The Defender thread

Watch Ryder wrote: »

Sure but there are landrovers available after 1998 that have the 300 TDI engine in it

their only for export and in lhd called them ROW rest of world spec

whats the considered opinion on the current defender with the transit engine

101sean wrote: »

Never driven one myself so can't comment. I believe there were a few transmission problems early on (has a 6 speed getrag box).

If you search Puma on any UK LR forum you'll find plenty of threads about them.
http://www.defender2.net/forum/puma-tdci-vf19.html
http://www.landroveraddict.com/smf/index.php?board=7.0
http://forum.landrovernet.com/forumdisplay.php/69-Land-Rover-Defender
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showforum=9

Thanks Sean
I think I am more confused than ever
Its so hard to get an older clean Defender that hasnt been daily hauling a cattle trailer to marts and factories with 4 tonne of beef on board or ex building site never serviced
An 08 has the obvious benefits but there seems a to be a lot of negatives about Puma

massey woman wrote: »

Thanks Sean
I think I am more confused than ever
Its so hard to get an older clean Defender that hasnt been daily hauling a cattle trailer to marts and factories with 4 tonne of beef on board or ex building site never serviced
An 08 has the obvious benefits but there seems a to be a lot of negatives about Puma

there is clean Td5's out there just keep looking , my one is 2004 and came off a farm look at the pics of it a few pages back its fairly clean for its age 55000 miles on it when i bought it , i got it of Donnelly Bros in Dungannon , northern ireland is your best bet , when i was looking for mine i looked at a 2004 td5 in the south and it was about 5k more then the one i bought in the north and the one i bought was way cleaner , shop around you'll get a good one yet , took me 2-3months of trolling the net and looking in papers and going to look at rough ones to fine my one

many thanks for all the helpful advice folks

DF1 wrote: »

Just a bit of topic,
I have condensation problems on the roof of my 110.
Any ideas on a cure, I see a crowd in UK doing new head lining to go from front to back but dont really want to go down this route.

i have the same problem , loads of people stick really thin black carpet on it kinda like the stuff ya see in schools and offices

Am i landrover man myself,
Have a 87 defender with a disco 200tdi engine fitted. Only just picked it up have a little cosmetic work to do. When thats done ill start fitting my few mods. 2" lift, Front and rear radius arms, Front and rear discolation cones, Full polybush kit, 35" simex, And a warn 8274 winch. Previously i had a disco running 35" Bf muds with a 2inch lift..

If any of you are interested in off roading check out
www.clri.net
Irelands only land rover club.
Monthly off roading events held.. Or for more info PM me...
Cheers

Old Discovery

Is yours a fairly new one, seen your posts elsewhere? If you want a clean and tidy job, best bet is load area matting from Exmoor Trim http://www.exmoortrim.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=66&Itemid=90 (near bottom of page)

A diy option is heavy rubber matting and cut it yourself.

sean your like a walking Landrover encyclopedia

The Army Fire Service IIB forward controls would have been even worse on corners.

sean your like a walking Landrover encyclopedia

Well yes, I probably should get out more!:rolleyes:

Difflock are good but shop around, you can get all the filters from a decent auto factors. I use Paddocks in the UK a lot but order OEM filters rather than generic, I assume you know i has 2 oil filters, a normal one and a centrifugal.

I've used EVO oil in the gearbox, good stuff but any quality MTF94 will work, ATF Dexron II isn't recommended in R380 gearboxes. Bog standard 80W90 is fine in the Tbox and diffs.

Definitely remove the EGR, feckin stupid idea putting dirty exhaust back in he engine. I think yours will also have a cat in the front downpipe, worth putting on a plain downpipe. I have also removed the centre silencer on mine, it all makes a slight difference and won't be picked up in NCT/DOE. If you want to go mad and get a retune, you'd need to do all this first anyway.

It's definitely worth going to one of the LR shows once, you'll find some great bargains. The LRW show is probably the smallest but freindliest, no longer do them myself, military is my scene these days. Billing was the original LR show home but got a poor reputation for facilities, theft, pikeys etc, supposedly improved last year. If you've never been to one before you'll love it first time round at least.

....MAP! Manifold Absolute Pressure sensor.....