The Defender thread

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

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.

Roman, It's a combined inlet air pressure and temp sensor, they can get mucky but usually aren't a problem.

They've alsways been on the left, no idea why.

will an 09 Defender Ford Puma engine run on vegetable oil/bio fuel

Agreed, don't think there are any modern common rail diesels that will run on it. Manufacturers websites will mostly say no but that's usually covering their backsides.

There are some very good websites in the UK where brewing your own is common that cover what will safely run on bio diesel or SVO. Mate of mine does it properly with used chip fat and produces very clean bio diesel for his truck and older Land Rover but can't use it in his Toyota Avensis.

No. It's due to the lubricity of diesel which bio or SVO may not have and it's effect on the injectors and other high pressure components.

Nice one, post a pic, dents and all!

A few scars add character!

By the time you get to the inside of the wing to get at the dent, you may as well put a new one on, you can just replace the outer. If you do go dent knocking, Birmabright work hardens after a while and you'll have to anneal it.

massey woman wrote: »

Any recommendations on a competent LR garage to do a hand brake seal recall
Also very heavy clutch and notchy gear change

where are you located ,
the heavy clutch and notchy gear change sounds normal

elius wrote: »

Your the type of lad that will never understand a land rover. They have been making defenders since the late 80s before than they where 110-90 series 3 109-88 inch and so on ;).

Guys like him, should go and do a bit of research into the History of Land Rover products, and be the owner of one before he makes stupid comments. Land Rovers have been copied by many other manufacturers and still the LR comes out tops on cross country. Just take the ESB who have had many different makes and models over the years, and have gone back to buying Defenders as they have proven to the best when off road.