If Nodge's prognosis about the IRD cooler is right, you, correction, the original owner are actually that it's still driving at all and could be sold as a runner. I agree; the IRD is fracked, Half the work of doing the IRD is splitting the suspension to get to the point where you can remove the...

Hi Stanley, that sounds interesting, I'd love to see the pics, so please send them. Only thing is I've removed the towbar, so as ingenious as standard rears in the front is, I might need a different rear setup.

Just a quick one: I've got a D1, 200 series V8, been lifted for years, done properly with cranked rear arms, castor correction front arms, etc. However, it's now needing springs, as one spring has broken and looking at the others don't look like they are going to be far behind. I'm wary of...

I agree with @mbrokof that a vibration under load sounds like a CV joint... Had something similar on our Citroen C5, was offside front driveshaft inner CV joint, but it was more like the "deep throbbing vibration which resonates through the whole car" that @andyfreelandy describes. Split the...

@avocet - Just a quick message saying hello again o/ ... Not seen you in ages, what a kerfuffle you've been through with your parents in this thread, glad its sorted, that being said, I'm also glad it wasn't me footing that two-grand bill :eek: As for Brexit - dinnae get me started, other than...

TLDR - if your TD4 engine sounds tappety, park it up, vehicle in neutral and rev it to 3000rpm holding that engine speed for one minute or more, and the tick will be gone for a little while. The tick will likely reemerge, so do the 3000rpm / 1min again and immediately before draining the oil and...

Since this thread has meandered into a general servicing discussion, what's the current thinking on the PCV? I remember that it was perceived as beneficial to fit the filterless cyclone updated design of PCV a few years ago, is this still the thinking or do we now think that the old style PCV...

Today I found out that the dude that's got a long term loan of my freelander didn't take it for tracking as I instructed him to do, and instead ran it, and scrubbed the front mud tyres down to slicks, then switched over to my alternative wheels with all terrains on them. words were had, and he's...

Making progress bro... Welding's orders of magnitudes better since the start of this project, take some pride in that, as I don't dish out compliments lightly. For the other batterybox, an easier way of securing the batteries to the box would be to invert that design of angle iron battery clamp...

That sounds risqué...

That is as broadly sweeping and as inaccurate as saying "laptops are rubbish, especially the screens"... Not all [objects] are created equal. Granted, there are some howlers out there, but there are some gems, the problem is that it requires a bit more buyer research than say grabbing a double...

The FL1 comercial has a different shape between the rear wheel arch and back light part of the boot, so even if you bought a commercial mat it wouldn't fit. The Commercial also has a metal table that fills the rear footwell to give a platform for a plywood floor with lashing eyes recessed into...

Bit late to this conversation, but after any spannering I often wash my forearms with WD40 and a rag to get the worst of the oil / grease off, then its either the aforementioned scrubby pad, which still works, but hurts significantly less when worn, or nailbrush but always with a proper hand...

I'd have thought that this and the tangiers ornage one would have made a nice set... Reason I say that is IIRC the two colours were limited availability, and were ran competitively to see which colour the G4 challenge vehicles should be, so having one of each....

COVID is the bastard love-child that would be conceived were a cold/flu, a car crash, and a hangover to have a menage á trois.

Scottish Nationalism.... If nothing else, you'll get a bite out of bobsticle.

He did it as well.

That's the second one to slip through my fingers today... There was a nice looking 110 on eBay that I had a drool at, then closed the window before something bad happened to my bank balance. When I went to go back to it to do a man maths appraisal, eBay "looked everywhere but couldn't find it".

Got a link???

Going to throw a curveball in here, Ineos Grenadier, it is simultaneously more refined than any defender ever was, while being more defender than the new one ever will be...