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The list is probably endless, but here's the result of the PO ignoring the problem: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Vdy8xFrhxI/WLhaIXTHsyI/AAAAAAAABFI/yxQMOjC8USAEryM2jGMw-ncId1424CILgCLcB/s1600/dash%2Bhole.jpg The water that ran down the front of the windscreen frame "split", part found its way...

....A bit discoloured now as it's been on for a while, but this is plastic pipe from the garden centre. If the pipe didn't catch the water it flows down the door "seal" to the window, then inside and onto the floor.

The roof. A pic to follow when the sun comes up again.

I had water coming down the inside of the door and onto the driver's floor. Traced to the "seal" at the front of the window channel. Even a new seal didn't close the gap. As an experiment I ran a large (18mm) diameter tube from just under the front of the gutter down to the bottom of the door...

Strewth! Your truck must be shaking itself to bits! UJ's are easy to replace, but given the (probable) state of your yokes, it may be too late.

I've used both Hammerite Special Metals primer (red) and similar stuff from Ronseal and International Paints (both white). This was on aluminium and galvanised steel. Of the 3, the Hammerite gave a better "grip" for the subsequent topcoats although I did use a brush to get it on (I'd prefer to...

You have a Defender and are complaining that the doors don't fit and leak.......?????

I'd agree as long as you aren't the curious or experimental type. I had the same snag and decided that, since if it all went wrong I could take the wheel to the local garage, I'd have a go myself. Once I'd broken the bead (with a farm jack) it was simple and I learnt something that might be...

If you don't have access to the proper tool then pliers (if you put the cap on to protect the threads) or one of these will work . Grease the bottom of the valve a little. "How do you know what valve you need to replace?" Not sure what you mean here, but they're called Schraeders. Any branch of...

Since the leak was impossible to reach with the tank in place, it all had to come out before I could sort it. Having done that, there wasn't any point patching it. I'd bought a replacement pipe and seal just in case so might as well use it, and replaced the stripped screw. Unfortunately, that...

Just back from the stores - had to rush as they all close at 12. Anyway, got cold galvanising spray as a primer and Tetraseal as a final coat. That's the best I could find other than Hammerite or the equivalent. Thinking about what to put in between.

Thanks for the replies. Under pressure to get the job done now,so I'm just off into town to see what I can find that'll match some of the suggestions. I like the idea, offered on another forum, of some kind of colour tell-tale to show any damage - red oxide under a topcoat of black, for...

Thanks, but that'd be my normal approach. In this case there was no red oxide or anything else used and despite this the metal is "as new". I want to find out, if I can, what was used on the tank to produce this miracle. Every other bit of steel I've painted using the Redox or galv...

Just dropped the tank from my 110 (1995) to fix a leak and decided to repaint it. Having jetwashed all the crud- and most of the black paint - from it, I find that having scraped the rest off that: 1. the original metal is still bright and 2. the metal was never primed but 2. there's no sign of...

Just in case anyone's plans change, we'll be in Algeciras on 11 April and looking to get the first available ferry to T-Med. We're a solo vehicle but happy to team up for some of the time if routes and ambitions match. We'll be in Morocco for 4 weeks, 3rd trip, aiming to go north to south...

Next year some of the regulations change regarding emission-limiting equipment fitted to diesels. My info is that this shouldn't affect Defender EGRs but....is it likely that interfering with the OEM exhaust gas recirculator will cause a problem at MoT time in future? I blanked mine off with a...

+1 for that advice.

A hot topic. I read in the papers yesterday that as of May next year a car will fail an Mot test if the "DPF" has been removed or tampered with. My understanding is that the EGR valve as fitted to, for instance, a 300Tdi isn't in that category so we'll be OK if it's been removed. Is this true?

Yes, my argument exactly to the AXA people in the "French" section. The tyres alone were worth that. Not only that, the camping equipment - worth over £1500 - was "my problem" and my responsibility to recover. How much do you think it would cost to get an Oztent, fridge etc back to the UK under...

Going back to the comment regarding insurance values...I arranged for my insurance company - AXA - to repatriate my Defender (1998 300Tdi 110 CSW, 110k miles) after a fairly minor breakdown in France in 2013. The problem was a failed bearing in the belt tensioner (cost £5 from eBay) but I had to...