Mik speaks from personal experience, although I can assure you his man bun is a euphemism 😂

How many coats did you give it, I probably gave mine 3 coats of CIO and it’s still ok, even after a year of trialling too.

It provides the AC output relative to the engine speed.

The blanking plate you spent hours trying to find!!

I had all the dilemma when rebuilding my ‘90 after reading the forums. Poor quality seals, windscreens cracking during fitting, use a professional installer etc. I bought a £21 seal off eBay and refitted the original windscreen as a practice, it’s still there, complete with the milkiness of...

That gearbox has been in and out more than a fiddlers elbow.

“And it makes the washing machine smell.“ And no doubt will stain it or wait until the next wash. Hang on, since when did you learn to use a washing machine?

Proposed new colour. Green was too loud.

There are two seals between the roof and the screen frame. I split mine to paint the screen frame, replaced the seals and its been ok since then. More leaks are due to a failed glass seal which isn’t really that difficult to replace if you warm it first.

He would be better to go for the 1.4, that’s what I have done and why I have a spare 1.6. The 1.6 is hellish on road, car is screaming all the time for not a great outcome. The 1.4 is brilliant for day to day running and towing at realistic Defender speeds. If you want high speed a BMW M57...

Cross my palm with silver, or maybe I’ll keep it for the Tomcat. Sod’s Law dictates if I sell I’ll need to buy another shortly afterwards. This the logic I use to hoard stuff.

Gratuitous photo, Cut 4 holes in the bonnet to release some of the heat. New 92degree thermo switch fitted to the top hose to switch on the fans in case I forget to. New Tomcat bumper fitted, I had to replace the brackets and paint it.nThe chassis leg was 5mm too tall.

Once you have all the panels fitted you won't hear it for the 300TDI.

Took the Tomcat to the SLROC driving day, we were competing in the Defender yesterday however, this was a play day. The Fox Dampers had been set by the previous owner to 50psi to help with trialing, we reset them to 150 psi and completely changed the way the car worked , for the better. Most of...

Some B’stard has graffitied your clutch, no wonder it was cheap😂

Looking good, remember that the clutch plate has a wrong way and a correct way to fit.😂

Why Kirkcaldy? Can you not get it done locally?

Gearbox crossmember fitted. I say fitted, fabricated more like. The td5 crossmember was too wide by 3mm, the offside mount has “kissed” a large rock and needed an oxyacetylene torch to reform it. I couldn’t widen the space so, cut the x member reduced it by the required 3mm and welded together...

Wipers fitted. However, the knurled “nut” that the wiper fits on to is a d shape on a defender, this one has series wheel boxes, round spindles. Schoolboy error, to change the wheel boxes means changing the gear in the motor too, old one is 35 mm newer one 45 mm. To change the knurled nut £14...

I wish they still were as cheap, still looking forward to it.