Cheers Neil spend a fair bit of time and cash on her. Just Took ma side steps off at the weekend and gave her a wea wash and polish fur her Insurance Photos.

Aye the black socket is the diagnostic/reprogram socket fur the imobiliser , I looked at reprogramming some new fobs a few months back but fixed ma fobs wea solder instead. Ma systems still working so its staying. Still would love tae ken what the rubber covered socket is fur as I canna...

Like many replies depends on what you need. A defender once broken can be repaired and depending on budget parts can cost from peanuts for ****part up to genuine parts at a price all depends on budget. Mines simple to fix with the use of the Haynes book of lies or the knowledge gained from...

You'll be laughing then. I dont do many motorway miles in mine but prefer back roads. As I say mines been a good runner but suffers from all defender issues. But I change oil every 6 months. I only use halfords cheap stuff and not had any issues. To be fair I've changed just about everything...

Mate I bought my 98 300tdi 2 year ago wea 112k on the clock. The rest of the vehicle is tidy and the engine has been fine . It's my daily drive. Only engine issue was rear crank seal was gone. I change my oil every 6 months and the engine has never missed a beat. I change something every month...

I don't always work in my hanger sometimes rough it outside and just drink beer and spanner away In the summer I had to use this Puma whilst in Kenya , good on the road but I wasn't sold cross country Prefer my old girl for towing , not as fast but I prefer her for cross...

Cheers gents, having the indoor space has its advantages and have air tools on ma vehicles that I some times utilise. The Boost alloys came of a 2012 defender right off, few scratches but I,m happy, anyhow more photos, So when I bought her she had a cheap aftermarket rear door, everything on...

cheers that's my work toys! Perks of being the boss is I can always find space to work on her

Well heres my daily ride, had here 2 years now and she started off like this, But she had a ****e 2 inch lift so that was first to go! Next was the skinny pram wheels and managed to get some boosts wea BFG tyres for a good price Shes a work in progress and when I aint working I'm...

they might look good, but they leak more than normal defenders, the windows rattle even more than a 20 year old csw windows, they are noiser and colder. .......even the bonnet rattles more!

decide what you want and then set a budget, but leave room for repairs and the unexpected . The market has loads to chose from but start doing some research so you don't get stung. But as I say avoid ex mil wolfs, many have reconditioned engines and the firm used aint done a good job. I...

Wouldn,t waste your money on a wolf. Its been in service for best part of 16 years and most of them have been thrashed. Yes they get serviced regularly but both operator and maintainer are not always of the best quality. Some of them will of had a very hard life. You may occasionally get a...

Bit late on the reply but here's my opinion, (don't want to start the whole my engine is better than yours thread) I drive a 300tdi 110 CSW as my daily drive , she is a bit like the forth road bridge in the 2 years I,ve owned her as I,m always doing something. She sits at 60 mph rattles...

Is the oil dripping down and coming from the front of the gearbox or is it dripping from the axle? What engine you got? On a 300tdi If its from the gearbox and its next to the wadding plug hole it could be the rear crank oil seal. If oil is dripping onto axle it could be the brake...

Part of the delight of owning a defender. Been chasing my leaks for 2 years now, just had my alpine window seals replaced and that's sorted some of the wet foot well issue. My bulkhead to windscreen hinges leaked like mad so replaced them, that was one of the main culprits ....however it...

they where all hyper at the possibility of getting of their leads like they do every day, jumping about and smash!..either one of the leads has flicked it or one of them's headbutted the brake light and shattered the window. either way new window on route and inner window guard getting...

Right folks after this mornings carry on, (ma dugs smashed my rear window!) I,m after fitting a rear window guard internally. Has anyone fitted the mantec one and what is it like for rattling ? What about the outside Guards for the CSW ? Was thinking about doing this later down the line but...

Phoned my insurance to get a new rear window thanks to ma 2 daft dugs. Well impressed !

resealed front drive flanges, and found my coolant leak to be the p-gasket. Then cleaned up ma tools! Quite uneventful.;)

judging by the stocklist a lot of defenders finished their lives there. ....just red the small print 15% buyers fee plus vat ouch!:(