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Hello guys I’ve been watching videos of people changing the gearbox oil on there defender td5s and the drain plug on the couple of videos I have seen is a big 32mm plug bolt, however looking at mine it appears to be a 3/8 square drive plug, is this normal?

Hello All,

As per the other problems with the fault codes I saw that the cooling reservoir is down to zero and while taking a pic of that it looks like
the brake fluid seems to be empty as well. Found a bottle of cooling fluid so will fill it up again and see if I can find
a leak somewhere. Didn't see anything while checking the reservoir and the one pip...

Hi all - an ongoing issue with our TD5. In summary:
Noisy fuel pump on initial prime and when running. Engine appears starved of fuel/air in system after short runs and under load. Power loss and then stall. When the pump is re-primed the engine will start with the accelerator depressed but then only run for a mile or so before losing power and stalling.
Already trie...

Took the whole landy apart, to paint each panel and to underseal and fix some corrosion areas. What's the bare minimum I need to plug back in to get it running again, just maybe if I need to move it etc

I guess
-battery
- ECU
-fuel pump relays
-injector relay

If anyone has some photos or has done it before?

Getting to the point where I’m looking at another Landy again. Used to have a 1968 88 but madam has determined that if I get another one it’ll need to be a tad more modern and functional.

So I’m looking for a 110, 5 door, ideally a 200/300TDI but would consider an early TD5. Looking for it to be structurally sound and mechanically reliable but appearance doesn’t re...