Yeah I usually prefer to go to the shop myself (maybe coz thats what I do and I'm quite fussy about what I want) but I find it helps to explain to these guys what your doing. It also allows you to get tips and learn stuff about applying the graphics (hence I found out about using the washing...

Hi Wack, I work in Graphic Design & the easiest way to get what you want would be to chat up a local signage/print company to get vinyl graphics made up for your landy. Thats what they use on the sides of taxis and vans these days and theyre nice n simple to apply - theyre just like a big...

Hopefully I'm not getting ahead of myself but I think I might be the jammiest thing since jammie dodgers were invented! Thats my two new hoses fitted, the system bled (I turned off my heater before I emptied the system to hold that water and then fitted the new hoses, filled the expansion tank...

Hi Mad - thanks for that but I've already got one anyway on the thermostat that I've been using but the airlocks still keep coming back intermittently. Its weird but they usually only appear after I've been running it for a while over 50mph (the temp usually only goes up a wee while after...

Well thats me taken it for a wee run to get it up to temp & all the hoses got hot + the rad felt lukewarm but no overheatng this time. The thermostat was pretty empty though when I checked it once I got back so I'm thinking it is prob a hgf :-( I did notice more coolant had been leaking from...

Thanks again for sharing your expertise & I mean it if your ever up in Dundee (or Glencoe next week if we make it) the beers on me - if only coz I might get some sleep tonight now without sitting trawling the net trying to find some rare reason for it not to be a hgf! At least now if it is, I'm...

Definitely not looking good then. Altho I've only checked the rad once and that was earlier today when the car was staying hot even when I'd bled the system (yet again) but it felt cool to the touch + I think the expansion tanks only blown once that I know of & that was after I'd prob left too...

Thanks againJames will do! Really hope its just my thermostat but guess I'll find out when I fire my wee beastie up tomorrow. Lol - if not looks like my learning curve has just got a whole lot steeper. Does the fact the top hose is getting hot but isnt ever particularily hard (+ I had problems...

I havnt checked all the pipes from the expansion tank but when I've been bleeding the thermostat using the B&Q bleed nipple any coolant thats landed around that area has turned to steam, altho thinking back I have grabbed them and not noticed them particularily hot though (but wasnt checking to...

Damn this isnt sounding good for my holiday! Is the only way to tell by taking the head off then to see what state the gaskets in? + Thanks James, like I said your advice is much appreciated & if your ever up in my neck of the woods give me a shout and i'll buy you a beer or three!

:eek: I was hoping you werent going to say that... Is there any way of checking for sure as I've read on other forums that sniff/pressure tests might not show up anything on a 300 tdi because of how the gasket usually goes or because the head warps...

Hi and thanks for taking the time to read this. I really hope someone can help me figure out whats wrong with my defender as I'm meant to be driving it across Scotland next Saturday for a weeks holiday! :confused: Firstly its a 1996 300 tdi 90 that I've had for nearly two years now. Its been...

My 300 tdi N669JEH is called "the neighbour of the beast" or "the Beast" & "wee beastie" if its behving particularily well! Lol - he nearly got something about ninjas but we couldnt think up anything cool enough :D

Cheers Lerk, your post saved me a lot of head scratching, if not a lot of swearing and cursing! All the bolts on my 1996 300 tdi were seized solid and even with the assistance of a bucket load of wd40, a strap wrench and a length of pole I had to grind one of the power steering pump pulley...

197k on my 96 plate 300Tdi 90 with all the mots from new to prove it. Smokes a bit on start up and has had a new cross member and a couple of welds on the chassis but it still goes like a train. It honestly tops a ton on the motorway given enough of a run with only a little deafness (85 and you...

Hi folks, If I remember right there was a decent series on how to build one in last years LRM that walked you through how they'd done it over a few months magazines. End product looked really nice kitted out with a roll bar in the tiny pick-up tub, couple of winches (the guy wanted to use it for...

Fingers crossed mate coz thats about the limit of my knowledge, but def sounds like the starter to me, coz when the golf packs up I get the click (of the solenoid) but nothing else too. Only other thing I've done in the golf is bump start it but dont like to think of the carnage a 2 tonne landy...

Lol - think that was meant to be hitting it or something similar only using more expletives! I've got an old golf mk2 thats starter sticks occasionally (like anytime I'm miles away from a garage or civilisation!) and a good swift beating with something heavy usually gets it turning again

Hi mate, I'm fairly new to landy ownership so not too sure how good my advice will be but when I was looking for mine (a really nice epsom green metallic '96 plate 90! That I got through Fleabay :D) autotrader had a shed load of (what appeared to be really decent) landys all across the water in...

Hey Luke, Join the club! I've just got myself a 96 n reg 300tdi too that also needs a little interior tidy. Mines at least got a LR original cassette deck (that doesnt work) and the dash is in decent condition but like you it needs new seats and a bit of tlc to get it at its best. Getting...