Check the outriggers for any major rust. If you aren't a guru get the RAC to check it out for you (will cost £300+ for 4x4 inspection but is worth it, as they'll let you know what's wrong with it.).

'Played with' isn't the same as modified with a view to increasing the bhp! How many accessors put lannies onto the rolling roads to check the BHP against the stock figures?

Tratter???! WTF is that supposed to mean!

Was speaking to a work collegue and he uses the following for his Toyota HiLux: Kerosene Engine Oil. He mixes 250 ml of oil for every 25 litres of kerosene and it runs fine, he's not had any problems and has been doing this for years. The oil being mixed thoroughly into the kero. for about 5...

Should be ok as long as he got his (car) license before 2000

If you can source and buy one before they get exported from the armed forces then you are doing well. Very, very few of them are sold onto the civilian market. They are heavier and often are not hard-top. Nice accessorys though...

Ok, I've just fitted a Brit Part fuel filter. So far so good. Had a Brit Part light guard pair. They were fitted over a year ago and are a bit rusty now, but still serviceable... :)

In times like these with a failing policing system it's up to the ancient ways of karma by doing what's right by vehicle owners... ;)

Folks, we have a winner! :D

But not Gaylander....

Just wondering if people on here have trained their other half up on the ways of the Landrover...? Can she drive it? Can she maintain it? Can she fix it up? What about more heavy duty work like timing belt change etc? It could come in handy that more of our partner's know the score with the...

Trackers aren't the wonder device they once were alas...

Did you have any heavy duty mechanical immob like a Disklok or clutch claw fitted? Against the pro's it's hard to stop them but having it wired up to the mains is what some do. Yes I know it's technically against the 'law' (statutory) but in my book so is 'allowing' a crime to take place. ;)

So sorry to hear that mate, wish you well on the recovery effort. Did you have any security devices fitted to it at the time???

At the time I was in the middle of the countryside, many miles from a welder. I had all the kit to hand and for such a tiny hole it's not major. It's nowhere near any structural point I can see (ie towing bit or a welded join).

On one of my video's there's a tiny repair made to the crossmember with filler (fibre-glass). Somebody commented that if the MOT people see it they can fail it!!! Is he right or is he talking pure honk? The bit in question is at 1:22 here: YouTube - Land Rover Defender 110 Restoration

They must of been brave taking on a disklock! You need a 900 Watt +++ grinder (normally petrol driven) to get them off!

Hey farmery is the way forward man, it keeps the heat down by reflecting the suns rays a lot more...

Maybe they've got flip-up lenses :D

Yes but the point is that because it's AC voltage, once it's stepped down there's even less 'max current' Having working on enough household electrics jobs when DIYing to say the following. The worst I've ever had is a jolt here and there off mains voltage I can tell you a shocked hand and wrist...