1. james231410

    BFG Mud Terrains

    Thinking of putting some of the above on my TD5...Anyone tell me how bad they are on the tarmac..I do 50/50 on road/off road so need a good balance for both..or will the All Terrains be better?
  2. james231410

    Can anyone recommend a Steering Guard?

    which one did you get?..
  3. james231410

    Can anyone recommend a Steering Guard?

    well I just bought some from rebel4x4 I will tell you how I get on...
  4. james231410

    Wading Kits?

    I am near Herts too. Give me a shout if you know any good pay and play sites...
  5. james231410

    Diff lock warning light

    diff lock wind up is bloody annoying on my TD5...you have to reverse for 10 or so yards to get back into a slip diff... always.
  6. james231410

    wind up

    Slob...There I was thinking you were the chief wind up merchant on this page and would certainly know the answer...
  7. james231410

    wind up

    When I try to unlock the diff on my TD5 after a session off road, I always get 'wind up' and have to stick it in reverse...the manual says this happens sometimes...but with mine its always?..Am I doing something wrong??...its just bloody annoying- even if I lock the diff for 100 yards it needs...
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    Where can i get hold of this recovery equipment

    ...It happens every time i go off-roading.....there I am trying to work out the best route ...and some blonde babe with a big rack strips off and starts giving my front end a tug...I'm starting to to get sick of it I tell ya!
  9. james231410

    Help! Child & Baby Seats in a Defender 90 Station Wagon?

    lest face it the Defender 90 is ,safety wise, about as bad a choice you can make if you have more than one child. I have two five year old twins who bot want to join me in the front ( I have had the centre console removed and a centre seat put in)...This is much safer than them in the back...but...
  10. james231410

    Winch wiring

    well basically the leads did not reach!...the winch does work OK...
  11. james231410

    Winch wiring

    Had an electric winch fitted to my TD5 but the the garage tell me they wired it to my alternator ( did I hear him right)...Is this right?....I may well be being stupid here as I am as much use with car electrics as mud flaps on a tortoise
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    Save the Defender

    " baby hummers"..."cool"?....so you would be american then.... NO Hummers are cars driven by drug dealers and footballers....very very uncool.
  13. james231410

    Save the Defender

    The Greatest vehicle ever produced...and they want to change it. You would think they would start with all the crap cars they make themselves first.
  14. james231410

    Save the Defender

    christ it looks like a frontera!....I can see why the yanks would design a new one tho'...I cant believe those fat b*stards can fit in the defender seats ( thats if they can manage to haul themselves in through the door in the first place...)
  15. james231410

    Tyres

    Manual says 28 front...38 back...
  16. james231410

    Tyres

    ...and I also asked for a better tyre-as though everyone says they are Ok...I have found them almost dangerous in the wet , not much cop in the mud...and cant believe they will be very good in the snow either...
  17. james231410

    Tyres

    My 90 2003 came with those very tyres from new...so reckon they are standard.
  18. james231410

    land rover i hate the dealers

    ....the Main Dealers dont like the people who drive the 'real' Landrovers. They know we have worked out how to form clubs,groups,source parts at 10% of the price - so once they have sold us the car they consider us as low value. They like to spend the time on the housewife Range Rover Sport...
  19. james231410

    land rover i hate the dealers

    My friend received a quote from his local Land Rover Dealership for wiring up two spotlights ( spots NOT included) GBP 258.00 ( incl VAT). He even phoned back to check he had not misheard.
  20. james231410

    Winches

    want to buy a general purpose one...but there are a lot to compare. Any suggestions ( seems a lot of them require very expensive Bars/bumper as an additional extra to go with them)