I certainly hope my mechanic fitted it correctly.

I've been over everything, and .most of it is brand new, fitted when I swapped the engine.

I don't often go off road in fact I have not done it in this truck yet. It's a Disco 200tdi.

As part of my mods to make my Defender bad ones friendly, the first which I'm currently looking at being Auto conversion, another thing I'm looking at is the accelerator pedal. Is there any way of making the accelerator pedal lighter? My brake pedal seems to be fine. 89 Ninety with Disco 200tdi.

I'm considering, if I can find one, buying a Disco 300tdi auto, and pull the engine and box out and drop that in.

I'm going to give it a try, ong with a power spring, and maybe a servo.

No I'm joking, it's well geased up. But it is the old type clutch pedal.

Yeah it's just the standard long squeaky spring.

Not sure I could justify a V8, as much as I would love one. Need those few extra mpg's from the diesel.

Yeah probably go for the easy option.

I'm tempted to try and find a Disco 1 300tdi auto, rip the engine and gearbox out and chuck that in, with the NAS centre console.

I'm looking at the Ashcroft conversion. It looks really nice, it uses the NAS console. Issue is, its £2500. Which I suppose is cheaper than buying a good condition auto Disco 2, and definately cheaper than an auto Defender.

It is completely standard. I wasn't aware there were any upgrade return springs avaliable for the lt77.

My knees are getting worse. I'm getting huge amounts of pain in my left knee while operating the clutch. I know there is the clutch servo jobbies that make the clutch easier to operate, but just how much easier is it? It's on an 89 Ninety with a Disco 200tdi on an lt77 box. I may have to...

You can add sound proofing. Closed cell foam under the bonnet and on the bulkhead if you can get to it. Closed cell foam on the inside of tbe bulkhead and floor, and a Wright off road rubber matting system. Does your TD5 have the black sound deadening? The only other thing you can do is a Disco...

I'd have a Jimny today if I could, but I reckon I'll wait for the used market to open up.

Look at the Suzuki Jimny. It's basically a small Defender. Suzuki took full advantage of the end of the classic Defender.

Yeah bringing out a new 4x4 is fine, but don't pretend it's a Defender. However, as a new vehicle, like the MINI and Fiat 500, it will probably do well. But unlike the MINI and 500, the new Defender looks nothing like the classic Defender, regardless what people say, it's just an uglier Discovery.

The military won't buy a replacement for the Defender. For operational vehicles, they need them to be armoured particularly from land mines. For moving around the UK training areas, they are hiring "white fleet vehicles" mini buses, Hilux's from companies like Interserve (that was the company...

JLR/Tata, have specifically stated that their target audience is not your stereo typical "working" person. I know they are bringing out a commercial, but even that will be too technical for too much rough dirty work. I can't see one on a building site, or in the woods with the Forestry...