A year or ago my 1995 Defender TDI300 started intermitently running hot. There didn't seem to be a pattern to the behaviour although it was almost guaranteed to occur when I undertook a 15 minute steep climb ( I live in the mountains ). However the ambient temperature seemed irrelevant. It...

G-man Cheers. I did wonder as the Rangemaster is hidden away now on the Avon website. I'm definitely not goning to buy a set of tyres that are probably going to be impossible to buy again in a year or two. Therefore my revised questions to the forum is will the tyres suggested above (...

Slob Whoooooah. I didn't understand your comment "Fill yer boots" as I didn't realise the link below wasn't part of your signature ..... I'm new here. A retrospective thanks is therefore due. Only problem now is that this company is that this company is nearly at the opposite end of Spain...

Guys An update. Life is complicated here in Andalucia :confused: When I go into a tyre place and ask for 7.50R16 tyres for a Defender they look at me as though they have never ever seen such a tyre spec before, and I have bully them to examine all their catalogues for non-metric sizes...

Hi Firstly forgive me my lack of landy savvy and mechanical savvy. I live in Southern Spain and have a Defender TDI300 which used to have stock Avon Rangemaster 7.50 R 16 8 ply tyres. Recently 2 of the tyres needed replacement and my local garage replaced them with Deestone Extra Traction...