as above but use a large plastic spring clamp as listed here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LARGE-PLASTIC-SPRING-CLAMP-CLIP-6-EASY-GRIP-MARKETSTALL-WORK-BUILDING-CLIP-/281055358398?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item4170346dbe tha led lamp is bolted thru one side and can be moved quickly, I use mine for camping and working on the motor. Brian

that explains a lot, and now I have a knackered r380 gearbox aswell, all down to poor linkage, cheers for the well described reply Brian

mmmm, there is a lot of play on the transfer gear stick. The lever on the bottom is already pointing towards the passenger, but its giving the symtoms of a locked transfer box, I havn't jacked a wheel up yet, but I am convinced its locked, shuddering when turning, feels like its winding up, and today I went round a roundabout twice, and within a hundred metres a loud bang followed by some real nasty grinding, limped home, reversed it slightly to park and noise just disappeared , like nothing was the matter, but still I think its locked . could it have locked itself somehow, without needing the lever . Brian

LT 230 transfer box In what direction should the link at the bottom of the transfer box be pointing, for it to be unlocked and locked, cheers in advance. Brian

it was a three layer one, all separate two steel outer with a composite inner, deck was nice and clean

Ive had a good look, and it looks like it straight out from the head gasket, definately not the core plug, I've wiped the wet bit and you can see it weeping from the gasket, at the very back , and very back right hand side.

just finished putting a new 300tdi cylinder head and new gasket on today after having the whole xmas bad , passing the sickness flu around the house with the kids. Its was all torqued up according to the manual. As soon as I started filling with water I noticed coolant leaking from the rear of engine, a drip five every seconds, thought strange, thought maybe it might go after firing up but still there. The cylinder head and gasket are from Paddocks, any thoughts. Brian

be ready to usher any kids away as the swearing can get intense!

I had this exact problem a month back,, tried welding on a big nut and the stud snapped below the surface, like you I put it back together till I could get it sorted. When I did sort it out, I damaged the housing that the water pump attaches to , as the only way was levering and hammering at the same time as the bolt was corroded along its length, within the housing. I guess I could of reused it but it was unsightly , just may be wise to get a spare just in case . Hope you have better look, cheers Brian

try turning the belt round

If you don't have access to a welder , bolt a heavy weight to bit of chain bolted to the injecter nut, quite effective

yeah, had that confirmed today at the reskimmers when I picked up the old cylinder head, just had a sickly feeling when looked at microcat, but hoped for the better, Brian

nearly completed fitting new 300tdi cylinder head, and been looking on microcat and noticed some insert inlet/exhaust valve seats, are new complete cylinder heads with springs and valves supplied with these already, or should I have put them in. Brian