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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    Right 😂 I am used to a small tiny cooper s with upgraded brake set, I wondered if the defender had a brake servo installed or not, the workshop pointed it out for me.
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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    Thank you very much for spotting that. I could never in a million years figure that they belonged to discovery, yes they are fitted the wrong way, to add extra width after they had spacers fitted, we flipped them today and one of them is missing a good chunk of its edge. I have no idea how the...
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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    I was told by the workshop that it’s held and assembled by rivets? I hope I got the word correct. However I saw a couple of videos on YouTube and there is certainly plenty of welding going. Any ideas about brake calipers? Which and what size of rotors is commonly used? Brakes are bad and the...
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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    I think I prefer the previous approach more. Will see how it goes with seat hunting before determining anything about cutting and welding. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that.
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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    Never knew these came originally in v8. I thought they were only like special editions. Thank you for the idea of the transfer box. That might come into play at some point.
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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    I honestly expect it to cost an arm and leg, you are right, there is a puma dashboard installed, and kind of sporty recaro seats, I expect these are narrowing the space, I might try to source a thinner seats, otherwise no way around extending it, am rebuilding it for my son and he is kinda tied...
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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    Will do. Thank you.
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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    I was surprised as well, I never knew they made petrol engines for the defender, also the vin shows its 1999 year model, despite the registration paperwork dictates its 1998 model. Another question, how big of a job is to expand the capin? The workshop is telling me it can be done by expanding...
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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    I figured the 4 cylinder petrol through vin lookup, I can’t be sure myself, it was registered first time in 2021, there is no records before that. Good info about the LR engine, thank you for the tip. Yes, luckily there is no rust, this why I bought it in the first place, I figured since no...
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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    I am located in the Middle East, Jordan. Here is some photos. Land Rover engines is extremely expensive. I looked for the LR v6 supercharged engine and was shocked to find out it’s about $6k and around $4k for the gear box. So out of reasonable option.
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    1998 defender pickup rebuild. I need help.

    hi all, so I recently bought a 1998 110 defender pickup, originally came with 4 cylinders petrol engine, that engine is long gone, now it has a 1jz engine, coupled with the defender manual gear box, which is hideous in driving, so little friction zone, and huge gap in the clutch pedal, I am...
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    Tracker recommendations, please

    I would place an AirTag and remove the sound part of it, also you may install a kill switch hidden under the seat.