Haha, It's the Cumbrian misery show a week tomorrow! My daughter will have great fun deciding who the most miserable is! Thanks for that little bit of insider knowledge! Only moved up here 3 years ago I lived in your part of the world before that.

At the recent Scottish Land Rover show I could not believe how many stalls there were selling LED Bling for defenders! I went as far as putting halogens headlights on my 90 but that was mainly so I could see where I was going! LED's not my thing! I like to keep it as simple as possible.

You have a point! Hundreds of Land Rovers up here though, but they are driven by miserable farmers who wont even wave!

You will use them in time.

Very presentable! Is that a respray?

Wish we had helpful peeps like you in this part of the world!

He is probably referring to part E

Arh, if that is what he said they are inside the swivel housing!

By using the term "upper' it sounds like they are referring to the bush at the top of the shock absorber. I would ask them to clarify unless that bush is totally and obviously shot! Not easy to see though up the turret!

Does it specify front or rear?

Welcome, any chance of a pic?

I have next week off, so plan is to take the rear body off, pressure wash/wirebrush the chassis and generally clean and tidy it all up. Will check again that there is no play when the body is off and replace the seal only if so.

This is a new one on me as I have always run leafers in the past. Looking over my 90 (1988) prior to it's MOT I see that the rubber boot on the suspension top link ball joint is split, which I believe is an MOT Failure. My question for those who know more about these machines is: 1. Do i just...

Worked as 1st Engineer on a ship, began to notice that we couldn't get man holes open that had only been opened a few weeks earlier, eventually discovered the guys were using their new cordless impact guns to tighten everything, result nothing would come undone without the same gun and sometimes...

Before now I have had to drop the sump and place a carefully located block of hard wood between the crank and the block to lock the crank solid, then use a very long length of pipe on a breaker bar to break the pulley bolt free. Just choose where you put the block of wood carefully as you don't...

Welcome, very shiny motor! I take it that you intend to keep it a long time putting a galv chassis under it?

I think you got a bit of a bargin there! I hope you don't restore it to mint, it has such great patina.

I would always give the brakes a once over before worrying about whether it can go! By the look of it it could have some well corroded brake lines and possibly seized wheel cylinders. With single circuit brakes one leak and your not stopping! Love the careworn look though as long as it's sound...

I will do so. To be honest I thought having 13H7 cast into the block that it would be a 13H engine not a 17H. But I guess it was an assumption too far. Many Thanks. Good to know about the strengthening ribs.

There are a few more pics. Just curious how can you tell it's a 5-brg?