Historic status comes with £0 (zero rate) Road Tax. There is no separation, as is clearly stated on the .gov website.

I wouldn't make things difficult for yourself tbh. You are simply repairing a vehicle with a replacement part, same as if it was a door, an engine, a dashboard.

All of this is clearly on the .gov site. The MoT and Road Tax use different dates and systems. I suspect Road Tax is because it runs to a Tax Year April thru March. But they want the vehicle to be 40 years for the entire calendar year.

I'm bemused (confused??) on how you are not understanding this. The screenshot I supplied clearly shows the section is 'Historic' and the first sentence which I highlighted says it needs to be built before 1 Jan 1985..... If yours was built...

Really, I do not know how it could be clearer... maybe you just didn't read it :D

Rover V8 is a well precedented swap. Although in reality you can do a lot of things, you just need to read the guidance and regs for Historic and radically altered vehicles. If you want to stick with diesel a 19j turbo diesel would be an easy...

Have you tried changing gear? OD is likely too tall unless on level terrain. The engine is unlikely to have been bigger when new, as the only offering was 2.25 in petrol or diesel flavour. The petrol 2.25 should be more than adequate in a...

The guidance on the .gov site is very clear. You'd be better off reading it than spending the time to post a thread in the hope someone will go and read it for you.

A 90 has to be one of the most simple and easiest vehicles to maintain in the past 50 years. Pretty much any garage should be able to do 90% of the jobs on one. Very few specialist tools needed either.

thank you all so much for the advice, the landy is a 1990 90, not a Defender but looks like one.

Assuming it is a 90 you have. These are good quality springs: https://www.flatdoguk.com/search.asp?types=FD+SPRINGS You can get standard height or +2" in the standard spring rate. I wouldn't go for HD ones. The +2" will give about 1" of lift...

tbh Terrafirma shocks generally haven't been all that great, you may want to check them when you remove them and may well end up making a mess of the fronts ones in order to remove them. What do you use your vehicle for? There is a lot of...

Do you know what was changed? Do you go off road at all? Longer shocks can increase suspension flex, you don't need to have the lift to get this benefit. But there are many many different ways to modify the suspension.

Great build Mate and write up about it. If I decide to go ahead with mine it will be very helpful to look back on. Thanks

Bang sounds more like a half shaft. What sort of noise? When you say the diff was noisy? There are like 100 rotating things between the drivers seat and the road. Very unlikely to be able to isolate and say a diff is noisy while driving. Not...

Hi, interested. What part of the country are you in? Do you know the condition of the box or are any parts missing? Could you PM me some photos?

This is my build here: https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/200tdi-s3-88-pas-long-travel-suspension-rebuild.298104/ Having also got another 200Tdi powered Series, I'd also suggest moving the alternator to the other side of the engine. Gwyn...

As it stands, £200-500 really, but nobody is likely to accept that. The chassis and engine are worth money on their own, but obviously require work to get into individual bits. As a rule, parts will often add up to more than an entire vehicle. A...

Do you know what the exact failure was of the previous two diffs and what bits where actually replaced? The front axle has many components, the diff is not normally a wear item and only really fails or breaks under duress of extreme off roading...

Are you in the UK? With no rear prop, do you have this declared as a modification with your insurance? Hacking the rear driveline up may well be boarderline on if it is truly roadworthy or not. Fixing the vehicle is really the best option or...

Also worth noting that the TDV6 was used in lots and lots of vehicles. Loads of Land Rover products from a D3, thru FFRR, RRS, D5 and Velar. But it was also used in a whole heap of Jaguars too, as well as Ford's, Citroen's and Peugeot's. And is...

But they aren't related. A stock engine stands just as much chance of failure, a remap will not alter the odds.

Yet I don't think there has ever been a case of a remap causing the failure. It also isn't that the engine isn't strong, there is just a potential issue in the design. Factory examples produced up to around 300bhp in some models/regions.

R380 stumpy is mostly a direct fit, it was intended for warranty use in the switch over from LT-77 to R380. https://ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/product/short-bellhousing-r380/

Any exhaust mods? The inlet could have an impact too. And as jonlad said, where you record boost from can also vary what you see. I assume you are also running a bigger intercooler? I'm no turbo expert, but I wouldn't focus too heavily on boost...

Do remember boost is a measure of resistance, not flow. Breathing mods and other things can reduce boost, but increase flow and power. Have you had it on a dyno to see what it is doing? Or what other mods do you have?

I would say no. The slick shift isn't about reducing slop, it reduces the actual throw (usually at a trade off of slightly more weight). If you have slop or difficulty finding gears, then there is something wrong already. However, a good standard...

Sounds more like something else going on tbh. Certainly this is not the case on my brothers 90 with the slick shift.

Yes. Both LT-85 and LT-77 have reverse next to 1st. For rhd, away and up. R380 has reverse opposite 5th, ie towards you and down.