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I got one of their 'roadspec' ones. I've got a TD5, so the friction plate doesn't have any springs in it - all the springs are in the dual mass flywheel. But I liked their one piece design, with no separate boss in the middle to come loose. I...

Yes, I had something similar with a clutch friction plate in the spring of 2019. I had just changed the clutch 18 months prior and hoping for a much longer life. I can't remeber offhand if it was a Valeo or an AP, but it was the sort of thing...

Yes, the Defender TD5 fuel pump is below the fuel level whe the tank is full. The Discovery version has a flatter top on the tank and doesn't have ths problem. When I got my Defender, fuel would drip out if I filled the tank completely. On...

I read on here many years go that TD5s start on 4 cylinders rather than 5, and then the ECU lets no. 5 injector start releasing fuel. Also, no. 5 cylinder doesn't have a glowplug, which might have something to do with this design feature. So I...

Might be a good idea to take apart and clean up all the other earths, so the tiny earth wire isn't the path of least resistance! The best thing to happen to my earth connecctions was when I treated myself to a battery powered angle grinder...

My clutch pedal started feeling spongy yesterday, and the bite point got nearer to the bottom of the pedal travel. Hmm. Not another gearbox out job I hope. On unscrewing the cap the problem became apparent: Not much fluid. I topped it up and...

We had something similar to that bearing wear once, on our old Series Forward Control. The rollers had 'peeled' themselves. I think they'd been case hardened to provide a more durable wearing surface, but over the life of the bearing, the fact...

I've seen a few more jobs to do while I was under there. There's a crack in the exhaust pipe near the rear silencer and the brake pads are getting thin. The exhaust was a stainless one which I fitted in 2012, so that's thirteen years it's lasted...

They're just yellow Britpart ones - nothing special. Standard height. The last lot did me for 12 years so they're clearly not too bad.

I've had a go at the rear suspension bushes and ball joint. I last did them in 2013, so they've been good for 12 years. I did a whole thread on this in the autumn of 2013 so I shan't repeat it here. Plus I forgot to take very many pictures...

The door trim is held in place by push-in clips so you can't get the whole thing off with the door shut, but it is possible to release the top and spray stuff in in the general direction of the latch mechanism which may help. As per @tottot's...

Yes, this can happen for various reasons. On the driver's side I had this problem - the door latch wouldn't work, or if it did, it would stick in the shut position. The culprit turned out to be not the latch itself but the plastic housing that...

I had a session on the handbrake this morning. It's been getting less effective lately and as I suspected, oil has been getting inside from the transfer box. I'd got a new kit of shoes and springs so I put those on, and a new cable. I got a new...