Well, been stuck on what everyone agrees is a simple job now for over week - about to have to start hiring a car, so any advice gratefully received (apart from scrapping it, which has seriously occured to me I have to admit). I have a 110 Defender (1984) which was 2.5 n/a and into which I'm...

That's quite an allegation - but completely wrong. I only said I'll give him a try because when I was originaly looking for a brake calliper he came up with the lowest price - but I got it elsewhere because I was unsure if he was gen or not. I have nothing whatsoever to do with that company! If...

I've looked into this company some more and found a UK address, but I've also found some overseas customers they've sold to - I e-mailed a couple and they were full of praise for the prices and delivery! As they are offering Paypal (so you don't have to give them your credit card details) I'm...

Anyone used these people? I placed an enquiry for a part at one website (which name I forget, but it was not that one) then got a call from a foreign accented gentleman who said if I could get the part number and enter it on that site, I'd get the price. He said it was in the UK, but I'm pretty...

Grrr - blockage in my fuel tank which manifests itself every 6 months or so. A quick blow through at the engine end clears it all all runs well again. Did it again yesterday, so decided I'd drop the tank today and do the job properly at last after I got back from a meeting (suspect gunge in...

"Why have a land rover phone when you can have an iphone ?? " - cos thats a girly phone that drinks "spritzers" and will cry if you drop your chainsaw on it (don't ask how I know that)! This is a blokes phone that smokes fags and drinks beer. So far mine has lived up to the toughness claims when...

My landy is used in the forest to get all our wood for our hot water and central heating system - which is therefore carbon-neutral. Now, does that make me less green than someone with a car who uses fossil fuel (gas) to heat thier hot water and central heating? Mind you, at my kids school...

Rang for my renewel with Sureterm today, only to be told they don't do old landrovers anymore! - Well, the guy told me that they cannot get any company to insure them any more out of the 40 plus they use! He says this was due to having lots of claims last year! Now mine is 25 years old and in my...

Passed it's MOT - cost me 60p to replace a (already working, but the examiner could not see it! - but don't get me started on that) hazard warning switch bulb! Not bad for 25 years old this year!

Couldn't have summed it up better! This was the job where I was gratefull I'd a long extender bar & just bought my air ratchet (made the nuts at the engine end sooo much easier to take off).

Looked at the rear wheel mounted one from Halford - only 1 customer review and that said he'd fitted it to his Land Rover (did not say which type) and that the whole thing wobbled like anything and bent after 2 miles!

I had the same query some time ago having fitted non-standard tyres - and found that even the tyre manufacturer was afraid to give reccomended pressures any more for fear of being sued if things go wrong! (they told me this themselves!) Thanks to the compensation culture for another one! It...

Land Rover / Rover CEO gives his view on the future of the company through the recession (still the biggest seller in Russia and Brazil apparently) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7808926.stm Mind you, he avoids explaining this ! :D...

Seen today on eBay: Land Rover Scented Candle on eBay, also, Land Rover, Car Parts, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 23-Jan-09 11:34:08 GMT) ... I think they've kind of missed the point. Anyway, if its a landy scented candle then presumably it smells of oil, diesel, a strange burning smell...

Doing a complete vehicle lub change at the moment (the diff oil came out looking like it had been there from new 140k miles ago! No contamination, but the oil itself had defintely begun to break down) and the last job is the swivel hubs, which I'm going from oil to one-shot. Checking on various...

Tested new sandblaster on a bit of the chassis ...... gonna be a long dirty job!

Na - boat only came home for a new engine to be fitted, far easier to do it at home - sea is 5 miles away.... The telegraph pole has gone now, someone er, backed a boat into it. :)

Funnily enough I was talking to our local mechanic today looking at a 90 he'd just put a 200 in - he charged them £600 all in for taking the old un out of a rotted Disco and fitting it into the 90, and was showing me how easy it would be to do my own myself..... I was really surprised at how...

This is useful -as well as catching your leg on it, also my wife really struggles to reach the 110 handbrake lever without slipping off the seat and her disapearing beneath the dash! Whilst this can be quite entertaining, it means that on the odd occasion I need her to use my Landy (usualy if...

This one would!.............