What jamesmartin and Al203 said; you're replacing the part and nut so no need to faff about, pick your weapon and go to town on it. Us civillised folk use nut splitters, rather than the yobbos wi' there hammers and noisy cutting things :p

How do you cover up the nuu and usual noises? Sing really loud (and badly:p)? as long as the chassis/bulkhead is good and it runs you're still onto a winner, Sounds like mostly wear and tear parts, the steering box is a straight forward job, did mine mostly one handed (because my other hand...

1V (11V drop) is indicative of a very poor connection such as a cable snapped internally or could be really lose on the ignition switch etc. If the exposed conductor touched anything conductive then it would likely cause a short to Earth which would pop a fuse.

Latest update, Changed the fuel filter today, the old one was pretty clean with no obvious crud build up and the fuel that came out of it was pretty clean. It was last changed about a year and half ago and not a lot of miles (maybe 1,000miles). What I did find, however, was the fuel filer bleed...

Have you tried turning it over with a lead taken directly to the fuel stop solenoid from the battery to confirm the solenoid is in working order? If you're getting 1V at the solenoid on the lead then there is a lose connection somewhere most likely, are you getting continuity on the fuel stop...

Inspected the fuel tank today, seems to be a small amount of crud on the bottom so looks like it'll be needing a clean anyway.

Check the connections on the starter solenoid.

Took it out in the snow to give someone a lift home, what a machine, what an absolute animal of a machine. A few of the unploughed hills I thought might defeat me, but no up them I went.:D Wiper blades kept icing up and the blowers/heater definitely needs a flush but what a machine the Landy is.

So have still yet to have a repeat occurrence of this issue (I've no doubt the problem is still there), thought I might get some power loss yesterday getting up and down unploughed roads but nope no massive drop off of power. though I'm not sure it was max power I was getting, hard to tell on snow.

Had the back end of my 90 out a couple of times last time it snowed, was not going quick for any of them and I was turning gently as well. Worth noting permanent 4wd means power does go to the back axle sometimes...

Will do, won't be doing much until the weekend though, its too damn cold :rolleyes: But here's what I am planning to look at; Turbo to FIP hose - going for a swap on this Intercooler pipes - looking to swap these out too (though won't be a for a couple of weeks) Fuel tank - going to drain the...

Daft question, are the intercooler pipes identical between Defender 300TDi and Disco 300TDi?

Must've read my mind.

ERR4699 - Got it!

Ta muchly, I shall take another look.:)

They would be great if they were the turbo to FIP pipe... :D Though might as well do the intercooler pipes at the same time for the sake of 20quid.

Anyone got a part number for the pipe, can't find it on AllBrit:oops: I'm going to try the turbo pipe first and see if I can get the problem to repeat (so I can test any fix I try)

Anyone happen to know the pipe diameter? Save me going out in the dark and fooking baltic conditions with the verniers.

Could I just replace it with some bog standard silicone hose?

Had the turbo hose off recently when I changed the lift pump and it had no obvious splits in it, fuel filter and draining the fuel tank is on the list to check already.