^^ what tottot said^^ Jack a front wheel up, if diff lock is disengaged you should be able to spin it freely, diff lock engaged will prevent the wheel spinning - though there may be a little movement.

Has it been confirmed that it’s not stuck in difflock?

So if I take a private plate off a Rolls Royce, does that make my Landy a Rolls Royce?

I think with the introduction of the Puma variant all Defenders were classed as commercial. Before this, it depends on what’s on the V5. A station wagon should be a private vehicle, but they seemed to make it up as they went along. You won’t know until you see the v5 and changing its...

Mine’s rotten, not worth repairing when a new cross member costs £240. Has any done this to their Landy (110 specifically)? It looks like there’s no need for the body to come off? Any tips more than welcome!

I need to replace this section, the a-frame cross member. Time for a new thread…

It turned out to be the least of my worries :eek:

Indeedy, I would prefer doing it in the summer though!

Can’t seem to open them.

It’s covered with an ali plate, so no Flintstone action going on. It didn’t get much further through the MoT anyway, they aborted the test because of some chassis rot. I believe that it could have passed, as there only need to be 6 secure mounting points between body and chassis (so I’ve read...

Sitting in the garage and they’re trying to tell me the hole in the passenger footwell is a fail as it’s structural. Never been a problem before! I had to explain the difference between a ladder frame chassis and a monocoque construction as they didn’t know the difference! I thing I’m going to...

Thanks! That looks like just the thing. I live and work mostly in the hills and valleys, so will be probably be on FM most of the time, but it will be nice to have access to DAB and my present unit is fooked anyway! I think I’ll ask be asking the beardy paedo for one of these on the big day.

Any recommendations for a reasonably priced (sub £150 ideally) DAB single DIN head unit for the old bus? Will I need a special aerial, or does the standard one work? I need to choose a Christmas present and my current unit is playing up, so a new one will be good. I only specify DAB as I used to...

I can’t help you with the mechanic, but having got a mechanic out to do the starter on my ‘87, I can confirm you are doing the right thing. What a ball-ache of a job it turned out to be!

From memory, there is an common earth point inside the engine bay on the bulkhead, near to the brake servo. Give this a good clean, better still, pop another earth lead between it and the engine. This should eliminate the issue. P.s The earth location may vary depending on the year of manufacture .

They refused to reinsure me after I fitted a Brownchurch rack and a pair of Hella driving lamps! Proppa bad boy racing mods!

@MaxyMan have you tried taking a prop off and driving in diff lock yet?

I checked my coolant temp using a infra red thermometer on the hose and thermostat body. Thermometer measured 79*, new gauge showed 80*. Only way to know for sure would be to use a tube thermometer and dip it in the rad when up to temp. Infra red will give a good enough indication though.

Not running and only missing the passenger door, apart from that though… :confused:

It didn’t sell for £3000, I wonder what the reserve was. I’ve had a look and previous Rapier 127s have sold for £7500-£13000, so more than an average 127, but not ultra-rare money. There’s just way too much work involved, plus the finding of non-standard parts to make that thing worth more than...