Rad has been flushed through yes, it has only done 500 miles. My next lan is to remove the stat and see what happens Many thanks for all the suggestions I have a way forward for now.

I am using a Durite capillary gauge and sender so there shouldn’t be an issue here.

Yes it is turning round and round

The radiator is hot from top to bottom and all the hoses are hot as well, so water is flowing as it should.

Stat has been tested and is opening spot on at 88 degrees, or so the wife’s kitchen thermometer tells me

Not thought about gauge being a problem, will give it a try tomorrow with an IR temp gauge.

200tdi Disco in a defender. I am having a few problems coming to the end of my rebuild. I have spent 2 days trying to get the coolant sorted. Filled it yesterday and ran it and it got to 95 degrees and there was no drop in the temp gauge (Durite capillary gauge). It used to drop perfect at 88...

I went for a new chassis and have spent about the same again on "bits and bobs" rebuilding. as swisstoe says you won't want to put rusty items back on to a new chassis. I did also repaint it myself so this did add to the cost a little.

It could be a drop in the battery charge if it hasn't been started a while.

Black moly it is then, as I have some of this. Thank you

I have stripped my winch down as it had stopped working and it seems that the gearbox isn't as "Waterproof" as lead to believe. I have drained it all out and started cleaning it all but was wondering if it is a special sort of grease that is needed when I put it back together? Cheers Ivan

I have used head lining material which has a foam backer for the dash and it makes it look soo much better (in my opinion). I have also recovered the head lining and rear window surround in the same material. For the door trims and sun visors I used back to black to dye them so I now have all...

Collected the new master cylinder from the post office for the weekend of bleeding brakes. Will probably take all weekend as well.

I used battery jump lead cable for my wiring, work out a little cheaper.

Ah you spotted it, :) It is a common thing looking at the amount of ads on there.

WD40 or brake cleaner would be worth a try.

It says wanted at the beginning :-)

Swing away spare wheel carrier wanted for a defender local to Burton-On-Trent (DE13) or willing to post.

Swing away spare wheel carrier wanted for a defender local to Burton-On-Trent (DE13) or willing to post.

TF1000 is REAR UPPER A FRAME SUSPENSION LINK BUSHES TF1001 is REAR LOWER SUSPENSION TRAILING ARM BUSH KIT AXLE END TF1002 is FRONT RADIUS ARM BUSH KIT AXLE END TF1005 is FRONT PANHARD ROD BUSH KIT 2007 ON TF1006 is FRONT PANHARD ROD BUSH KIT EARLY TYPE Hope this helps a little.