Hi folks, found a leak on return pies from heart but can’t find a replacement new part? Can I do thins in copper if needed ? Also found this underneath when fitting new starter. Picture is from under auxiliary belt I think, threaded bit no bolt and leaking A small amount of oil, right next to sump. [GALLERY=]

Not hart return pipes but heater

re the oil leak

would suspect front crankshaft oil seal starting to weep.

Re heater pipes, am sure they are available as i replaced mine on a 1986 90 a couple of years ago

Pis would help

Where is your heater box located ? believe it should be N/s against bulkhead in the engine bay

what engine is in it 19j or a 200tdi conversion

am sure the man with all the knowledge @jamesmartin will be along later with a part code

https://www.lrworkshop.com/diagrams...ing-heating/heating-system/heater-pipes_52987

https://www.lrworkshop.com/diagrams/land-rover-defender-cooling-heating/heating-system

lrworkshop is the best place for part #'s

That belt is the power steering belt, the other belt is the fan/alternator/water pump belt.
Oil sweating from that breather hole is quite normal, not right but not many are bone dry.
You can make the rigid heater pipes out of whatever you want, any plumbing stuff will do just fine, but do make sure it is well supported, and the ends flared to stop the rubber hoses coming off.

I reckon the op is on about ERR371?

v8250 said:

https://www.lrworkshop.com/diagrams...ing-heating/heating-system/heater-pipes_52987

https://www.lrworkshop.com/diagrams/land-rover-defender-cooling-heating/heating-system

lrworkshop is the best place for part #'s

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Cavey_P38 said:

re the oil leak

would suspect front crankshaft oil seal starting to weep.

Re heater pipes, am sure they are available as i replaced mine on a 1986 90 a couple of years ago

Pis would help

Where is your heater box located ? believe it should be N/s against bulkhead in the engine bay

what engine is in it 19j or a 200tdi conversion

am sure the man with all the knowledge @jamesmartin will be along later with a part code

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Thanks for all the info, just got her going today after a very bad experience with a classic car auction. One thing at a time seems best approach. Will get onto Ir workshop no doubt I’ll have more to ask as time goes forward. 19j engine with heater box new bulkhead. Will have to open that up as doesn’t seem to circulate and Dan inop too.

Noviceresto said:

just got her going today after a very bad experience with a classic car auction...

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Not the one beginning with 'C' in Kensington...? Most classic car auctioneers are absolute crooks with a capital C [!] Most are near financially bust even at the best of times. What they get up to with client funds/monies is near unprintable

Even worse are the likes of J.D. Classics...

v8250 said:

Not the one beginning with 'C' in Kensington...? Most classic car auctioneers are absolute crooks with a capital C [!] Most are near financially bust even at the best of times. What they get up to with client funds/monies is near unprintable

Even worse are the likes of J.D. Classics...

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Just read JDs story, oh dear talk about fiddling!

lynall said:

Just read JDs story, oh dear talk about fiddling!

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Have you read the PH thread on JD Classics? https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=140&t=1731962 Wade through the usual PH mumsnet comments and there's some good detail on the court hearings. Hood was always too good to be true, and Tuke was both naive and stupidly greedy. But nowhere near as greedy as Hood. He's holed up somewhere, done a Lucan and gone loco'...but he'll need to resurface to face his crimes.

Coys of Kensington directors should be behind bars for the fraudulent way they mismanaged client monies...over £600,000 simply never paid and £1.65M debt. The same team have committed similar, multiple times, under the respectable cover of a Kensington address https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1866284

The classic car [and old Land Rovers] market is the prime case of an unregulated market allowing blatant criminality to take place with near zero protection for the vendor/purchaser. Caveat Emptor one and all...

@lynall, I knew there was something amiss with my figure of £600k...I missed off a zero

https://blog.evoke-classics.com/blo...QEc6kWEUNJn7R8XtQNrPpspAP3nkldFMaBA5wKSr4uk8#

>>FRP now had control of Coys and the mess created began to emerge. The numbers are eye watering. Even more staggering is how a company who made a loss of over a quarter of million pounds in the previous financial year could go bust owing an outrageous £5,856,897 (and thirty pence) just over a year later! Hence why many in the industry are labelling this “The Great Classic Car Robbery”.

Combing through the records of debt, reveals an alarming situation. Here are just a few examples of the amounts owed to some;

£749,701 - The Brunelli family as part of a legal case spearheaded by Solicitors Dixon Ward.
£602,000 - Optima Trading in Germany.
£450,000 - JBR Capital, a classic car finance house in London.
£370,000 - Andreas Pohl, a German billionaire who claims he was duped by Coys when he purchased a Porsche from them.
£445,000 - Ashtree Trading, a classic car business in Shrewsbury.

As well as the colossal numbers above, there are numerous cases of innocent members of the public who have been the victim of Coys behaviour. These private individuals trusted Coys. Instead of repaying that trust, Coys sold their cars and kept their money.

Mr Abbott - £59k
Mr Booth - £69k
Mr Crampton - £17k
Miss Swindale - £4k
Mr Lloyd - £2k
Miss Kuassen - £21k
Mrs Taylor - £7k.

The big question; where is £6,000,000 now ?<<

The numbers are indeed eye watering...!

Noviceresto said:

Hi folks, found a leak on return pies from heart but can’t find a replacement new part? Can I do thins in copper if needed ? Also found this underneath when fitting new starter. Picture is from under auxiliary belt I think, threaded bit no bolt and leaking A small amount of oil, right next to sump. [GALLERY=]View attachment 227230

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Think that's the timing case wading holes. Probably got a bit of a leaky seal from the front crank seal. Maybe higher up and running down the timing case. As long as its not ****ing out I wouldn't worry too much. Dont put a bung in unless you're wading though, or it may fill slightly and contaminate the belt