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I took mine down town on a shopping trip. McD's in the back kept the wife n kids happy. It performed faultlessly as expected

I'd go with a Pierburg Turbo Boost Controller Possibly from a Volvo D5:eek:

Have you cleaned out the harness that plugs into the ECU? Might be full of oil that causing problems.

Absolutly nothing more than walk past it on the way to the SAAB that I'm prepping to sell in the next week or so. I'm trying to be good and ride the bike into work:D:D:D

I would happily EV convert a defender on 2 conditions... Firstly, I want to be able to easily convert it back. I'd keep the engine etc as a nice show piece in da house. This way the effing greenies can't stop me drivin in the LEZ city centers of which there are more n more by the month...

Well this is awkward... I asked for a re-spray in LAL, 659. Last I heard that was the paint code for Bonatti Grey. Being impatient as I am, I asked for a few photos as I'm sat in isolation and can't collect it until next week. These are the photos that came back... Looks like a decent job but...

These are the bits that I took off. As you can see, there is a fair amount of rot in there. It's amazing what some filler and carpet will cover up.

So, what's next... LED lights and a new bulkhead. The bulkhead has been repaired at least once before I brought it and twice since. I'm calling time on that one. As soon as I get back to the UK I'm getting a nice shiny galvanised bulkhead. While the front end is appart I'll be looking at...

By now I've gone through 2 big boxes of silent coat and rebuilt the fender using way more new parts than old. It's currently sat in a local garage being prepped for a respray this weekend. Exciting stuff.

That's a lot of filler, 3.11mm to be exact. The whole of the rear quarter was covered in it and it all had to come off to see what was lurking behind.

Now, if we back track a little bit. This is the Near Side rear quarter. The paint was bubbling a little so, again, I had a little poke.

The new flooring was made from some recycled 3mm chequer plate. No photos but needless to say, the underside was treated the same as every thing else. The Drivers side C piller was a little rotten on the outside at the bottom. A local welder made short work of that. The drivers footwell was...

These bits were knocked up by the same firm for a whole 15 Euros. I took him the old rotten ones and he made the replacements while I waited, double winner:D:D:D

That bit was made by a local firm for a whole 25 Euros. Winner

All nice new bits from YRM. Everything fitted perfectly. All the bits were etched primed, sprayed with stone chip and painted with waxoyl before assembly. It was a messy job but at least I could be sure nothing got missed.

The wet blaster worked quite well. I was really happy to find the rest of the chassis was in a simular condition. No holes anywhere, at least no unwanted ones. I treated the whole lot to a good dose of rust converter, red oxide, black chassis paint, and an awful lot of waxoyl (brushed on, not...

Not looking good

About now I adopted the mentality of screw the bolts, if it comes off, it gets replaced with new. Preferably genuine but at least OE. New bushes front to back. The rust didn't fill me with confidence so while I had the access it all got done. So far, I had been struggling with a wire brush...

Oh dear, lots of rust:mad:

Yep, just a few holes. Thankfully they seemed limited to the behind 2nd row foot well. I am soooo glad I found out about YRM. They were about to become my new favourite web site.