Thanks for all the comments etc but here's a bit of an update and things get WORSE!! Thought I'd take it out for a spin as my MOT runs out tomorrow. After 10 minutes on some country lanes, all of a sudden, BANG! I look in my rear view and there's my belt tensioner and belt skipping down the road...

There's no chance I'll be bodging my brakes, hence the reason for getting the garage to do it. When I have more time I'll get the stuff and update them all, just need to get through the MOT asap. The kit I'm getting is from famous four, and it includes everything I think, gaskets, shims...

Thanks for the responses and the link to your "how to". It's not that I don't want to do the brake lines it's just that I need this thing sorted asap as I use it for my daily, I don't have the tools to do it and the price the garage gave me for doing this was alright so I'm just going to leave...

So i took my 90 in for its MOT today and it spectacularly failed. Here is the list: Exhaust emits an excess level blah blah blah. Averaged 4.31 with max allowable of 3:eek: Brake pipe excessively corroded, 3 separate places towards the front calipers Suspension component mounting area is...

Thanks. I'm going to keep running it. I only use it for a few miles a day and don't have a choice. I've rigged an old filter up in the top of the snorkel and turned the head round to stop anything getting in there. Also ordered a filter housing and some heat resistant flexi duct which I'll fit...

I don't know either way to be fair. For now, I just need it to get me through until next summer and it only does about 50 miles a week so I'm hoping it keeps running.

Yeah the plan is to re-build it next year on a galv chassis with some professional help so the aim is to keep it going until I have the money to do that. Probably going to be spending a lot of time on here asking questions as I'm self learning. All your help is appreciated.

Hi. I tried that for a long list of other things. Long story short, it ended with me threatening to call trading standards. The guy is a complete tit! Partly my fault as I bought it without really knowing what I was looking for but he didn't want anything to do with any of the issues that I...

So I managed to find some time to take the snorkel off today and as expected there is no sight of anything like an air filter, it's just piped straight to the turbo. While it was off, I got a picture inside the turbo, the blades seem damaged, what do you lot think? Is it OK? I'm going to...

Thanks. Hopefully I'll find some form of filter this weekend. Thanks for all the help!

Thanks. That would be good. What I don't understand is why the garage never mentioned anything about the lack of air filter? They gave it a full going over or so I'm told and they are landy specialists. I also bought it from the guy who owns Yorkshire Landrover.

Yeah it's a 300tdi conversion fitted with a lt77 gearbox so it sits quite a way back and there's loads of room on the drivers side. I'll have to have a look and see if I can figure something out. Does it matter if I have to fit some extension hoses and route it round to the drivers side? Would...

Ok thanks. I'm going to take the snorkel apart this weekend so I'll have a look to see if there's anything there. I took it into a landy specialist garage when I bought it and they gave me a long list of things that needed doing but the air filter was never mentioned.

What's the best way of sorting fitting a filter? Can you fit one in the snorkle? Yeah it marks its territory. I think it's the rear engine seal. Not something I can do and been quoted 250-300 to get it done.

I meant to say, if there is no filter, is that a problem?

Thanks for the replies. I can't see the snorkle connecting to anything else. It looks like it connects straight in and yes it's on the passenger side If there is no filter Few more pics.

Hi This is probably a bit of a stupid question but I don't know much about these engines. I have a 1989 land rover 90 truck that I bought a few weeks ago. It has a snorkle fitted to the 300tdi engine and I wondered where my air filter will be? I took this picture which shows the snorkle...

Hi all. I'm a new defender owner from West Yorkshire. Bought my 89 Defender truck a few weeks ago and hopefully going to be doing a few things to it over the next few months. Here's a few pics