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I’ve been having great fun aligning the roof, side panels, ‘b’ posts and windscreen today 🤬. Had to resort to some tweaking with ratchet straps to get the bulkhead into a better position. Also had to do the same with the ‘b’ posts. I’ll tighten...

Braking system, servo/master/slave/pipes/cylinders/adjusters/handbrake clips cables/peddle box Engine..fuel pipes/filter/lift pump/water trap/sender/rad/cooling pipes/heater Power steering pipes/ oil cooler & pipes. Exhaust/all cooling...

Sold to the chap I wanted it to go to - he was highest bidder 👍🏻

Yeah Ill check both of these things. Regarding the air in the system I do think that this may be an issue, as I changed the fuel filter housing and as my fuel pump was noisy I bit the bullet and put on a genuine one. However that was screaming so...

Have you cleaned the earths? I had similar symptoms on my Tdi recently which were sorted by new battery earths to the body and chassis. My previous Td5 disco had difficulty starting due to a leak from the fuel pipes from the fuel pump too which...

Hi and welcome! If you are handy with spanners, you’ll save yourself a lot of money. There’s lots of help and advice here when you need it. And as mentioned, don’t forget to add some pictures of the new Landy!

Hi and welcome! Lots of good advice and help here! Don’t forget some pictures of your landies! We like pictures!

Progress update. First up, stripping the heater box down: The good news is the fan motor is in fine fettle and its just surface corrosion to deal with. Disassembly was easy enough. The decision to use both spot welds and pop rivets along the...

Wolf rims fitted!😁😁

Different destinations each year. They went to Harris this year I took the club through my bit when they were here so they could get a run round the Wilks estate. I think there was about 35 land rovers as our local club joined them for the...

From what I have picked up on the forum chatter their quality control has improved. But still not sure I will be ordering form them when the time comes. I need a chassis and bulkhead for the station wagon, but that will probably come from...

Day 1 of restoring it with Jake Wright in West Yorkshire. Great company up there and will help to get the her back looking great.

Thought I would take the opportunity to use my son to give me a hand to lift the roof for a trial fit. Not too bad a fit but will definitely need some jiggling around to get a better fit!

Last weekend's job: installing a new headunit to replace the chinese android unit I had for the last 7 years. Unfortunately, because the old one was double din and mounted to the 'large' part of the dash, I had to buy a new Mud Dash. If anyone's...

It's a week for rescheduling things ... trailer was going on Friday, but now it's Monday evening when my mate is back from his holibobs to tow it as I don't have a towbar ... :(

Followed the same process as the other side to clean, paint, seal and install the window channel. It was a bit more challenging but i got there. Need to go and buy another rivet gun now!

I gave the two stainless rails a polish to get rid of some rusty marks to make them a bit better looking. Although I am surprised that they are still good after all these years. After cleaning them I started riveting them on, then my rivet gun...

The part the bulb holder slides into is not replaceable as it’s part of the instrument. I repaired mine recently with the tube of a felt pen and glued it in. I then used heat proof tape round the bulb holder so it was a nice fit. I’ve got LED...

Really it would be a good idea to take the mount plate off and deal with the rusty chassis, might need to get the welder out by the looks of it.

Very slow today. On most threads and posts i open, I get a message saying the page failed to load. Even liking a post is taking a long time.🙄

It Passed, only 1 advisory , it has an oil leak.......dont they all

That’s great that you’re keeping it. You’ll have a fantastic disco!

Right guys, you'll be happy to know that I just can't bring myself to strip it. Everytime I get home and see it there my heart drops. I moved it round to the strip spot and sat in it just looking at all the work that i've done, its insane! It's...

Well thats a kick in the wedding tackle:(. But before you part it, I would look at it a bit more. You have put loads of excelent work in. Aslong as its not rusting out from under you and is a keeper, then a new top hat short/long block would be...

Gutted for you. It’s a great looking disco. Could you not get an engine from the likes of RP Engineering or someone who specialises is V8’s?

Keep the rectangular fog lights, looks better on an older defender in my opinion. I got my RDX ones from bolt on bits on ebay. They definitely do the clear lenses (I am also not a fan of them, keep it original looking) so there may well be...

Check the ECU under the drivers seat for any oil in the loom. If the big red wireloom connector is covered in oil then you need to change the injector loom, otherwise don't bother. Oil was dripping out of my ecu wire connector when I bought it. I...

Seasonal winter TRO, open from the end of April. The surface is pretty compact so even in the winter I doubt it would get damaged, sensible compromise though.