[Rear silencer replacment]

Thanks for that Bogmonster.

The one thats on at the moment is a genuine exhaust.

Any tips on splitting the pipes appart?

Andy.

[Rear silencer replacment]

Hi.

1995 300tdi Defender 90.

I need to replace the rear silencer.

It looks like its been on for a while maybe from new, not sure.

I can get one from Paddocks for £53 delivered or I can get one fitted locally for £ 110.

How easy are they to split from the middle box if its been on a while.

Anyone with experience doing this?

Thanks.

Andy.

[Child seats, back of a 90.]

Have you got a mddle front seat?

[Waxoil into the bulkead]

Thanks for that.

When you take the hinge bolts out, do the nuts behind stay in place or is there a chance they will fall?

Andy.

[Waxoil into the bulkead]

Hi.

Thinking of getting some waxoil into the top corners of my 300tdi 90 bulkead.

Has anyone tried drilling a hole from the inside and using one of those waxoil flexible adaptors nozzles to spray some in?

Or is there a better way?

Here is where I mean..

Thanks

Andy

[GPS Speedometers]

Because a speedo usually over clocks speed it could just save you at speed camera's etc

It could be an offence to not have a working 'normal' speedo. Wonder if you would get away with having a gps as a speedo.

Just thought I would throw that one in.

[GPS Speedometers]

Hi.

In just about every car I have been in using a satnav, the car's speedo seems to show 3 or 4 mph more than the sat nav does.

I think the sat nav would be more accurate but only in a straight line. And they do seem pretty instantaneous. IMHO

[300tdi Alternator]

Does the fitting of a bigger amp alternator mean altering things like the wiring.

[300tdi Alternator]

Hi guys.

I have a 1995 Defender 300tdi and the alternator is starting to squeel. I thik a bit of sand has got into the front bearing.

Anyway my question is will a Disco 300tdi alternator fit.

Also I will have to take the pulley off my old one to get the cooling fins off. Any tips for doing this.

Ta.

[Camping in France this summer]

Hi, we are thinking of camping in France this summer. Because we have never been I thought I would ask if anyone has any recomendations of any good camp sites over there. We have two children 4 and 12. Thinking of going in the summer holidays. Maybe southern France. Is it best to book in advance or take a chance to find a site when we get there? etc.

Thanks.

Andy.

[Update for you all]

Fantastic Post!!

[Rear speakers in a Defender]

Has anyone tried to fit speakers into these panels?

Is there enough room?

I would like to fit a set of rear speakers in my Defender 90. I am fitting 4 tip up seats so there doesn't seem an obvious place for them. Has anyone found a good place which produces a decent sound?

Any photos would be good.

Thanks.

Andy.

[Never a truer word was said.]

"Don't forget to ask a teenager while they still know the answer to everything!"

[A quick question]

What are the Defender wheels - alloys, ordinary Defender steels or something else? Any of them should fit anyway but Discoverys look a bit "odd" with the narrow Defender steels on, and if the wheels have 7.50R16 tyres on, the tyres will rub. PCD and hub is the same.

The Defender wheels are 16" silver modulars.

[A quick question]

A quick question guys

Will my 1995 300tdi Defender wheels fit a 1996 Disco Series 1, 2.5 TDI , the wheels and tyres on the Disco are 7J x 16 x 33.0 AHZ E-DOT. with stud PCD is 5 x 125

Cheers

[New Recovery technique]

OUCH!!!

[A really good tip]

B)

Have you had this happen to you Andy? If you have rocks hitting the drainplug then surely they're hitting the sump too, which could tear a hole in it anyway - I don't think they're that thick/strong?

From the location of my sump plug, I'd say you'd need to be very very unlucky to hit it, but I haven't got a difflock thing on it yet....

Richard

Me and my friend bought a Difflock drain plug each. My friend fitted his first, which he snapped as he tightened it ( using the torque setting supplied ), resulting in having to remove the sump to remove the broken part. They seem to be made out of a softish brass type metal.

The other problem I could see is that once you have fitted it there is then a protective cap which screwes on, and this cap to my mind sticks out too far and is just asking to be knocked off and that would just be too much of a risk for me. I take your point regarding hitting the sump, but I think the original sump plug would stand a lot more.

I suppose they are a good idea if your not planning to do any rough stuff as they do make the oil drainage a lot less messy but you are probably going to spill some from the filter anyway. IMHO.

[A really good tip]

best way to solve your oil draining problems is to pop along to difflock and buy a compact drainplug.

I can change the oil in all of about 2 minutes and can even do it in my best clothing (like last saturday) as i won't get a drop anywhere!

I would not recomend the Difflock drainplug as they are made out of too softer metal and it would only take one rock to hit the plug and hey presto all your engine oil out of your engine IMHO

[Mud Terrain tyres on ice]

More like untreated icy side roads.

[Caption competition]

Now who's getting the winch out?

[Cheap Dremel type mini drill]

Yep I've ordered one and I'll let you know if its any good when I get it.

Andy.

[Mud Terrain tyres on ice]

I have been running 235 wide BFG mud terrain tyres and have been impressed with the off and on road performance through the spring and summer.

Last winter I was running BFG Track Edge which I think are a more all terrain tyre and they seemed ok on icy roads.

Does anyone have an opinion on how the 'mud terrain' tyres perform on icy roads. My thoughts would be that maybe the 'all terrain' tyres would handle the ice better.

What do you think?

Andy. B)

[OIl filter removal]

I use the old rubber glove method. On with the marigolds, grab a hold of the filter and hey presto! the filter should turn.

In reply to the Difflock oil removal sump plug thingy, I wouldn't recomend using as they seem to be made from softish metal and when the protective cap is screwed on they stick out quite a way. So if you knocked one on a rock it could easily break resulting in completely loosing your engine oil. Nice!!!

[Richard Burns dies]

Yes a sad loss.

I had no idea he was ill.

All the best to his family and friends.

[Defender 300tdi 109bhp or 139bhp?]

Cheers guys