No need to apologise, interested to learn about any tools that may be useful for working on the Defender

Is it nearly payday already? Gonna be a tight one this month All good insight though, thanks! With grease and sealants though, i seem to see multiple types used during a job. Would a basic all purpose grease and gasket sealant be ok or do specific jobs needs different ones depending on what it...

Not wrong there, so many items ive always struggled to get on offer in the past and theyre much cheaper on trade, Never knew.

Think buying as i need will be the way. Very easy to run costs sky high. Out of interest, would you consider a torque wrench essential? Never had one but think i will go for the Halfords Torque Wrench 200 Model (40 – 200Nm), more for piece of mind when doing bolts up.

Hello! I'm new to all this having just bought my first defender (H Reg 90 200tdi) and i'm about to start doing some work underneath the Landy. Done plenty of research regarding the mechanical side which im not worried about but my garage is not so stocked up with all the necessary lubricants...

Thanks for all the help! Spent another hour adjusting the cable bolt with a 19mm spanner and loosening and tightening the two hex bolts on the underside of the drum with a 15mm whilst hammering with a mallet. Got some slight movement which was encouraging but not enough. Then noticed a large nut...

Thanks all for advice. Spent a couple hours loosening the 2 bolts on the handbrake drum and hammering the drum. Still barely moving, maybe got it to nudge a mm. Im confident though that the drums locked itself when i reversed as the problem was noticeable once i had started to reverse. Will...

Thanks, hope so. Annoying as just got it and already problems lol. Would this be a case of adjusting the handbrake cable or the drum?

Thats what i was worried. I was told that the diff lock should be set as back and to the right towards me though on the knob, that does read as L. Not sure whether ive been trying to move it off in neutral or if its stuck somewhere. Idk, driving me crazy.

Did some checks this morning, jacked up each wheel with handbrake off to check for any transmission windup (slight movement in rears) Nothing in front. Front prop shaft rotates as it should and turning one wheel, rotates the other in opposite direction so that seemed ok to me. Trouble was...

Researched more and looking increasingly likely the handbrake drum is too tight so going to attempt to loosen it tomorrow. May have to completely disassemble and clean. Another question, should the propshaft be able to freely rotate by hand? Cant get it to rotate so will jack it up tomorrow and...

Just got a Defender 1990 200tdi, gears have felt fine and moved off with no issues. Then started to shudder slightly when reversing. Persisted but this got worse ,then it struggled to move off in 1st gear and had to give it some power to get it going again so i could get home but all gears felt...

Will do, Thanks

Hello, Just bought my First Land Rover Defender, a 1990 200tdi XS in Grey. Great body work, low mileage and very well maintained regarding chassis and corrosion. Hopefully i can use this site for advice when cleaning up the interior. Little tatty so gonna need help to restore it to how it...