Sounds like a good set of tests. I'll get on it asap. Thanks!

Having been away for 10 days, I've got back to these issues. I think I've sorted the earth on the temp gauge but I'm still getting intermittent problems with starting. When I turn the key to start I intermittently (usually) get nothing. There is no voltage engine side on the white and red...

I take your point about the birds nest. I assumed the battery was flat. It was reading 12.2v which I assumed was low. After recharge, the landy started up fine. But then wouldn't restart after a 1 mile journey - battery still should have been strong. So far I do know that, when it won't...

Thanks. Yes, I think the earths are good. It's had a recent professional rebuild onto a new chassis. It was starting fine before I got my mits on the instrument panel. But I'll check through that..... Thanks. Yes, I did suspect a drain. I hooked up a multimeter between the neg terminal on...

Thanks Anaconda. I should add that there was a brief short at one point when i was doing the work (at a time I had the battery connected) between the fog light live feed and another connector and some clicking came from the relay area below the fuses. Could I have upset something there?

More head scratching going on with my Land Rover Defender 90, 1986 200TDi (Discovery engine). So I completed some work in the dash, getting the instrument illuminators to work correctly on the proper switch rather than being hardwired to the ignition and fitted some nice LEDs. I also had a go...

Hi, thanks for the great advice. Yes, I tightened the lower screws on the upper shroud first, followed by the steering wheel end which could have distorted the top shroud towards the steering wheel. I'll start again as you advise. It seems to me impossible to get the top shroud on with the...

Hi Defender 90, 1986. Just fitted a new instrument panel and put on the shroud around the steering column Is there a best order to put the screws in underneath the shroud. When I put the shroud together it is very tight against the dash and rubs on the steering wheel. Also, the instrument...

So is it only po So is it only possible to have the instrument lights on at the same time as the internal light. Or would there normally be another switch on the internal light, or is it supposed to just run from the door post switches (which I haven't got!). Sorry to ask, but the original...

Thanks for confirming. Clearly been hacked about then. I've got the switch but it's unplugged and the wire chopped for the internal light. The wires for the instrument light have been rerouted to run off something else - obviously a permanent live - not quite sure where that's coming from...

Thanks all. It looked like such a hacked about hole that I thought it was mostly the work of the PO. But good to know it's alot of the original wiring (albeit I don't have a rear wiper or rear demister). I've got the casing for the radio but don't have the domed plastic cover, I don't think...

Hi Just doing some work on the dash on my Defender 90 - 1986 - instrument panel, tidying up etc. There's an outcrop of wiring emerging from the centre of the dash (pic attached) - hole cut through at the back. Some of it probably for the radio which has been taken out. Any thoughts on the...

Nice plan! I'll hunt around for something similar diameter or raid the family felt-tip store. What glue did you use and which LED's did you use? There's a massive choice out there it seems....

I feared as much :-(

Hi all In the process of overhauling the instrument panel which was all bust up. Defender 1987. The backs of all the instruments are missing the part that the bulb inserts into - just a hole - except the fuel gauge still has part of the green lense stuck inside. The wired bulb holders that...

I know the feeling. Amazing what a few months does to the memory!

Thanks everyone for your advice. ATF it is then! Cheers

Hi, just had a bit of play. Looks easy enough. Thanks for the advice... I've ordered a new cowl as well.

Hi What's the best, most available, power steering fluid to use on a 1987 Defender - 200Tdi Discovery conversion? Thanks