Hi All, Just bought one - I'm first registered owner other than MOD - don't pick it up till Friday. Any advice/observations at all very welcome as I've little knowledge of these ex MOD vehicles. Especially the n/a 2.5 diesel - seems noisy but doesn't smoke and pulls OK. Thanks. :o

I was hoping it might be easier and cheaper - but it seems this isn't the case.

Hi all, Does anyone know of an insurance company that will insure my ordinary car - don't laugh, it's a Skoda - and my 90 CSW on the same policy? So I don't have to have two separate policies.

Hi Seanmoore, How exactly does the scaffold plank thing work? Mine's a 7 seater CSW 90 - how do you get round the front seats rising above the bulkhead? What do you rest the planks on? I can see this working in a 110, but in a 90?

Hi Pos, Last tankful of diesel in my 200tdi gave 35mpg, but a couple of trips to the Lake District means it was mostly motorway work.

Interesting idea - how much do they cost, do you know? What kind of work involved?

Hi Boxer, These demountables are a brilliant idea as you say - trouble is, they cost about £20k. Also, my 90 is a CSW. Cheaper to buy a brand new one !

Hi Anthony, thanks for this - how do I access your photos?

Hi all, I find the Haynes and Lindsy Porter manuals a bit difficult to follow. I seem to recall some threads about an original Land Rover manual - any ideas? any ideas generally for a complete beginner most welcome.

Hi all, What's ball park cost of 1 year comprehensive insurance for a 200tdi 90? Male, age 48, 5 years' NCB, no points.

Thanks for advice from those who replied. Duly inspired, I read the manual and dived in - then the bleed nipple sheared off in the socket spanner. So, I guess it's now a master and a slave cylinder needed.

My clutch has gone. Master cylinder empty except for a grey sludge in the bottom. Fluid on clutch pedal - what kind of a job is this? Suitable for complete beginner? If not, any ideas on what the garage would charge to fix it?

Never thought of the bonnet not popping - how do you get round that? What's wedging the toggle?

Hi all, what are opinions on mounting the spare wheel on a 90? I'm thinking of changing from the rear door to the bonnet for the following reasons: 1. Open and shut the back door many times a day, whilst only lift the bonnet once a month to check oil & water. Back door is heavy for young kids...

Thanks for this. I read the article you mention but, if I read it right, it would mean the Landy would really be just for the expeditions; that is, you wouldn't be able to get passengers in as the seats would have been removed. Since we use our 7 seater all the time for ferrying the kids and...

I really like my 90 CSW but it has one big drawback in that you can't sleep in it and cook and do the things you need to do on regular weekend trips to the lakes. It occured to me you could in a 110 hard top - possibly a sleeping platform down one side and cooker, sink, etc. on the other. Any...

Yes, I paid £3200. I felt good about this though when I realised the 67k was genuine mileage - I had automatically assumed it had been round the clock, but it hasn't.

Hi Marcus, You've got a point - I bought it 9 months ago and I've done a lot to sort it: new cambelt, cylinder head gasket, oil and fluid changes, 4 new wheels and tyres, new mats, T-cut, waxed, waxoyled, etc. etc. So it's like you say pretty sorted and shiny and mechanically sound. It's ex MOD...

Funnily enough my wife's a Geordie.

Just had a quote of £1500 for a respray of my 1991 CSW 90. Saw something somewhere on here about hand painting - either brush or roller. Anyone any experience of these things? My wife reckons a hand job would take £1000 off the value!:eek: