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Yorkshire 4x4 treks was featured in a magazine recently, they explained that they used to use Defenders but chose the Jeep for their newest vehicle, I'll try to find the article to get the details.

After a few days I feel more confident saying that changing the gearbox oil has made a big difference, 2nd gear has not been blocked at all since changing and other gears are smoother to change to in general. Thanks @sierrafery for the advice on which oil to use. Today I had a small amount of...

How do you decide which bits of the engine to paint? I'm enjoying this thread loads, I hope your project isn't put on hold too long.

I didn't. It's on the list along with the diffs, but doing one job at a time means I can research how to do it properly and not get muddled up. I had a look at the drain plug for it while I was under there and looks like I'll need a new tool. I believe that it's like the gearbox in that it has a...

During the week I bought axle stands, trolley jack and an oil suction gun. Unfortunately I completely forgot to get a 32mm spanner for the gear box drain plug, so I got the motorbike out and had a ride to Mackay's in Cambridge (an excellent hardware store, but being in central Cambridge and a...

Yeah some are clearly not designed for the cars they're being used in as the beam patterns are all over the place. I made sure I was buying something that Halfords recommended for the car and not a HID bulb (I think the lights you're talking about people being blinded by are probably HID). I've...

Unfortunately the old headlight mounting sockets were too worn and the driver's side headlamp started dropping off the rightmost mount. The meant the beam was only throwing forward about 4 metres and more towards the centre of the car. Thankfully the fix is roughly a £2 part (STC3368), which I...

No. Its trim level is "Adventurer" although the internet suggests the Adventurer didn't have a CD changer, so I guess that was retro fitted. It's 7 seat, with air suspension at the rear, a ladder on the back door, extended roof rails, a nudge bar and some "safari" lights which look to have been...

I think the speakers are fine, I've not checked them all individually, but now I've realised I can listen to FM radio I can actually hear it. I think it's the CD changer under the seat that's broken or the connection is broken potentially. I don't even know where my CDs are these days so I'm not...

I knocked the unsupported corner of the light and the headlight popped off the broken mount, I have driven it today without it moving so I don't think it's a big deal, but for the cost and complexity of fixing it I think it's probably worth it so I know I needn't worry. There's nothing on the...

This weekend I sorted out a few things that have been annoying me and had a couple of nice surprises. I'd got a bit fed up of the poor headlights so bought a pair of Bosch Gigalight bulbs they claim an extra 120% light, worth a try as I'm not prepared to do the mod to get facelift headlights...

Yeah, I'm going to try to give it a go in the next few days. In some ways a broken clock would be better than one that just confuses me.

My clock's LCD seems to be turning on/off incorrect segments for the 3rd digit. This means that I get strange times displayed like 10:87 when it is 10:37. I know that some LCD's connectors are basically just pressed together. It might be that just taking the clock apart, cleaning the...

I've fitted a replacement window motor in my lunch hour today in the work car park and I now have a working driver's window. The fact that I could do this in the work car park means this can be classed as a super easy job. This is the connector on the body of the old motor. on the new motor...

That would explain why I can't find any bits inside the case. The motor itself works fine, so I think you're probably right.

I've just found this youtube video which shows this little cable is detachable, so it looks like the little cable has stayed inside my door when I've removed the motor. I'd not realised there was a second connector as I was following the steps detailed in the atlantic british youtube video on...

This was the damage to the old motor. I couldn't find the bits that seem to be missing which I thought was odd. It still turns though.

When I bought my 2001 Discovery 2 the driver's door window would go down but not up. I took the regulator and motor out. The regulator looks to be in good condition and slides smoothly once I'd cleaned and re-greased it. It didn't fix the problem though so I dismantled the motor. The motor...