Good news everyone! My Landy failed its MOT yesterday on just the rear suspension bushings.. that is the BEST MOT result I've ever had! Well chuffed :D:D

Yeah true, but at the same time the defender replacement must conform to pedestrian safety standards, meaning it can't have a nice beg metal nudging bumper, nor a flat edge for a cuppa. Which leads me to say.. whats the ****ing point?!! If a pedestrian steps out in front of a Depender then the...

Ha, well just below your message was the hideous picture I posted.. I took it as a sign from the mud gods to get my butt back here

Eh, 2 topics for this so I'll pop the other pic in there too

Essential its a pimped up ballsack. Do. Not. Want. They should just fully end the defender and bring out a new truck if they must. Don't associate them. The 1948 lineage has finished.

I’ve got a metallic rattle/ knock coming from the underside of my defender. It sounds like the “dunk-dunk” you get from when you run over a loose manhole. And no, I’m not running over loose manholes! 2 weeks ago it was sporadic. Happened when I went over bumps, but not every time and it...

I specifically said not that ya git!

FUSES!! Always bloody forget them! Them and filters!

Hello guys and gals. I'm planning on sticking up a 'spare's cupboard in my garage soon, and wondered what you would consider would be essential spares for a Depender (don't say an entire other Depender!!) Just to stop me having to bugger off to Halfords every time something goes wrong!! I...

Welcome! Ask away! A few tips though: Put a drip tray under it, unless you're ok with oil stains on your driveway Put some money aside every month for it, trust me, you'll need to! :D Oh also, every journey is an adventure!! :D

Welcome mate ;)

Just to update the thread: Full bleed of the system worked. Clutch and gears working lovely now. Cheers for all the info and advice.

Tried to bleed the clutch fluid by me'self. No joy, so cleaned the landy instead. Its all nice and err.. shiny :o

Cruise control? on a Depender? 'ave you been drinking Shifty?! I don't think I've got cruise control?

Turns out as suggested above this is a clutch fluid issue, not gearbox as the topic title suggests. The clutch reservoir was bone dry! I've topped it up but I'm finding the bleeding to be a bitch! Anyway in doing so I came across this cable which I never had on my 200tdi: just below the...

Helpful. Here you go Defender water ingress manual

It better bloody not be, they said it had a full service and MOT inc fluid checks before hand (and its not leaking! :o ) Regardless, I'll check. Ta.

Hey all, So I've had my T reg (99) Defender TD5 a month now and its run lovely, but the last 3 days I've really felt the gears change. I'm having to ram the gears home to get them to engage properly, and reverse is an absolute dog, takes a good load of attempts to work. I've also noticed...

Actually mate its from Gristhill's in Surrey. I'll be taking it to Gott's for servicing etc. Didn't get a chance to tinker today so will post up pic tomorrow instead! :D

Thanks. I saw a few on there, but wondered if anyone else had any experience in doing this, or knew of any other manufacturer?