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it's a normal moving bracket type alternator on a 110 isn't it? Surprised I have had no squealing from it?
Thanks!
Its pretty normal for it to slip a little in my experience when wet, but can't hurt to check its tight enough. On a 200tdi it should just be a tensioning bolt so pretty straightforward.
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Wondered where is was I have a issue where driving though a puddle (deep-ish) causes the battery light to flicker so suspected the earth strap, I have one I brought for an car about 12 years ago and never used think I will bung that on as it's large gauge.
I've found its well worth putting on extra ones if you have them lying around, mine is earthed multiple times now and all the flickering light problems I got with the car have gone (touch wood)!
Edit: Yes your problem is almost certainly the slipping belt if the puddle is deep enough to touch it.
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Fairly tidy alternative, take a look at the bottom of the page of http://simmonites.com/DEFENDER%20LIGHTING.htm
They also have the A bar for air con at http://simmonites.com/Defender%20exterior.htm
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Are you referring to these at http://www.mudstuff.co.uk/12v-sockets.shtml ? If so they sell the plugs there too..
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bigger tyres
Having put bigger tyres on recently I'd say this isn't going to help your performance
. Best bet would look to be that thread (and perhaps being towed by a RRS 
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Fingers crossed, let us know if it fixes it!
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So, every 90 on the road with Simex is technically illegal as they (Simex) have an L / 62 MPH Speed rating
Out of interest should they bother to look at this at MOT time? As an aside when I get into the Defender speed limits start to feel like an ambitious targets anyway!
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Won't fit into centre switch panel, but on top as a pod, unless adapted of course. http://www.raptor-engineering.co.uk/landrover-dash-accessories/raptor-dashboard-pod
May be worth contacting them to see if they would be willing to do something one-off for you?
Patrick
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My charge light not work?
Having done this recently I saw the charge light out as well. From what I understand the light on the dash earth's the current from the alternator, so if its not coming up it would indicate that current isn't getting to it, best bet is to swap out the alternator. I got a replacement 70a one for a escort for 20 odd quid off ebay, direct fit.
Patrick
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I was insured with Adrian Flux, however when I went to Tesco for a quote (t'other half is with them) they gave me a quote 200 quid below Flux's! They do seem to give quite a bit of multi-car discount so if you have another vehicle in the household with them worth a look..
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Just a thought, quick check of multimeter over the battery, see what voltage you get when stopped/running?
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Unfortunately I have to agree with Frax, I had a car I spent a good few hundred on a fancy new security system and came down one night to find the alarm going off and holes in the doors where someone's little angel had put a screwdriver through them. Best bet in my book would generally be overt measures, disklok being a good one, get some smartwater stickers if you can for the windows and it can't hurt to put a tracker in case you need to recover, should the worst happen.
Deadlocks they only find out about after they try and break in, and they wil just use a window.
Failing all that, a very loud alarm, big dog, decent rifle and park it on your private range behind your house.
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Rimmer Brothers occasionally list some on eBay, but these cappings few and far between at the moment
Edit: Please see Jad's post below, Ashtree's is the place I couldn't recall, it's an expensive option at £185 though.
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Forget Halfords for LR paint, go to a vehicle paint specialist/repair shop or your nearest LR main dealer to get the correct colour/info.
Aye its going to be Halfords to match the colour, or a specialist, don't believe this is a LR colour (prove me wrong
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Ok, as that wasn't a challenge, try naming my colour!
(I'm fairly sure I'm going to Halfords to try and match the paint..)
Cheers in advance.
Patrick
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Chris, I believe Gelf has flexi arches or something similar, you cut out the metal to fit the arches. (I have some pictures somewhere if you would like to see roughly how much, they take a couple of inches.)
These are available at http://www.paddockspares.com/scp/NEW_PRODU...ded_Arches.html
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Finally got round to taking a photo of mine.
2 inch lift, 32 inch A/T's on it.
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Twosheds,
I got one of those wheel arch kits for my disco and though I haven't got around to fitting it yet I do have a friend who has fitted his and some decent pictures of doing it.
Shoot me a pm etc if you want them sending over.
What I will say is the flexi arch kits are pretty good and seem to be pretty much indestructible, its pretty much a case of just cracking on with a jigsaw on the arches then screwing them on. (I fancy riveting them on myself.)
Patrick
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Hi Daya,
Check out here for some details on this.
If you aren't looking for a changer specifically I'd look at a after market head unit as the changers as you can see are pretty pricey, unless you can find one on eBay/second hand that is.
Hope this helps.
Patrick
. Best bet would look to be that thread (and perhaps being towed by a RRS 
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Front Spot light fixing
in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)
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Quick Google brought up http://www.extreme4x4.co.uk/acatalog/Section_4.html, that more what you are looking for?