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Hi Its a 1998 Defender 90. I'll check that out thanks.

Has anyone else had a problem where the passenger seat rail and the battery box gets really hot? I never noticed it ever before yesterday. I did have a new rear box fitted but I don't ever remeber it having a heat shield fitted. My wife noticed her seat was very hot and the seat rail was...

Did you find the reason for the heat? I have the same problem. Never noticed it before but it's so hot I can smell something burning. There's a bracket inside the battery box and I can barley touch it!

Has anyone noticed that soem 300tdi air cleaners have a plastic tube with small fan blades on them? I replaced mine yesterday and took the plastic tube off the old and slid it onto the new one. I can't really see the point of it but I did it anyway. Any ideas?

All it needed was an earth wire on one of the free terminals. Thanks again.

Thanks for your response. The right hand drawing is the one I am using. I am sure that I tried that route - jumping the feed (to a relay) with a short wire across the switch to one of the free connectors and then connecting an earth to the other. It makes sense so I will try it again tomorrow...

I have fitted a few rocker switches to my defender. They work fine but the led lights won't come on when the switches are on. Each switch has four connections. I have connected the two on one side to the live and feed, the two on the left are free at the moment. I have tried every which way to...

Does anyone know what the steel ring which is inserted around the caliper piston is for? I replaced the pads on the front of my Defender and I noticed that around one of the pistons there is what looks like an iron O ring and it has come loose. I am sure it's not critical but all the others...

I have a Defender 300tdi (1998) and am upgrading the headlights to Halogen Crystals. My question is can I put in 100w H4 bulbs and if so will I need to fit a relay? Or will it be better just to stick to the usual 55watts?

Anyone know where I can get a magnetic sump plug for the 300tdi? No one seems to make one and I can only see the smaller 2.5 type. Any info would be gratefully received.

Just in case someone is looking for an answer to this I have found one. I got an old sack truck tyre, cut in half and it fits nicely over the hitch and protrudes over the front while I line up - no scratches on me X member now!

Anyone know where I can get a soft dock for a Bradbury hitch? There are plenty for the pressed steel variety but none for the cast type that I can see. Failing that has anyone any good ideas to protect my rear X member from damage from the hitch?

And have to get up early and dress properly! Something I ind stressful in the mornings. Thanks for your concern though :)

I have a 1998 300tdi Defender and am thinking about buying a decent size caravan. I know the weight can be up 3500kg but has anyone any experience pulling a 4 berth twin axale job? I have looked at a few tow car / caravan match sites but sometimes I put in a caravan and it says 'not a good...

Now I have my 1998 300tdi Defender all fixed, back on the road and running like a dream I want to smarten it up and restore all my exterior trim back to black. So after scrolling through pages on the web I came up with three products 1) Forever black, 2) Wurth Plastic Dye or 3) C4 by GTechniq...

Great. It was trapped at the back of the block out of sight. Thanks very much.

I had to remove my turbo and replace some parts. I put it all back together and I have a pipe missing which should go on the turbo t piece. One pipe goes to the wastegate actuator but where does the other go to? I thought it went to the diesel pump but can't find it therre either! I remember...

I couldn't see mine either, but as I have taken off the manifold and turbo together due to a broken linkage I can set it up while I can see it so I need to get it right the first time otherwise I'll need to be a Houdini with eyes on the end of antenae!

I need to set up the wastegate on my 300tdi and I can't find any setting guides for the actuator rod. Does it require a preload, Or does the actuator rod just slip on the spindle with engine off? I may be blind, but I can't find anything in the WSM for this. Any ideas? TIA.

Sounds good to me. My email is ... We can talk there thanks.