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  1. Hi, Could someone please tell me how to remove the cooling fan on my 90 puma.

    On the front of the fan (looking towards the engine) there is an arrow pointing anti-clockwise.

    On my old 300tdi I just used a 32mm spanner and tapped it clockwise to undo the nut but this one doesn't want to shift and I don't want to do any damage hitting it the wrong way.

    Any help greatly appreciated.

    Regards,

    Rocky

  2. Hi,

    I took off the radiator cowling on my puma 90 and found the radiator full of dead flies and rubbish etc. What is the best way to get them out as there is hardly any room between it and the intercooler.

    I thought about washing them out with the garden hose or using compressed air--I don't want to do any damage.

    Any ideas greatly appreciated.

    Regards, rocky

  3. Hi, thanks for the replies, the garage put a tester on to the computer but no fault came up. The only thing I can think of is a problem with the fuel itself.

    Apparently it was fueled up at Morrisons and refused to start a short time after. There was just under a 1/4 of a tank of fuel in before filling. rocky

  4. Thanks for all the replies. I used to have a cb back in the early eighties when I used to commute from Aberdeenshire to Leicestershire. I found it invaluable for getting round traffic jams and getting road conditions in winter.

    I realise the major problem with defenders is the lack of ground plane, but hopefully I'll get round that by running an earth to the chassis.

    Regards, rocky

  5. Thanks for the reply,it was very informative. There is a defender about a mile away from me which has twin aerials on the back. I wondered if there was any benefit from having the two (it does look balanced).

    The reason I am going to fit a cb in my 90 is because the road I have to travel to work has virtually no mobile phone reception. It's a bit remote and gets badly snowed over in the winter. There are wood lorries and gamekeepers about that have cb's plus a few homebases.

    I have decided on fitting a "Lafeyette venus" as the box can be easily hidden, just remove the mike which has all the controls.

    Regards, rocky

  6. Hi, can anyone tell me what damage I will have done putting petrol in to my defender puma and running it for about 7 miles? It ran ok just noisy.

    My big worry is what it will have done to the pump, as it is lubricated by diesel oil.

    Soon as I realised what I had done I stopped and had the vehicle recovered.

    It is at the garage now and hopefully drained etc tomorrow.

    I had 4 gallons of petrol for my generator alongside 5 gallons of diesel. I'll not make that mistake again.

    Any thoughts greatfully received.

    Rocky

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