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    Which lump do you recomend?

    if u can manage a 12 month wait, probably you can get the 2007 defender that will be reintroduced to the north american market. RG
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    90 TD5 tips for a new user

    I've owned for a very short term a Def, and since the day i sold it i've been thinking to buy another. Today i've placed the order and i't will take a long (i'm located in Ecuador) time til it's arrival. I've heards that the ECU units get stolen and sold in "black market". Can a tunned ECU be...
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    abs/etc and diesel filters

    thanks disco! Trully, paying the differenced that LR dealer quoted for the ETC/Abs probably lets me & famly spend a holidays in Europe. I think i'm not gonna order it, and perform "save drive" and diff locking when necesary. Think dfndr is gonna work hard, so i'd rather spend on a system (CAV)...
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    abs/etc and diesel filters

    bb, my old LR transformed in land and an old farm house 2b rebuild as a hotel not so far away from bucay. hope u come again, hope i finnish my hotel, hope i get my new defndr and share it 3 km above the sea level, where guy driving a Ford V8 truck once stopped me asking what engine was inside...
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    abs/etc and diesel filters

    hi! Just trying to take a desition in regards a new Defender. Does the ETC/ABS makes a real difference? What happens the etc if the difflock is being used. I'm ordering a basic Def. 90. Just Alloys, Air cond & tinted glass (live in the equator) and metal paint. I'm not intending to travel 100%...
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    soft top

    After a sad sale of a 2003 defender, i've been trying to find a new 90 td5 2b imported to my country. Due to the dipl. position of wife, i can only import (tax free) a new vehicule with prize restrictions. Means that budget just can let me purchase only a soft-top Defender, with some extras that...
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    Defender 90 TD5 LHD

    HI, any idea of a company, dealer or trader for overseas export? I'm located in Ecuador, intending to travel to EEC in late summer and bring to the Andes a 90 defender td5. Appreciate your info. RG
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    no longer owner

    Just spend few weeks using a awesome Defender, due to personal problems, decide to sell it out. After i'll finish my house, I decided to travel (i'm located in South America) to Europe (sept-Oct). Wondering if someone can suggest a dealer or export sales of affordable new Landys, cause as...
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    ETC and ABS

    Sorry, in spanish -my mother lang.- we use to describe a 4wd vehicule as a "jeep". Don't ask me why! Any way if u can suggest a site to visit where i can manage to understand the way the ETC works it will be very helpul for me. I have only used 1 week my je... oh, sorry, my Defender. No other...
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    ETC and ABS

    Please send me info or a link where can i find how does the ETC works. Do it helps on a muddy or slippery terrain or in intense off-road performance? Do this system helps with the diff locked? Thanks in advance for your replies, as u can understand i'm new in this forum and new using my Dfndr...
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    ETC and ABS

    i'm new in this forum and i'm new driving a land rover, using a td5 engine and don't know how to use the diff lock in my jeep and how does the ETC works. Thanks in advance 4 a quick info and any link for me would be great.
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    Ecu

    Guys: Does anyone had performed a ECU swap on a defender? I was reading on a mag. that this "tuned ECU" gives like extra torque and horsepower to the Defender. I friend of mine has one (i'm located in Ecuador) and he is offering it (JE Engenieering) Does it worths the expence? RG
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    turn it on

    I think the day is very close to turn it's engine on! I'm new in this forum and i'll be cheking old posts. But in the meantime, i'd appreciate some tips about this "aluminium climbing box" in regards maintainance, driving and engine secrets (TD5) idle, turbo, consumption, alternative filters or...
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    never a diesel

    Hi! I have just decide to buy a Tomb Raider 90 td5 defender. I'm very enthusistic about 4wdriving and i've experienced nice jap glorious warriors (daihatsus & suzukis) reaching gorgeous tropical, andean and highland places. Now i decide to swap! I'd like to know simple tips in regards the...