Thanks guys.. have ordered the solenoid kit from ebay on your recommendation! If it all goes eventually then its only an extra £13 so no hardship there, will phone around a couple of other garages to price up labour. Thanks!

As there's no one mechanically minded in the house I went to the local garage today... They advised me to get the whole Starter Motor done... total cost for part and labour £279... am I being ripped off?!!

Sorry forgot to say.. defender 90 TD5 03 reg! Thanks, will have a look!

Today for the 4th time in 2 weeks I've turned the key to hear clicking noises then on about 5th/6th attempt she's fired up...but, she only does this on the first turnover in the morning, the rest of the day she's fine... I'm presuming its starter motor?? If so, any ideas how much I'll be...

Thanks for all the ideas.... so bearing in mind I'm a bird and am certainly not able to do any of the aforementioned things myself.. I need to take it to be looked at and not leave it and ignore it?! Thanks! ;-)

As in the title, on my Def 90 I've had this noise for the last couple of months and nothing has dropped off yet so I'm hoping its nothing major but thought I'd put it out there to see if anyone has had similar? Its not every day, in fact can hear nothing for a week then it can come on every...

Thanks chaps... took her into the Doc and it was the relay switch, but for some reason it wasn't where it was supposed to be and took a while to find it!

So, we've only had our Defender 90 (2003) since Friday and noticed a couple of little niggles but today was interesting when she went from intermittent wipers to permanently on.. even in the OFF mode!! Luckily it rained all day so it was ok and they did go off when I switched the engine off...

Hate to disappoint boys but more like Daisy the cow than Daisy Duke!! ;-) She's actually named after Driving Miss Daisy as I've realised there's no other way to drive her!

Hello! After over 25 years of wanting a Land Rover, I finally talked my OH into letting us have one for my Dog Walking business and we took ownership of a Defender 90 CSW TD5 on Friday. Loving her (Daisy!) but she's taking some getting used to in the general driving experience! I used to be...