The latest LR Owner International has an interesting article about 40 essential mods to a Defender. Most of them are quite cheap. Its given me a few ideas...
Interestingly, they include HD axles and flanges. They also recommend better shocks, teamed with the standard springs.
[QUOTE=Surrufus;2358180]Do you mean a headlight wiring kit Andy?
Yes, apparently Power goes via the switch mechanism rather than a relay
By all means get a Defender. If you get a good one, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
apologies to Socrates
Clancy MY15 110 Defender
Clancy's gone to Queensland Rovering, and we don't know where he are
One thing not mentioned so far, lock wheel nuts, get rid of them and replace with standard ones. Do it now.
I've read several threads on this forum relating to the lousy quality of the lock nut adapter and thought "they're not that bad". I was wrong, they are that bad. I attempted my second wheel rotation today only to find the "key" (adapter) deformed and cracked on the first wheel. As per Murphy's rule, I got the spare off and 3 of the wheels but the last one was too tight to budge. Luckily with vise grips and a bit of pipe used as an extension, I was able to loosen it but it took hours. Standard wheel nuts immediately ordered, should be here early next week.
Rob
After market wheel nuts and lock nuts worth doing?
Maybe if you don't over tighten the nuts and anti seize them the problem won't happen?. Pat
Thanks for reminding me. The clutch rattle was due to known issue of loose clutch plate springs, so they replaced it with new clutch kit that fixes this issue. Big job for them I suppose but they were really good about it and no questions asked.
The clutch pedal squeaky noise was from the clutch box as I suspected so they lubricated the box. Noise is gone for now, most likely to come back though.
There is a fix shown somewhere on this forum where the bolt on the side of the clutch box is replaced by a grease nipple.
For some unexplained reason though the 40k service was free of charge, that was a pleasant surprise, that's $900 in my pocket.
I have to say this dealer has been great to me so far.
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