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Ooh, those look nice. Thanks for the link. The frame certainly isn't going to be removed from the vehicle, I'm afraid, but maybe I can find a way to do it. Unfortunately all mechanical work is done on the side of the road outside my house (within reach of the garage, though), so major rebuilding...

Hi all, It's been ages since I've last posted here, due to concentrating on lots of other things. However, my MOT time is nearing, which always means lots of work. The most important thing I'm trying to deal with is the steel frame around the bottom of the rear passenger doors on my 1995...

I had a replacement 300Tdi fitted in my Defender recently and that refused to rev up at all when it was cold (was also pretty smoky). The problem turned out to be that the injection timing was horribly retarded. Following the procedure you'd use to adjust it after replacing the timing belt...

Well, as luck would have it, there are plenty of 300Tdi discos in scrapyards in Poland too! The garage has found a replacement engine with apparently only 80,000km on the clock (I'm not sure whether I really believe that but it may have been rebuilt, I suppose) which should be going in in the...

Thanks for all the thoughts and advice - it's taught me a lot about engine reboring! If only I had the vehicle in my own garage and had the time to work through the job properly, I'd love to strip down the engine, get the block rebored, and rebuild it in my own time and know the job was up to...

My Defender 110 is suffering with a broken engine at the moment - see this thread for the gory details. Anyhow, it seems that one cylinder is badly scored and I'm trying to work out what to do. Replacing the whole engine is the obvious choice, but a new one is expensive and a good secondhand one...

Now the head's off the news isn't good - no burnt valve, so the diagnosis from the garage that towed me away from the motorway wasn't right. The head gasket's gone between cylinders 2 and 3 and there's terrible scoring in cylinder 4. You can feel it with a fingernail quite clearly. See the...

I've been to look at the vehicle this morning and found out more about the supposed camshaft problems. Apparently the mechanic could hear tapping from the area of the camshaft bearings with a stethoscope, and there's some pitting on the cam lobe which drives the vacuum pump, and this led to the...

Thanks - that sounds very useful. I'm a freelance electronic designer/software engineer. Chris

It's at Land World in Warsaw, which was recommended to me by a friend. Do you know it? Thanks for the Allegro link... Chris

My wife and I are living in Sadyba - where are you? Getting muddy will have to wait until I have a working Land Rover...

Hi all, I've been a Land Rover owner for about 15 years, starting with an ex-MoD Series III 109 (my first car!) and more recently a 110 CSW. On the way I've learned a lot about welding... I have recently moved from Cambridge, UK to Warsaw, Poland and have brought the Land Rover with me...

Hello all, I'm new here, but have owned Land Rovers for 15 years - first an ex-MoD series III 109, then more recently a 1995 300tdi Defender 110 CSW. It's been an adventure so far, but has just turned into a nightmare, and I'm seeking advice or at least moral support! Cutting a long story...