Get yourself a range rover :cool:

I am getting a loom from autosparks as had a similar situation as yours and noticed wires had burned and shorted together

Ditto flat; mine is very torquey and pulls much better than td5 Discovery. They do seem to attract attention. I had a guy stop and ask to buy mine because it looked tidy for original. I told him I don't spend one day a week maintaining it for nothing. Just this morning I came out to find a...

The only manly choice is original. Anything else is like women with caked makeup, heels, tango-tan, and bleached hair.

Let me know if I have forgotten something! Changing the high pressure fuel pump on defender 1992 200tdi. timing belt idler crank and cam seal damper pulley is intact/ doesn't need replaced timing case gasket crank pulley bolt coolant to refill water pump gasket fuel pump banjo copper washers...

Are you meant to be able to turn the pump by hand? I have two. One I can turn freely with one finger an inch either way until piston/ diaphragm creates pressure, and then it takes two hands to turn it. The second pump I can not turn at all by hand and need a screwdriver to lever it round...

Today stripped it all down ready for new pump and belt etc Ordered disco timing kit by accident Forgot to order pump gasket So will postpone til next weekend to rebuild. Going to strip my broken pump and rebuild to learn how it works. I want to fix everything myself . BTW if anyone is...

Snapped the landrover farm jack 2 ton halfords jack and block of wood

One of the doors about to fall off Looks like it'll be new doors and a paint job Quite like arctic white military paint

No way would clock drain battery in a week Make sure loom wires insulations not burned through in engine bay

I'm a total novice and managed it with exhaust in place Be warned not to pull the pin out the gearbox. Not pin, the rod that comes out the slave. It is clipped onto the clutch fork inside the box. Slave cylinder use short length spanner

Rockers OK, but bought timing kit inc belt tensioner idler gaskets to replace at same time not sure if I should be buying crank and cam seals but 1 I don't know which ones need, and 2 I don't know if need special tools to get pulleys off. put an advert for pump, if not will take it off and...

It was a very strange situation - just suddenly cut out. probably internal failure as well as leak.

Im not up to much after eating the chocolate egg so time enough

Do not have days spare for painting. If replace all doors and put galvanised capping etc then vinyl wrapping a good idea? How much does it cost?

Leak from high pressure pump led to break down. Instead of fixing just going to replace, then repair the pump in time and use as a spare- suspect O ring has gone. But for the sake of getting the machine running and on the road - looking for a working pump to fit this weekend. Must be working...

Very interesting information about belt. I didn't hear any valves hitting pistons so is the 200 a non interference engine I wonder? Bosch pump it is then Will have more info when daylight

Hi Julian, I have not had a chance to look at anything in detail as had it recovered to parents about 100 miles away. Are you thinking timing belt has snapped? I found this, but I do not know if my pump is Bosch. Looks straightforward. http://gnarlodious.com/vanagon/bosch_pump/-Rebuild

Sorry, I should have mentioned it is a 1992 200tdi original defender engine Thanks for the advice James Saint.V8 it luckily doesnt have an alarm! Thanks for the idea about solenoid, ill look at that too

Deacclerated toward red traffic lights. Engine cut out suddenly within a split-second without any jerking or spluttering. No warning at all. Engine spinned over with starter motor. called out recovery, and the representative who came initially diagnosed by cracking off the injectors...