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Thanks! I imagine I’m going to be on here quite a bit! It’s a Defender 90 County, very original and solid underneath. Door bottoms are a bit shot but will do for now and she’s a tad oily underneath but that’s normal right! Drove her back 180...

Unless you have acsess to a large press,replace these with poly bushes(poly flex) Hacksaw through the hole & cut the metal. Burn the rubber Cut/chisel both metal tubes out Hour each side as a guide

The last few days has been spent removing the rear suspension upper and lower trailing arms. Each, in their own way, has been a PITA. Was supposed to be overhauling the front and rear calipers but the courier company has decided our village is...

The list of jobs is finally drying up, tow bar electrics fitted, rear view mirror for whats it worth fitted, original sun visors bleached clean and fitted, aluminum front number plate fabricated and plates on. Just emailed Exmoor trim for a quote...

Hi and welcome! +1 for pics!

Poly bushes are good. If you do Aframe use proper bushes so you don’t have to remove them again. All other stuff is easy

So the bushes are all britpart black poly bushes, I know, not the best but as a weekend toy that I won't be doing anything particularly crazy in I think its fine, and I don't have a press to fit metalastic bushes. I'm generally trying to go...

That's not a bad idea just sticking inexpensive useful stuff like that onto your orders so you have some stock of bits you'll need at some point. Also I've been a little quiet as I'm now trying to do a few little bits every day to work through...

I have plenty of the seals in stock, I used to buy them when close to free postage. Had to come home on an AA truck once when the seal let go completely. You can reuse the nuts and lock tab ( at a push) if you want to.

Hi and welcome! A parts manual is also a good investment. +1 for lots of security measures too. Landies are very popular with thieves. Don’t forget to post a pic of the 90…

The slight leak on the rear nearside hub has become more of a weep now. I noticed it last night when I went to a local meet up. Looks like, I’ll need to get a complete seal and hub nut kit and do the whole job. I’ll check the breather too.

I will have to replace the studs on the downpipe top fixings yet. When I do that I shall have a but more off a faff around lining it all up. It has a dummy cat on it, if that was a slightly different shape then it would be a nice fit.

It's a Masai 4x4, NAS rear step. Fitting instructions should have all the info you need

A labour of love over 18 years of ownership. With the last 5 years spent in various states of build.

Perfectly understandable, if you need some alone time with a box of Kleenex 😉

There’s a chap over here who has a Bespoke defender and it’s had an awful lot more done to it than this one. It’s painted, has a cage, lots of Bowler bits bolted on etc. It wasn’t cheap but the guys loaded

Hard core porn images of Landrovers are normally banned for a reason. 🤪😁

Inbetween all that been making snorkels again! 3" top entry and a 3.5" side entry for a Puma - that has been a pig!

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...

Unfortunately I can’t make the meet on Sunday but I’ll look at others in the future. They’re well attended. 👍

Cotswolds and Worcester have a joint meet near Chipping Norton on Sunday as well, and I believe there’s one at Coco’s Wild Camp in September.

Another meet local to me tomorrow… https://www.teaonthetailgate.co.uk/cotswolds

Replaced the series 3 shocks. The bushes had lasted well but the shocks gave zero damping. I can't say the new kit transformed the ride, it still feels like a leaf sprung series, but it does feel a little more predictable. Replaced the wing...

Hi and welcome!

Got me some air con.