What have you done to your DEFENDER today?

[John Z]

Finally finished the compressor install.
Have the lines run to both the drive n passenger side. Still have some tweaks to do.

 

[Ephry73]

Sorted out the accelerator pedal which was making the OM617 swap feel like it was not moving at all. Blocked a few boost leaks and re-adjusted the ALDA. Feels peppier now. Next on the list is back up lights.

 

[4RF RDS]

Had to drill and rethread a bolt hole on the centrifugal oil spinner housing cover on my 1999 Td5 110 CSW. Kinda common failure point as the OEM bolt is fine thread and very small Threading into soft aluminum. This fix aught to work for the next 22 years.

 

[4RF RDS]

Also added these whiz bang super duper old school Series Land River knobs. Nice throwback I think

 

[JimC]

I swapped out some 10 year old poly bushes that had fewer than 3000 miles on them. The truck was squirrelly but is now much, much improved.

 

[erover82]

I swapped out some 10 year old poly bushes that had fewer than 3000 miles on them. The truck was squirrelly but is now much, much improved.

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What brand were the old ones?

 

[jymmiejamz]

I swapped out some 10 year old poly bushes that had fewer than 3000 miles on them. The truck was squirrelly but is now much, much improved.

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This is why I don’t like poly

 

[JimC]

What brand were the old ones?

Those are the actual Polybush brand, which I assumed were the best. I have a set of 20 year old deflex bushings on my wife’s 90 and they’ve held up fine. I only used them back then to avoid pressing in new bushings, but I‘ve become a OEM rubber devotee over the years.

 

[4RF RDS]

I swapped out some 10 year old poly bushes that had fewer than 3000 miles on them. The truck was squirrelly but is now much, much improved.

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Poly bushes suck, and this is fairly common in my experience. Genuine or OEM rubber is best in my estimation.

 

[Mdubs]

Does anyone have a link to but a OEM 110 bushing set? Or do you have to buy them all individually?

 

[erover82]

Looking at a lot of online conversation, it appears that SuperPro poly bushes are more compliant and longer lived than both OEM and other poly competition. I'm considering going this way for the 90. In addition, RN's poly kits look suspiciously similar to SuperPro.

 

[erover82]

Does anyone have a link to but a OEM 110 bushing set? Or do you have to buy them all individually?

Most of the vendors offer OEM as front / rear kits.

 

[WreckITFrank]

Pulled this behemoth double spring setup off the 110 today. Thanks to @Angus for the garage space and help. Huge difference in the diameter and weight of the springs alone. They didn't come easy.

 

[jymmiejamz]

I put my engine block on the engine stand today. I picked it up from the machine shop over a month ago

 

[Napalm00]

Pulled this behemoth double spring setup off the 110 today. Thanks to @Angus for the garage space and help. Huge difference in the diameter and weight of the springs alone. They didn't come easy.

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Pretty cool you have a double shock set up too.

This thing must have been carrying some seriously heavy loads.

 

[WreckITFrank]

Yup. Front setup is equally as stout. I think this is basically a full 130 setup. Crazy the boge unit is still there and intact. Didn't know until today how much of a bitch that will be to remove down the road.

 

[Napalm00]

Yup. Front setup is equally as stout. I think this is basically a full 130 setup. Crazy the boge unit is still there and intact. Didn't know until today how much of a bitch that will be to remove down the road.

Last time I had to remove one I used a 6-in disc in a 4-in angle grinder and cut it on both sides right through the shaft. The removal nuts were totally destroyed. That gave me the clearance to be able to unbolt it from the upper rear crossmember on the frame

 

[Ephry73]

Now that the back and legs are much better I finally ran the backup light wiring loom and mounted the KC Cyclones out back. Have a manual bypass that lets me light them up as work lights. These things are bright!!! Will add clear lenses to cover them and defuse them a bit and keep the back looking "stockish"

 

[Mirrajumper]

300 tdi - installed new oil pan.

 

[supertreeman]

Finally got some time to remove the badly bondo’d rear fender.
Im
Really hoping to have this thing on the road by springtime.