I got an mot advisory saying my headlight pattens were weak last year so when mot was up again in november I decided to take the plunge and order the wipac halogen upgrade with the crystal bulbs from paddocks and new plastic buckets too. I haven't changed any wiring but replaced the main beam...

Thanks for the suggestions guys - I'll go either with the camping mats or the flooring underlay depending on what I can find cheapest and will stuff a couple of layers in when I take the headling out to wash the mould off. I think there's about a half inch gap between the headlining and the...

Fitted the x-brake today. Took me about 4 hours because I had a real struggle to get the rear propshaft off and then had to batter the cr4p out of the drum with a lump hammer to get it to come off the brake shoes that were seized on. Perhaps it's my 3 inch suspension lift that's causing me...

I thought the lasalle headlining was great until the point when I started getting this condensation problem. It certainly made the inside of the beast look a lot more tidy. I also thought that the ability to power wash it was going to be useful if the inside got attacked by mud at an off road...

Hi All, Last summer, I decided to order myself a new headlining from lasalle trim to tidy up the inside of the beast. It's made of hard fibreglass. With all the cold weather of late, I noticed that I'm now getting condensation forming on the inside of the headlining and that has now started...

Thanks for the replies so far. I already have an x-brake waiting in a box at home since before the snow started in December but being a bit of a fair weather fella (coupled with the fact that the beast is too tall to fit in my garage) I've not been feeling like getting under it recently. If...

hi all, I've done a few searches but can't find the answers I need relating to my siezed handbrake drum on 1985 landy 90. After the beast's last foray off road and through some deep muddy water, I didn't drive it for a few weeks and the handbrake has siezed on. It is still driveable with a bit...

LOL, I wasn't suggesting for a minute that I couldn't tell whether the handbrake was on. I was trying to work out how I could trace if I had a faulty handbrake light switch or no switch at all, in which case I could discount that from the list of possible reasons for the intermittent light...

thanks for the comments so far guys. My first thought was that it was the handbrake light - well it is the same light but interestingly the light does not come on when I pull the handbrake up... I'm not sure the light has ever come on when the handbrake is pulled. Is there a switch inside the...

Hi all. Happily got the beast through another mot last week with my first bit of home welding but while I was out at the weekend a red light with a round circle and exclamation mark in the middle started coming on intermittently. I figure its something with the brakes although they still seem...

Thanks for the comments so far. I narrowly avoided a re-chassis last year and spent hundreds on welding :( (and have since taken a welding course and bought the gear myself) to get it through MOT, so I'd like to get another few years out of the old girl yet. Does anyone know if this (for...

hi all, While I was busy swapping the dislocation cones on my 1985 90 for a pair of the long travel terrafirma hook ones I had dropped the rear axle and so was able to see some advanced corrosion on the crossmember to which the a-frame attaches. What is this crossmember referred to as...

the easy answer is to get a plate that goes over the battery box and buy whatever seats you want and fit them to that. Fit the plate to the battery box with some captive bolts and wing nuts so you can undo easily and and lift the wholeseat and plate assembly out if you need to, this works for...

The main stick is closest to the dash. So LT77 then?

To the left and forwards (with a bit of a shove sometimes need to take it from second dog leg straight to reverse). What does that mean it is?

Turbo is near the top on the right-hand side looking from the front of the car so by your reckoning is a Defender 200tdi. So what gearbox am I likely to have or how can I tell?

Hi all, I have a 1985 90 that originally had a 2.5td engine and now has a 200tdi. I believe it's a defender 200tdi rather than disco but I can't be sure. The previous owner didn't exactly give me an enormous amount of information about its history other than the 200tdi engine had done 70,000...

Nice toolbox. I really want something that goes longitudinally up against the bulkhead between the wheel boxes. Obviously it would have to be a funny shape to fit there (and also want it to go below my high-lift jack mountings). Does anyone know of person or shop making / selling storage...

Yours is much longer than mine Spyderman ;) Seriously though, your options must have been few and far between for mounting something of that length on the inside.

For anyone who's interested, the AWDC are hosting a "drivearound" session at Hogmoor this coming Sunday (9th August). Event List - Drive Round I'm heading over there and another mate coming who's had a Defender for about 5 years and never taken it properly off road :rolleyes: