Just read this on the BBC news page:
"The Humvee - sinister, aggressive," he said. "The Land Rover - friendly,
comfortable and wise."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/3944741.stm

More to the point , had the space the missus would let me put another old
Landy to fiddle with.
This one looks VERY interesting, I may just risk the wife's wrath, bid on
it, and bung it in my brothers garden

Looking to insure Defender 19 1989 2500 cc TD. Cost ?3400.
Horrified to learn that despite 30 years of driving 20K per year with no
claims, that this isn't taken into account, so its as if starting from
scratch.

Hi, any ideas on this problem with a 90 Tdi clutch?
I replaced the leaking clutch master cylinder two weeks ago with a new
girling one from Craddocks.  All reassembled, bled and working fine by end
of play that day.  Has worked fine since then, until this morning...

Does anyone know if the waterflow through a heater matrix on a 1984
110 is constant or switched to flow only when the control is set to
hot (warm) ?
I'm thinking of re-routing the pipes to go around the fuel filter so

Is this a common problem the plugs in the bottom of the float chambers are
fitted with O rings to seal them I have been running the engine on unleaded
fuel and on one side it started leaking fuel, I replaced the O ring and all
is well, but now the other side has started leaking, is ...

Next job on my list is the timing belt on my 2.5 n/a diesel.
I've read through the have read the haynes and the LR workshop manual
and it looks ruddy complicated but I think I could follow it once
actually there and working.

Hi  I have a 96Disco 300tdi auto. I notice that the fuse holders for abs are
all populated but the brake booster does not look sufficiently complex to be
abs capable, and the three lines coming out of it, scoot across the firewall
to a widget that sits on the front left wheel arch - ...

I was talking to a guy today who runs his van on oil from these guys
http://www.bio-power.co.uk
I'm going to look into is as a possible fuel for my 1984 110 (2.5 n/a
diesel).

I plan to make a dog-guard style thing behind the second row seats,
The plan involves 2 carefully cut-to-length pieces of 2x2 wood going
accross the width of the rear, one ar the gutter height and one at the
seat-top-height.

Heard today that the 2005 RR models, which are available now, have a
new fibre optic CAN-BUS control system and will have the new Jag V8
available by March 2005 with the Ford diesels available by the Autumn,
presumably a year from now.

Don't they bend easily ;-)

Saw this on another newsgroup...(Ok, ok. I was bored!) Thought people in the
NorthWest / North Wales areas should all know.
Man on a Mission wrote...
"Hi,

I know there is a 'controversy' over 101 ambi MoT's.  Summat to do
with Class 4 and Class 7.  Personally I usually find a few Class A's
useful about MoT time...
So, about to try out a local test station.  If they start wittering on

I intend to chop some small holes in Alfies rear ring where the corrosion
has commenced. Bond a plate of ally to the back and then skim fill the hole.
Whats the best stuff to bond the ally to the wing with?
It's specifically the rear wing at the moment that I'm concentrating on ...