has anybody out there taken the front bumper and bull bar off and had them galvenised , is it possible to get such small lots done and if so any idea of costs otherwise its the old wire brush and hammerite again cheers steve

Hi I have the same problem , i can slow the thing down but god help me if i need an emergency stop I have looked at the vacuum pump and there is some suction but not a lot when it is ticing over its hard to tell if its sucing or blowing so i am going to change the pump unless someone knows...

it is a defender 90 and i believe has a 300tdi in it runs great but could do with a new set of gaskets etc , in reasonably good nick obviously rear X member is dodgy but rest of chassis seems OK some of the fixing places on the body are starting to corrode and will need attention, if i decide to...

OK just want cold hard facts on this , im doing the rose tinted glasses all on my own its been 20 yrs since i last did this but! I have a 90 that is looking a bit tired and has just scraped through the test with a bit of welding on the rear crossmember (will need a new one next time) Is it...

Hi finnally got the landy back together but detected a squeak (more of a squeal) from the drive belt area, thought I had it sourced to the tensioner pulley but a new one has not fixed it, still seems to be around the tensioner/water pump (the pump is new as well) I have tried the bar on the...

cheers thats saved me a lot of grief:)

the water pump packed up on my 300tdi no problem, got the bright idea to change the timing belt as I was half way there, the front crank shaft oil seal is leaking , according to the manual its a pig of a job needing special tools and I have to take half the engine apart to do it , is it as bad...

ok ill give that a try cheers

I have just taken the radiator out of my defender (300tdi) and noticed oil in the pipes from the turbo and intercooler , there is also oil from the engine breather which is going into the turbo by way of the pipe from the air filter but not as much as is coming out does this mean the turbo...

Problem solved bit of a nightmare though I put rad flush in the radiator ran it then took it off and flushed it out no muck at all water flowing freely so I thought it was ok put it back on and ran it same problem still there I had the top cowel off the radiator and could put my hand down the...

Good idea My usual guy seems to think its the cylinder head but even he admits there is nothing to prove this and its an expensive guess if he's wrong (especially when it's my money!) Towed a trailer with it yesterday but it still only got hot over 60

No it realy is overheating the heater gets extremely hot so no air locks temp gauge seems to be accurate:confused:

My 300tdi overheats if i run it at more than 60mph ,below that its fine but over 60 its touching the red if i run for more than a few miles Ive checked all the usual no water in the oil , no steam in the exhaust the cylinder head seems fine , fan is working ok , no blockages in the radiator...