I took the horrible back off and the bull bar, got it through MOT, and sold it on 24th April 2003 to a guy called Andrew Lang of 18 Carrfields, Goole. For some time I saw it parked in Hull at the same place for 6 months or so. I cleaned it up inside, fitted a better dash and seats as the...

Hi Duncan, sorry I missed your enquiry, don't come on here very often. Nice to see ABT is still about, heres what I can tell you. I bought the car on 25 Sept 2002 from a guy called Lee Moore of 19 Whitehope Close in Hull. it was as per the picture. I saw the car at a local Koi fish farm in...

Sold the Defender after 6 months because I couldn't find a solution. Couldn't live without one so now have a new Puma engine 90 and the same issue. 3 years on, someone must have found a solution (See top of link for problem). Any further ideas please, keeping the car standard.

Thanks Jimmm65 - This looks like the answer, I will be buying one this weekend. I knew there had to be a solution given the amount of towing done with Defenders.

Still listening to ideas. the Alko is perhaps the best friction damper on the market, yes I could easily do away with it but then the problem of no stabaliser are there, with a 80" pulling a 8m twin axle caravan are still there. Yes I could put the wheel inside the caravan/ rear of LR when...

Thanks, I had thought of that and tried a 1" spacer with the normal Alko Ball, still not enough room though. I can't find a swan neck Alko Ball towball, unless anyone knows of a supplier. The comments about fixing to the caravan are noted but I really want to keep the wheel on the rear door, and...

Thanks for replies so far, this was never a problem with the Disco due to the offset of the wheel, and bonnet mounting has its own problems. I am looking for an enginnering or product solution to keep things standardish..

Hi, new to the forum and hopefully help is out there somewhere. My problem..... My Defender 90 has a drop plate type towbar and a rear door mounted rear wheel. The drop plate is set with the towball at the lowest setting. My caravan has an Alko Stabalizer unit. When I first attempted...