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I must admit the new dash looks better it just doen't work as well as it could have they had an oportunity to improve the defender and fluffed it i mean on the truck cab they could have done it like (dare i say it) santana which would have made living with it a lot better the county and hardtop's are better but why couldn't they have improved arm room etc... it's better but not by much?? By the way after driving a santana and looking round them they make Land rover build quality look good!!!

Unless your using them for offroad use only then anything goes!! (just keep them covered up otherwise(added for legal point's) ok)

Good point Hmmm it would have to be TD5 or 300 TDI then couldn't bring myself to driving a Transit 2.4 IMHO...

D3 allday long does everthing better!!!

Take the earth from the batt as well then double guarantee!!

Lady Jane named after the wife and the dog!! Hmmm the dog's name's first???

Cause the Australian's already did it??

Just had 2 Brand new defenders through work over the past couple of day's one 110 hard top and one 110 hi-cap now is it me but have Land rover missed quite a few tricks with the new motor i mean yes the dash looks better BUT if your over 6ft in the truck cab your knee is pressed hard up against the New console and it's very uncomfortable ( by the way i know that there isn't much room to start with but the dash isn't quite as intrusive on the model before), the heater vents for keeping your feet warm burn your thigh's? why oh why have they put the engine ECU behind the block don't they know ford can't keep water out of ECU's etc.... Why have they put the dipstick that far back and it fouls on the feeble excuse for a bonnet!! Whats the idea of the arrangement on the passenger side? couldn't they have made a better use of it?? If you have just bought one sorry for having a go but after looking round and working on brand new Land rover's for years it just wind's me up how rubbish the build quality is and so many missed opportunity's they have had to improve something we all love? again sorry for having a gripe...NO offense meant to anyone (except may be Land rover?)

Totaly utterly agree Land rover gauges do my head in!!!!

If any one wants to swap there land rover gauge for a more reliable vdo gauge i now have the part no.s

OK totally paranoid has anyone fitted a vdo temp gauge and sender?? any part no.s would help or the thread type etc.. of the sender would be nice please Thanks

the limit's 70 couldn't possibly say i was doing 90ish

Now funny you should say that went up the road today and thrashed it being followed by Madmatt in his 130 (standard 300tdi engine) pulled up checked block temperature's mine 90degree's C his 100 degree's C my viscous was locked his wasn't he was running at 65 ish and i was running at 70 ish his gauge was just under half way mine was just over half way!! what temp should the block be running at??? this is all confusing me!!! am i just getting paranoid!! might price up a VDO gauge at work today and change to that.....

strictly speaking it's not overheating it never went completly in the red and solo it's only ever moving close to the end of the white the viscous is coping my point is it seem's to be running to hot in comparison to 'A' before said problems and 'B' in comparison to other people's, i do not have a problem with any pipes pressurising...

The pipes are brand new that silly y'piece broke the housing was all cleaned checked etc.... i had water flow through everything that should have water through and it is still clean etc...

haven't got any excess pressure the only thing someone says to me is are the injectors faulty causing it to run a lean mixture???

AAAh but when you come of the said road you can hear it then until it cools

yep did all that no problem with flow heater's warm as toast etc...

it starts no problem is using no water no oil there's no smoking surely i would have one of these problems if the head gasket had gone again??? and no excessive breathing out of the filler etc...

Ok at easter my land rover 110 300tdi allisport intercooler etc... boiled up due to suspect blocked rad (bars fluid??) put Brand new Turner engineering performance head on brand new water pump brand new thermostat had the rad recored fully flushed the system fitted brand new pacet 16" electric fan and went to wales for the week towning the caravan (all up weight 4.5 tonnes!!) on the way there the temp went almost into the red and wouldn't come down until i was going down hill.. and had similer trouble up all hills except went to the edge of the white!! got back and dumped the electric and went back to the viscous now thrashed it down the road the temp only moves a couple of mill of normal but the viscous cut's in oh and the viscous is brand new the gauge is brand new and so is the sender!! HELP PLEASE!! before any of this kicked off you hardly ever heard the viscous cut in and it would never move on the gauge???

you can't beat a good 2 sided argument on the TV!!! Problem is they ran out of time for our argument's doe your head in..

bit extreme to check your propshafts etc isn't it??

Wow they look good where did you get them still looking good, almost as good as mine

Well i'am 6'3" and have done trip's as long as 400miles + i've had the old gel 12 years and done nearly 200'000 miles and feel more comfortable in the Land rover than most cars the only changes i've made are trakkers seats haven't done any bulkhead changes etc..

had a the rad recored about 50% of the cores where blocked!! HMM could be overheating problem??