I'm not sure if it's the seals, I changed them a couple of years ago. and I've only done about 6000 miles since then. If they were gone then wouldn't the oil filler cap have bounced around when I left it loose on the top? I tested one of the leads to the glow plugs but didn't bother doing any...

I got it out. All my plans failed and in the end I just went at it with a crowbar and a hammer. The seat thing wasn’t bent or anything, I think it had just corroded together. Once I got it out I applied a load of that thick anti-rust paint and whacked the new one in. The other side came out no...

Yeah, I'm not sure that's what it was. It started up better and it was colder today but I don't feel like it completely solved anything. It started first time after letting the plugs do their thing but it took a second or so on the starter to actually fire up and when it had started it was...

Thanks. I’ve replaced all the plugs now, so I’ll torque them up and see how it goes.

Thanks. I'd also read that TD5s are good at starting cold but I'd also read other people saying that's not true. I ended up check all my plugs and they weren't as hard to remove as I thought they'd be. I went through them all and found I only had one working properly so I'll try it again when I...

So for the past four years or so my Defender hasn't had to start in anything less than around 15c. Now it's back in the UK and when I went to start it in about 8c it took noticeably longer to get going and it was all a bit rocky until it warmed up. I have a couple of brand new glow plugs so I...

I have a bit of clearance at the bottom but only a few cm, and I’ve thought about cutting it off but if the worst comes to the worst I’d probably like to be able to take it to a mechanic. I guess I could hack away at the spring until there’s a lot less of it and hopefully it’ll be weak enough...

110 TD5. I wouldn’t be surprised to find it’s got some random spring on it, it’s had a few farmyard fixes. Just had another look at it. It doesn’t look like the seat is damaged but the spring does look like a tight fit. Maybe it is an oversized spring. But how should I get it out? I need...

Thanks for the replies. Here’s a link that I hope works: https://share.icloud.com/photos/010ydLpn9EZGX7KXbdw88axyw The axle is dropped low enough, there’s about 4cm at the bottom clear. I actually forgot to remove the retainer at the bottom until after I’d dropped the axle and got the spring...

I don't know if it's called a seat but the thing rear spring goes into at the top. I went to change my rear springs today thinking I could easily do both and find time to fix the front windscreen washer. I didn't even manage to get one spring replaced because when I went to remove it after...

I've been noticing lately that I have quite a bit of steering play in my TD5. I popped the bonnet and twisted the steering column and found that I can turn the column by hand a few degrees either way, but when I let go it bounces back to straight. The drop arm is turning when I do this but not a...

I’m half way through a road trip and I’m starting to get a sort of rhythmic humming sound coming from the TD5. Before when I’ve had a wheel bearing go it’s always been a sort of constant noise but this one goes on and off. Could it be a single roller in the wheel bearing that’s failing? What are...

A battery brain is a device on the positive terminal of the battery, it cuts the power if it gets too low to start. It makes sure you’re not stranded if you leave a light on or something. Since it sits in the path of the positive I’m wondering if the connection isn’t quite right enough or...

I did yes. It was quite low so I topped it up but nothing changed. One other thing I noticed as well, I have a battery voltmeter and it’s normally read 14v but after installing the Battery Brain it dropped to around 12v. Not sure how it’s doing that, maybe I’ll double-check all the connections.

So does that mean it’s good? I’m not sure where my electrical issue could be. When I had a dodgy earth to my ECU the needle would move all the time but now it’s solid.

I know this isn’t exactly a terrible problem but I did an 8 hour round trip last weekend in my TD5 and noticed afterwards that the engine temp was reading a bit lower than it normally does. I didn’t totally think too much of it but today I was driving for a while and, this may be in my head, but...

I don’t really like the look of the AC grilles, but that doesn’t really matter because I can’t get them out here. Second hand parts are hard to come by as well, especially bodywork. I couldn’t find cutting oil at the local shop, not even WD40 at the moment. All they had was GT7, which I think...

So I'm trying to install a cheapo Chinese universal a/c kit into my TD5. I bought the a/c condenser frame from YRM and I'm going to forego installing the fan as it shouldn't be sitting in traffic too much and I was hoping I could get away with having to get one of those larger radiator grille...

I want them in the second row, so I need the seatbelts. I want to fit them to the tumble seats frame.

My wife thought she was picking up a bargain second row seat but it was actually a rear foldaway for a CSW Puma. Has anyone got experience adapting these? They look like they might be okay one way or another but I don’t want to tear them to bits and make them worthless just to find out they...