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Yes, it could be an injector that's occasionally sticking. After that many kilometres of rattling up and down forty or fifty times a second it's surprising that they work at all. Well, I suppose they're not made by Land Rover, so that might...

It depends what model you've got. On the Defender the ECU is under the seat, so the oil would have an awfully long way to go before it came out at the red plug. On the Discovery it's in the engine compartment so not far to go, so you're more...

Yes, I'm getting old too! I can still plant trees and heave lumps of stone around, so most of me is still working.

Good to see you again @Al2O3 Hope all's well with you and yours. I haven't any comment to make on doors because I'm still using the original ones the Land Rover came with.

I put a new switch on and it seems to be working. I hope that'll be OK for another few years.

When I was young we never had any money and almost everything was broken. So I started taking things to pieces as this was unlikely to make matters worse, and sometimes made them better. This sort of thing was carried forward into later life. It...

Noticed that the headlights aren't working. I expect it is the switch. It usually is. They still come on with the flash function on the other stalk, and they've both gone together which means that it isn't bulbs or an individual bit of dodgy...

Absolutely! Dinitrol diligence is key. My chassis is approaching 20 years old and hasn't been welded yet. Thin and runny inside the box sections and thick and sticky on the outside. The thin runny stuff can also be used as a primer, because you...

It's perfectly possible to apply Dinitrol with a brush, because I do so when I'm just doing small touch ups. You can use the thin runny products to dilute the thicker ones to make them more easily brushable. The use of a compressor is good for...

It was a dark and stormy night (as Edward Bulwer-Lytton famously wrote) and I was heading westwards on the M54, just where it changes into the A5. The engine hesitated for a moment but then came back on again, complete with yellow light. As it...

Another thing I discovered is that if the MAF fails when you're driving at speed it puts the yellow engine light on. When I got home I had a look with the Nanocom and it didn't appear to be flowing any air, which was a giveaway. Interestingly...

There's various stuff that goes wrong with TD5s that I've experienced. It sounds like there's some sort of intermittent electrical fault. As well as the accelerator (or 'driver demand') potentiometer going wrong, it's also possible for the wiring...

I've found with the exhaust pipes there can be a bit of fettling needed to get them to fit, and not foul the chassis. to stop my downpipe rubbing on the chassis I've spaced the relevant bracket away from the chassis with a few washers. Also, I...

Yes, that's my experience of the R380 too. It doesn't like changing gear at all if there's any power getting transmitted. There might be a tiny bit of movement coming through with the clutch disengaged, because after all, the gearbox input shaft...

I saw the most enormous caterpillar today: It was travelling across the shed floor as fast as its little legs would go. I wonder what it will turn into? Edit - maybe it's the larva of an elephant hawk moth.

It's a good idea to get a new one while we're still allowed to have them.

Well, it was weeks ago, but I thought this was an appropriate follow up.

We've talked about shoplifting here a good deal. I see the latest advice from the policing minister is not to put high value items near the front of the shop...

Yes I think it's just heating and cooling and vibration over 13 years that's done it. Yes indeed, there's certainly been a lot of discussion on Landyzone about how stainless is not recommended for loadbearing bolts.

It's got those on the underside of the pipe at each silencer. I assumed they were there to stop the edges of the silencers catching on high ground. However, I've not scraped the exhaust on the ground in 13 years of ownership, so those Lode Lane...

I suppose in theory yes. The question in my mind is whether it would be worth it, seeing as the part in question is on sale everywhere and reasonably priced. If it were off something like an Armstrong Siddeley or Alvis Grey Lady I'd do so, of...

I have a crack in my exhaust pipe. It's a stainless system I fitted at the end of 2012 so it's coming up to 13 years old. It's in the tail section, which is, fortunately, the bit of the old exhaust which is still intact. I jacked it up by the...

It's worth checking the Caledonian MacBrayne website updates for service disruptions. This seems to be the company that covers most of the major routes. There's usually something wrong with them. They may be doing better now, but a few years...

I find the wiring diagrams on the LR Workshop site quite handy. For example this one may be applicable: https://www.lrworkshop.com/wiring-diagram/defender-2002-td5-300tdi-rhd/anti-theft-alarm-central-door-locking I've got the official...

And I've just done the same on the other side. So that's all the suspension bushes done, new springs and shocks, added to what I did about thrree weeks ago. I've not put pictures up because they would look just like yesterday's, only the other...

I've made a start on the front suspension today. Things have come apart fairly easily: I'm painting Dinitrol on all the mating faces that you can't normally get at too, just to hold back the rust. And here it is going back together: The most...

I don't have a problem going from first to second on either of my R380 gearboxes. It's just less to do if I pull away in second. Plus, as I'm usually at a junction it allows me to focus on steering with both hands and looking for traffic, whichis...

I've got this model. I had the original factory R380 and then a few years ago it got very noisy so I fitted a reconditioned box, so I've had both. It's perfectly happy pulling away in second unless you're going up a steep slope. I just use first...

'Twas a breezy day here in Wales, with rain until about lunchtime. Nothing out of the ordinary.

I'm sitting here waiting for storm Floris. So far there's a breeze and a bit of drizzle. It's very silly to give every westerly low pressure system a name.