MONKEYCOPPER

good evening all, yesterday i went to my defender to find a puddle of diesel underneath the fuel filter, went out and bought a bosch filter to replace one that was leaking ( old filter showed no obvious fault), ive now swapped filter and all seems fine. two queries, (1) do filters "just" leak for no apparent reason ? it was genuine part and (2) it appears to be missing water senser trap wiring, the wiring landrover side is there but part from plug to filter is missing, do i need it ?? filter was changed by main dealer bout 8 months ago and they never mentioned anything which is unusual as they point out anything to bump bill up. any experience gratefully recieved Paul

our thoughts are with family and friends im sure. very sad news

on my insurance i just pay the excess, weather its stone chip repair or replacement, and it dont count as a claim, worth checking your insurance tho as glass cover may or may not be included and if it is the excess due. paul

thanks guys, i will try both, tried to take pic of it but its more feeling it than seeing it, paul

hi, am hopeing there may be a solution, on my windscreen there is a flaw, when the wiper wipes it leaves a slight bead of water , ive cleaned screen but there appears to be a chip but its more like a raised pimple in the glass. does any one know if this can be polished out or is it new screen time ?? any help would be great as ive just bought sill blades and dont want to wreck them but also cant wait to try them !! thanks in advance paul

If your german shepards could eat pikeys and pi55 diesel any chance i could have a puppy if you decide to breed them lol

sound like you took all the precautions, cctv and steering lock and still the scum got away, i feel really bad (and damn angry) for you, short of getting a sea container to lock it in im at a loss (no pun intended) just how far we have to go to protect ourselves

What the hell is the world comeing to ?? b*st*rds !!!! seems to me everyday now some scroat is trying to nick defenders !!! at least you still got it and they never managed to steal it, dont bloody make you feel much better i know but if you anything like me then i think THEY were lucky to get away cos if id have caught them i prob would not be sat here but in a cell !!!! ggrrrrrr !!

apologies, dazwell24 is correct member i mentioned.

trouble is as we know they are desirable vehicles, pikeys or any other thieving scum dont care about the heartbreak and financial losses involved, doubt its been nicked by a crack head so you can take some comfort that your pride and joy is not some low lifes fix. sorry to hear and i have said this only last night to a guy local to me (daz224) i think, we must all be vigilant and REPORT anything suspicious and PLEASE PLEASE take steps to make it as hard as possible to steal.

exhaust sound out the back, mine got a nice turbo whistle and id like to improve on it, plus from what im led to believe removeing cat etc improves driveability. paul

thanks rovernut, thats the next job , well planned job for me. , bit of rasp and turbo whistle, lovely !! paul

Cheers Dazwell, thats bloody bad !! thieving scroats , im gonna beef my security up now, trouble is the b*st*rds , even caught get away with it, well like you say we gloucester boys have been warned !!! Goes without saying that any one that sees anything even remotley suspicious PLEASE PLEASE call the police !! best to say sorry to cops for a few mins than give statements for hours and all the kerfuffle with insurance etc.

i had same on my 04 td5 110, changed wiper stalk and still fuses the fuse so fitted new motor and all is well. paul

maplins maybe ? paul

i found NFU less than helpfull, in fact when i rang there gloucestershire office the woman was damn rude to the point that i felt she had better things to do with her time !! and i was a previous customer !!!

is the noise really bad ? i want to do the same and am hopeing that it give an improved exhaust sound. paul

when i replaced mine they came with springs and shims, when i asked for advice at my main dealer i found that whoever had fitted mine before left out the shims AND anti rattle springs, bought axle set of pads and fitted them and all sorted now, i was after the anti rattle springs as that was most obvious as a visual inspection of what was missing but they only come as part of the kit and as pads already fitted were non genuine i swapped them over and all is quiet now

i had same problem, i went to main dealer for advice and they were brill, got axle set of pads with springs and it cured it instantly. tbh, i would always buy genuine parts for brakes and they are not that expensive. Paul

just fitted a winch bumper to my 110 td5 and it seems fine to me, as long as its structually sound then i would not see any problems

these may be able to help, i had a look on goggle for weights etc but could not find anything other than kerb weights for complete vehicles, im new myself here so hope its ok to give details of firms ?? company is called Richards Chassis UNIT F2 SWINTON BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WHITELEE ROAD SWINTON MEXBOROUGH S64 8BH Telephone: 01709 577477

i just had reminder for mine, 04 110 csw td5, £245 for a year or 134.50 for 6 months