Prepping the Puma for a trip to lake Como and Maggiore in July.

My car is in the shop (AJD) just now getting a once over, since im driving it up to Glasgow on Friday so i dont want to have any surprises on its first long journey. If it behaves i'll take it up to the green welly stop and there abouts. Before i took it to the shop i changed my bumper. The...

So it looks like i need a bit of work on mine. you both have 90's so i expect them to be a little more spry but i think i have to go through it all and get it mechanically in order

@Colthebrummie see now im getting hopeful about my defender :D even though it's a 110 i can get it up to 85 and "cruise" relatively comfortably but i did have a D90 (full cheslea truck though) pull up next to me on the M1 while i was doing 85 and it pulled away! :eek: Here we are elephant...

So can you elaborate with some numbers or an anecdote? because thats what people say about their defenders. Can you cruise at 80mph, can you over take cars going 20mph?

Just jumping on this bandwagon (the negative one). I called up adrian flux when i picked the car up last week and I even used the Landyzone number, thinking im going to talk to someone who knows defender etc. Instead i get connected through their normal channels, passed around a bit and then...

I was watching a youtube video and the used the words "flies" and "defender" in the same sentence, which i found amusing. He did quickly follow it up with " i got it up to 70mph" so the car flying is very much relative! Just out of curiosity, how fast does your defender get to 30-40mph? Do you...

I guess so?

So I was trying to wire the Halos that came on the defender, but weren't wired to go on with the side lights. The previous owner said he didnt like them so he didnt wire them, which was fair enough but I watched the instructional video on youtube and then investigated my wiring and i had to...

UPDATE - There seems to be a tear in a hose, which is causing oil spray on the passenger side bonnet. I made a thread to see if anyone could identify it and lynall (no idea how to tag someone) has suggested its the intercooler hose. Any further confirmation and assistance would be very much...

Thanks Lynall! looking back its not the best pic to show the hose connections but the rest of the hose is the one in foil that connects to the metal thingy in the foreground ( im trying to get better at what the hell makes a car because im relatively clueless when im inside the engine bay!). So...

Thanks for looking out! I've actually got a kill switch, currently wired to both heated seat options, and central locking excluding the rear. The shocker for me was that the bonnet could just lift right out! :eek: the previous owner had a bike lock hooped through it

(Apologies for the caveman formatting in advance, I'm on my. Mobile.) I'm having my car get a once over by my mechanic on Monday but I noticed some oil spray on the passenger side bonnet a few days a go and from what I've seen on the forum is that it could be the vacuum pump seal, which I've...

So this is essentially my work car. I have a construction company in London and I do a lot of work in Central and the west end. My issue was that I dont want to drive an actual van but need the utility of one. I had an audi A7 that i would nip around in to check on different projects ubt i...

Thanks, i was very much on the same boat as you but after going to see it once and then looking at pictures of Khan defenders on instagram i was swayed. Im lookging forard to getting it a bit dirty! Thank you :)

Well here we go, this will be my way to keep on top of this project with the help of you lovely guys and girls. I’ll make it simple and split it up into before I got it and where im going with it. Pre-Ownership: This was initially an airport run around, from new, and never left the airfield...

Better than ever! thats always good to hear. Hope i can share that sentiment in a couple years time :) Thanks chaps, warm welcome indeed.:D

A 2018 one, that would have been good ay? ;) You're right i meant 2008, edited accordingly!

Hello everyone, Long time reader (on and off when the defender bug flairs up) first time owner and poster! I've finally taken the plunge and picked up a 2008 110, that used to be an airport runaround/van converted into a station wagon. It's been quite the journey getting to the final purchase...