1. mikegsxr

    Defender TD5 no power after 50mph

    Same symptoms on my '03 TD5 a couple of years ago. Turned out the cat' was blocked, replaced with a decat pipe and all was well. Don't know if there were cats fitted on the '99 TD5s but as SUTTY suggested make sure your exhaust is free to flow.
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    Full lenth dog guard

    There's probably 80mm between the base of my high backs and the base of my side facing rear seats. Dog guard fits nice in this gap. It does mean that the high backs need to be in quite an upright position or they foul the mesh, I only ever drive it.....so not that bothered. Mike.
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    Full lenth dog guard

    3 X Exmoor high backs and full height LR dog/load guard fitted no problem to my 110. Fit the guard to clear the seats. Mike.
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    BF goodridge a/t tyres

    Hi, Cheap Tyres Discount Tyres Buy Tyres Online & Japanese Import Car Parts Spares Tuning Performance Servicing Accessories mail order were the best price for my 255/85-16 MTs Top service as well. Cheers Mike.
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    2wd Track day setup

    Good luck with that..... I used to regularly break half shafts and diffs' on my old hybrid V8 series IIA (RWD unless 4WD selected) without trying. Plenty of revs, dump the clutch.....BANG. Time to spend time with the spanners. Mike.
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    All round off-road tires

    +1 for BFG MT KM2s not too noisy on the road either.
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    Carlos Fandango was an amateur..... :)

    youtubing Carlos Fandago as I write, I hadn't heard of 'the man' since I were a lad. Cheers for that Steve, Mike.
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    Busy weekend ahead,whats your plans?

    Cheers Bigvinnie, My springs are a also a bit tired, think I might stump up for OEM ones looking at your pics. mikegsxr.
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    Busy weekend ahead,whats your plans?

    Sunshine down here in Middle England, so trying to dry the insides out after all the rain and subsequent wading action......:o
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    Tyre question....

    Cheers, £60 per wheel, which includes tyre removal, refitting and balancing. Great finish, no sign of the chipped paint where old balance weights had been removed. Got it done at Wheelsmart in Southampton. Right dodgy looking unit they operate from but quality service, turned them...
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    Tyre question....

    ;) More of a tyre answer really. Missus said she would treat me to a new set of tyres for Christmas. Since I had an advisary for cracked tyres at my last MOT (they were 10 year old 85,000 miles general grabber TRs still with 4mm tread left!) I have now had an early Christmas. One of the posts...
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    Help please smoking and on 4

    Hi, Replaced my turbo about a year ago, got a brand new Garrett from Turbo Dynamics LTD in Christchurch Dorset for £400 inc VAT. Best price I could find, they had one in stock and checked the old one out for me, sounds like you won't need them to check it though. Seemed a good bunch...
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    Such a shame!!!!

    Back to the 80s...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbZ9uCQW1Hk
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    Curry hooks and power bleed.

    Just the Father of a few of them...
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    Curry hooks and power bleed.

    Evening all, Finally got around to replacing the broken plastic seat bases (too many fat scouts :rolleyes:) in the back of my lovely 110. Resisted the temptation to replace with ally chequer plate and instead went for painted ally 3mm plate. As you can tell I'm quite pleased with...
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    Hi, Sorry for the tardy response... Yes it was without a doubt the copper injector seals...

    Hi, Sorry for the tardy response... Yes it was without a doubt the copper injector seals that were the cause in my case. Take great care when reassembling, the sealing faces must be clean and take extra care not to nick an o ring when refitting the injectors. I had a large CO2 fire...
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    How long should a Defender battry last

    My 03 TD5 110 still has the original battery in it. I have been expecting it to fail for the last two winters but no problems so far...:)
  18. mikegsxr

    TD5 smoking and stinking in traffic.

    Thanks Shifty, Got it sorted, the end of the sorry story is in a separate post titled TD5 Injectors removed for inspection. Thanks all, Mike
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    TD5 Injectors removed for inspection.

    Well a huge thanks to you all, Put the now mostly clean injectors back in. Mr muscle did a good job on the injector sides and sealing faces but I left the tips as they were, didn't want to monkey about near the busness end. New washers and O rings and paid...
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    TD5 Injectors removed for inspection.

    Thanks Guys, EGR was removed a few years ago. Its got a new L/R air filter, I have bench tested the MAF and no problems. Also had it Test Booked and no sensor faults were apparent on the test drive. The Fuel Pressure Regulator was leaking, this has now been changed but made no...