1. Dangerous Brian

    Thermostat Help

    Cool, cheers bud
  2. Dangerous Brian

    Thermostat Help

    Worth a punt I guess Seems to be taking an age to heat up and when left sitting for a while and started up again it hovers on the half then up to the hot pretty quick again
  3. Dangerous Brian

    Thermostat Help

    No it's a factory 200tdi 1992 defender
  4. Dangerous Brian

    Thermostat Help

    Hi folks Picked my 90 defender 200tdi up a week ago from Birmingham. Drove it 460mile back home to n.e Scotland The temp guage didn't budge a bit and no heat through heaters Purchased a thermostat and went to replace, somebody had ripped the internals out the old one, since fitting the...
  5. Dangerous Brian

    Not heating up

    Ok, will look into it Only time I got a puff of warm air through the heaters was when I made a pit stop, shut it down, restarted it it was kind of warm for 15 secs then straight back to cold air again
  6. Dangerous Brian

    Not heating up

    Hi folks, Picked up my defender at the start of the week from down Birmingham way, drove it the 460 mile back to its new home back in Scotland, the temperature gauge never lifted more than two needle widths from the bottom and the heaters never blew a drop of warm air the whole way home...
  7. Dangerous Brian

    van back side pannels

    if ur not in a mad rush for them then i cud arrange for them to get down to dumfries through time and collect from there. im looking for a set of 8 spoke wheels preferably with tyres and a centre seat with belt if u have anything like that goin spare let me know what yer thinking
  8. Dangerous Brian

    van back side pannels

    i cud have helped u out but im awa up the N.E corner of scotchland unfortunatly, iv got truck cab and tailgate or van sides and roof in my garage lot of miles between us tho bud
  9. Dangerous Brian

    30 year rolling VED Exemption Petition

    to be fair i dont think that they would miss out on much economy, i very rarely see a car on the road that is anywhere near 3 decades old thats probably due to the fact that there is no tax exemption for anything made after '73, id imagine there have been a lot of future classics have been...
  10. Dangerous Brian

    30 year rolling VED Exemption Petition

    it sure has, think i read that they froze it in 1997 to pre 73 the petition needs 100,000 signitures for the treasury to make it eligible for debate in the House of Commons, the petition finishes on 05/08/12 so every name counts from now till then id rather the money was spent on maintaining...
  11. Dangerous Brian

    30 year rolling VED Exemption Petition

    Hi folks, resonably new to the forum, not sure if this has been brought to your attention already but its worth taking a minute to stick your name on it Restore a rolling 30 year-old exemption to VED, for classic vehicles - e-petitions Thanks D.B.
  12. Dangerous Brian

    Gearbox

    Holy Moly min, just checked it out there, the roverdrive ? £1275 :mad: think for that money id have a 300tdi installed wi a 5spd box. shame as it sounds like just what im looking for, nae very keen on the fairey overdrives either going by the reviews, ach well, will just have to wait till the...
  13. Dangerous Brian

    Gearbox

    cool, bound to be a cheaper option for the time being as im no sure what route im gonna go down wi her yet but stil want to use her as a daily driver until the decisions have been made :D
  14. Dangerous Brian

    Gearbox

    just done a quick google search on these 3.54 diffs am i right in thinking that they are v8 RRC diffs ?
  15. Dangerous Brian

    Gearbox

    yeah shes mot'd till sept, all the major welding jobs were done for the last mot and shes done 10 mile since, i originally wanted one as a toy but the more i look at her the more i just want to use her as a daily driver. im gonna send away for the military paperwork and see if shes been upto...
  16. Dangerous Brian

    Gearbox

    yeah bud, i just picked it up n friday night there, managed to haggle him down from £1000 to £600, the fella had been messedabout on ebay and was at the stage where he just wanted rid, got a spare set of wheels, van roof and sides and a pair of brand new doors in the deal aswell just driving it...
  17. Dangerous Brian

    Gearbox

    Okay, Thanks, im new to the landy seen this wkend, have heard the term fairey overdrive thrown about somewhere before, will do a bit re-search on it, just felt like the poor old girl was working to hard on teh drive back home
  18. Dangerous Brian

    Gearbox

    Hi there folks, just wondering if anybody has any ideas as to wether there is a 5 spd gearbox option that would graft onto my 2.3l petrol 88" Cheers
  19. Dangerous Brian

    Hi fae Fraserburgh

    Hi folks, after planning to own a landy for near on a year, i eventually bit the bullet and went to get one, im now the proud owner of a 1981 88" petrol pickup, managed to haggle it down to £600, mot'd till sept, does require a few small welding jobs doing for next mot time but im probably being...