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Are you taking it to a Land Rover specialist, or just a spanner monkey garage. Spanner monkeys will always charge more, and also might not know what they're looking at. They're fine on a 2010 Astra but a 30 year old Defender, that is essentially a 40 year old design, they tend to get confused...

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I agree, but Google gives you snippets from other forums as well. It also points you to YouTube videos.

Heres a tip. Learn to do as much as possible yourself. It will save you a very large fortune in garage labour fees.

Oops. Yeah research. Google is king. Fortunately, after 18 years of driving them in the army, I knew what money pits, and how much hard work they are.

Welcome to Defender ownership. Did no one tell you that theres no such thing as a perfect Defender?

Measure your chassis. Use a laser or a level, and check every surface.

It's a Defender, this is just the beginning.

Good 200tdis are getting thin on the ground, not to mention expensive. Probably best to go 300tdi and get the Steve Parkers conversion kit.

I've got a Bosch cordless, does me nicely.

Oh and I have an 89 Ninety with discs all round, on original axles.

Someone may have done a disc conversion.

What makes you think they aren't the original axles? The 1990 Ninety came with solid discs.

This is mine.

I just got an Ebay one. Looks good, does the job. Been on 2 years so far with no issues.

You may find that the land rover chassis is just not up to it regardless what you do. A custom built chassis, plus axles and props may be the only answer for the kind of weight your after.

Depends on age.

If an Army Ambulance is not big enough for you, then maybe get something else. A 101 Forward Control, for example.

A complete custom chassis, custom axles, custom, suspension, custom brakes, custom diffs, custom props, custom gearbox and probably a Cummins engine, with a defender cab on it.