1. flash42

    will my insurance be cheaper with less seats

    i will still have two seats in the back. deffo want to move the middle seat as want to fit a cubby box instead. thinking of removing the seats behind the bulkhead to make room high lift jack, tools etc so would be a practical thing to do. but want to know how much it changes it to see if its...
  2. flash42

    will my insurance be cheaper with less seats

    will be renewing my defenders insurance soon, with me being the main driver instead of dad. have now got a years no claims, and have been quoted 1000 by multiple companies fully comp etc. my current insurance is costing me nearly 1900 due to a crash last december. trying to get it as low as...
  3. flash42

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    went out to have a look at the damage from some night time off roading last night. was driving along some tracks on a site near plymouth, the ruts were nearly 2 feet deep at times, mate was giding me but manage to cumple the front of the left wing under the headlight suround, putting a few...
  4. flash42

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    well on new years eve was driving home when there was an almight bang follwed by loads of similar bangs and lost all drive forward. pulled over and had a look under to find a fecked fromt prop, the gearbox end UJ had gone bang taking the spline end of the prop with it, this had then swung round...
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    What have you done to your Landie today.

    well, me and cousin went ferreting in here this morning and were going to a new burry and thought we could get up this bank in the tractor ruts. well we thought wrong lol ended up getting very stuck and the onl tools we had was a defender jack, hammer and a tyre iron lol took us 3 hours to...
  6. flash42

    how to replace the heater matrix

    hmm, ill go have a look, considering i got the manual for xmas i completely forgot to look lol
  7. flash42

    how to replace the heater matrix

    up until now i can deal with no heating but its now rediculous trying to drive and still feel my fingers. i know its the matrix thats dead, and need to replace it, got all the tools i reckon ill need, can anyone tell me how to do it? cheers flash
  8. flash42

    landrover fire

    lol i live about 15 mins from there, got a mate in tedburn hope it aint her dads disco :(
  9. flash42

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    drove the 90 up to surrey and back from devon. 350 mile round trip roughly and didnt miss a beat, apart from the lack of heating but that was already dead lol coldest journey of my life lol
  10. flash42

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    whats wrong with the 110 nelly?
  11. flash42

    upgrading a defenders sound system

    need to upgrade the sound system on my defender, land rover seem to think my knees have ears. want to put a sub, amp and a few 6x9s in her, but not sure where they can go. got 4 seats in the back so not a huge amount of options. anyone done anything similar? cheers flash
  12. flash42

    replacing handbrake cable on defender 90

    what tools were required?
  13. flash42

    replacing handbrake cable on defender 90

    go the mot on saturday and got a few things to do, including the handbrake which i only just remembered. how difficult is it to change the handbrake, and where can i get the part from in time. cheers flash
  14. flash42

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    tried to fit my steering guard again, but the bolts are solid, and my spanners are ****, need to get a mate to bring his breaker bar into college tonight. and my god its cold out there. siking self up to brave the cold again lol
  15. flash42

    whats the best colour

    red ones do go up hills, its just a common misonception that they dont. :)
  16. flash42

    chainsaw

    yeah, we also found a fully mummified squirel in an old turkey oak, really quite weird.
  17. flash42

    chainsaw

    so thats where i was going wrong, always thought they were a root vegetable :(
  18. flash42

    chainsaw

    at college we use a husqy 357 i think, beast of a saw and hasnt let us down yet. weirdest thing weve found in a tree so far is an old man hole cover in the middle of a tree, god knows how it got there, but it well and trully screwed the chain up lol
  19. flash42

    whats the best colour

    got to be red, best colour a defender can be :)