Thread: Show us your Deefers !

Hey guys,
Been a lurker for a while. I'm lucky enough to have collected 3 Defenders in the last decade or so - the 110 I keep in the UK, and I have two 90's here in Colorado.


Here's the 110 - a 1998 Camel Trophy video unit (CT47), sitting on the iron ore train in Mauritania.


Here's my daily driver, an old 300 Tdi 90, there's a small photo gallery here.


Finally, here's the 1997 NAS D90 soft-top.


I have more details on my website.

Now, I'll have to get a 130 to round out the collection!

Cheers,
Nick.
Nick Taylor, a Colorado Mackem
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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I ask for your valued attention? Please let me introduce you to
...the "English Patient"!!!
She is a rebuild from a heap of scrap, actually. My wife still rolls her eyes when she recollects the memories of me buying the "object" on a wet and cold November evening somewhere far from home. A mate and mine collected it a few nights later, as it was a non-runner (engine failure due to snapped cambelt as it turned out). Lots of corrosion and more...
But all this is history, as this truck is legally on the road again! Whoohoo! Albeit it is registered overseas, due to our stupid regulations and registration process not allowing for foreign ex-Mil vehicles to be registered here for some unexplained reason. But here she is, in all her beauty (well, she'll need new doors, I know).
Cheers

Here is a photo of my 110 with the newly purchased kayaks on top

Bugger, went to unlock it at Katoomba today and it wouldn't unlock with the key fob.
Unlocked it using the key, alarm went off and couldn't shut it off until I disconnected the battery.
No start, no go, no happy....
Land Rover Assist tried to help, but ended up having to get it towed.
Bugger

And before the key fob immobiliser issues, I was happily playing in the rain with suspension components, checking before and after measurements with different stuff.
In the picture, with standard suspension installed, with sway bars front and rear.
There is no weight on the right rear wheel (able to spin it by hand) while the right front still has a measured 50mm of compression until bumpstop and axle tube touch.
Got a fair bit of better suspension stuff to go on it when I get the chance.
Mike.

That's interesting. I have been having key fob issues as well... sometimes it takes me four or five tries to unlock the car using the key fob. Especially if the car has been sitting locked up for a few hours or more. I press the unlock button and nothing happens.

And continuing on from that, I read in the owners manual that it is NOT recommended to lock the car from the outside with the key. I had started doing that, but there was a couple of instances when the alarm went off after I started the engine! I could only turn it off by turning off the engine and repeated pushing of the unlock button on the key fob.

I really don't need or want the alarm. Is there any way of disconnecting it without it interfering with the other electrical items like power door locks?

Short of replacing fob batteries, try holding the fob against your head and try again. I don't know why, but it hugely improves fob range.
Kenley

Originally Posted by kenleyfred

Short of replacing fob batteries, try holding the fob against your head and try again. I don't know why, but it hugely improves fob range.
Kenley

G'day mate,
I tried holding the fob against my head, lots of people in Katoomba yesterday running away from the crazy fella holding a remote fob against his head while frantically hitting the buttons while the alarm was screaming......

Also tried it underneath the guard closer to the remote antenna (I haven't yet done the antenna extension that other people have posted about on here).

Tried replacing the battery in the remote, but no luck in fixing the issue.
Mike.