And a very stupid man to do it......... Mark you, the only caveat was that it was 00:45 after a hard days work,.... it certainly livened me up a bit!!

Sorry, just to close this thread.........I had it in 3 instead of D.........what a numpty!! The old P38 paranoia creeping in.........apologies and thanks

Thanks very much everyone, I take it that the 300tdi is considered the best engine...

Have to agree, really enjoyed the read.

Hi Everyone Just canvassing opinion as to which Defender is considered the best in terms of year and engine combo. I would like a diesel and I have between 10-14k to spend. Any advice gratefully received Many thanks Ash

Richards site here, he is just outside Brighton. He did a great job on my car Range Rover Repair and Rebuilds | Diagnostics | Body Electrical Control Module Good luck, hope it goes well for you Ash

Looks as if the airbag has been deployed at some point, you really need to walk away from any RRS that is not 100%......within reason and price point

Great, thanks of the explanation, I had the ATF and filter changed changed last week by my specialist so pretty sure that's ok, one of the issues of not doing stuff myself I suppose

Didn't feel like dropping a cog, more like 2 if you know what I mean, it was a really unusual surge

Yes that's about it, I use the CC a lot actually and this is the first time it's played up

Hi Keith No noting like that, the CC on this car has always worked really well, so that's why this is all bit weird. I have had some mechanical work done on the car recently, transfer box replaced etc but no fiddling with the electronics so I'm a bit mystified. It was all going so...

Yes sorry on level ground, very slight increase in speed but the event was over fairly quickly. A bit disconcerting........

Hi Pottering along at 50mph last night using the cruise control For no reason the engine suddenly surged from about 2000 rpm to 4500 rpm It dropped down again but then surged again to nearly 5000 rpm so I trod on the brake to stop the CC Any ideas what could cause this? It's a...

I have done and had quite a lot done to my RR 2.5 Diesel recently and now I'm certain, it can easily pull the skin off a rice pudding.............well maybe anyway

I think you can get the rubber damper section as a separate element (1), i.e. do not crack open the main crankshaft bolt and all the hassle (special tools etc) that involves, just undo the multiple smaller bolts(4) holding the dampening pulley on to the hub shaft.

There is a possibility that the tension idler is fouling the the plate on the crank pulley. When I refurbished my engine I started it up and the new tension Idler was just catching the plate and creating the most awful noise, from memory there are three or four raised castings on the crank...

Bit too much for a 96/7 Not sure I would go through ebay for such a vehicle, keep hunting a good one will turn up Interesting that there are so many bids and watchers on the diesel models A vehicle with a relatively bad rep appearing to be in demand??? Could be forum members buying them for...

Fitted Terrafirma about 12000 miles ago, 1 failed after about 5300 miles. road use only. They seemed pretty harsh but the edge is off them now after 12k. The general consensus is fit the original Boge, I wish I had done so.

Replaced the transistors and as Keith mentioned a bit of a waste of time, I gained a little soldering/desoldering experience, but the r/h fan still ran full tilt. With a bit of reading, I found that the fans are controlled by output voltage from the HEVAC ECU +12v no speed +6v 1/2 speed 0v full...

Yes I know what you mean, but remember I had a real struggle, like huge amount of torque, to get the prop to turn when I was doing the UJ's Jamesmartin did say this a couple of pages back...........I think I was in denial