Greenlane association or local off road clubs for green lanes.. If you want off road fun, go for a pay and play site here you can get stuck and winch away to your hearts’ content.

Or make something out of ply and cover in black or grey felt.

Hi and welcome! Any pics of the lightweight? We like pics…

There were two types of mounting on Brownchurch racks. One was the clamp type, which has a small section of tube welded to the outside of the leg and the other was flat feet with holes which require the gutter to be drilled. You have the latter. If there are no tubes on the legs fpr clamps, you...

Nice!😎

Might be worth getting a second hand sand blaster. You could sell it at the end of the project to someone on here looking to do the same.

Very expensive for what it is. If it was original on a galvy chassis, the price would be somewhat more justified.

Looks like it’s had new shocks and turrets in the not too distant past.

The 2.5 petrol is a great engine when it runs well. Would it be worth sending it for a total rebuild with new gaskets throughout? The rebuild kit if I remember correctly doesn’t include everything but rather the floats, gaskets to separate the housing and jets. My hoses had also perished so...

I’m surprised JLR haven’t challenged the design…

Looking good!

I had similar issues with my 2.5 petrol, which was fitted to my series 3. It came from a 1986 90. It ran fine for several years until I had similar symptoms, which got worse, causing very poor running and stalling when idling. I rebuilt the carb with a genuine rebuild kit, which helped for a...

Worth trying a caravan forum???😁

Very nice! 😎. That would make a great rolling project, not that much needs doing. I’d be in some turouble if I bought another though!🙄. Good luck with the sale, it’s a great looking Landy.

Nothing like learning on the job, so to speak. A decent selection of tools, some workshop manuals and you tube are very useful.lots of good help and advice on here too.

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Hi and welcome!

Hi and welcome! Yes, they all do that… and they leak, are draughty and use more fuel than boring cars. But you smile whenever you drive one and other Landy drivers wave at you. You don’t get that in a VW, BMW or Ford etc…

Or that the earth lead has come loose and the battery is earthing through the handbrake cable?

Osram nightbreaker bulbs are a good upgrade for Defender headlights.