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spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4662

Not me but my daughter. I collected her 90 to have it serviced, get her checked over for the annual road worthiness test in August and to have a few things fitted that she got for her birthday (it is always stuff for the 90 for birthdays and Christmas etc). With her 90 she uses it for her horsey stuff aswell as the normal business, so when she gets mine she does the same with it! I'll have to clear out the straw when I get the 110 back! So she sent this photo this morning with the following quip "When's the last time masai was off tarmac haha" Masai being the 110. Click image to enlarge 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

14th Jul 2022 10:43am

Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753

Sad to see it go but I Handed it over to the next custodian last Friday. It’s gone to a neighbour who has been after me for a year to buy it. It only did 500 miles in 20-21 and only 300 miles between the 2021 MOT and today. 26 years old of which I’ve owned it 21 years, had loads and loads of fun and will have many happy memories from owning it. The new owner intends to use it like I did I as a weekend/ fun day car and not as a daily driver. It led quite a hard off-road life in its early days with me but in the last 5 years it’s only been on Green Road drives and to teach others on training days with the SGRC. My 2020 L663 has done more off-roading in the last 2 years than the 90 so it was time to say goodbye to the 90. It always was a 2nd (or latterly a 3rd) car, usually to an RRS or FFRR but now to the Defender 110 and an electric Mini. In my ownership it was the most reliable LR product I’ve owned - only the radio cassette failed and was a warranty replacement. I broke it twice - a replacement galvy chassis (unless you count a rotten chassis as a build defect!) and I ran it for 100 miles with no oil in the transfer box………. So it had a new one in 2013……… otherwise mechanically it was as it left the factory. I had it converted from a County Hard Top to a not County SW (side facing bench seats rather than the county’s buckets), new suspension when the chassis was replaced, new LED lighting all round when the driver side main beam kept blowing the lamp after which no lamp failures! I had a Milemarker hydraulic winch fitted with its own pump rather than use the steering pump or PTO methods to power it and that was it. It had 54000 miles on it when I took it on, when I handed it over it had 94600 very happily acquired miles on the odo. Click image to enlarge Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!

20th Jul 2022 9:56am

spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4662

A big decision to make. Wonder how you will feel when you see him driving by in it! Still they are better being used but it is a decision I would not like to have to make. A lot of work went into your 90 over the years and they do get under your skin, in a good way! Still it will let you concentrate on the New Defender. I hope the new owner appreciates what a fine machine has just entered his life. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

20th Jul 2022 4:56pm

Angus_Beef Member Since: 30 Apr 2015 Location: Oslo Posts: 434

Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge En route from Oslo to Zürich last Friday, my one year old clutch slave cylinder blew a seal, spraying the inside of the bell housing with brake fluid 🙈 Happened while merging onto the autobahn north of Hamburg. Not optimal! Float Shifted without a clutch and made it safely to ikea, where we were towed to a hotel. One week impromptu vacation began. New clutch and hydraulics going in tomorrow at a local specialist. Roaming around 🇳🇴🇨🇭

2nd Aug 2022 1:36pm

geobloke Member Since: 06 Nov 2012 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 4410

Ditto Had the same thing happen to Miffy the other week. Two year old slave cylinder dumped its fluid in to the bell housing. Luckily for me it was on an industrial estate and apart from blocking the exit for a bit a drink of DOT 4 got me out of the way. Cause was severe corrosion of the slave cylinder housing around the seal and piston. Never had a slave cylinder fail in over 20 years of driving Glad you made it to safety

2nd Aug 2022 1:44pm

Angus_Beef Member Since: 30 Apr 2015 Location: Oslo Posts: 434	Thanks mate. Safety first. Found the problem… Click image to enlarge Ain’t that a 🤬🤬! Roaming around 🇳🇴🇨🇭
3rd Aug 2022 5:03pm

spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4662

Something so simple causing so much inconveniene. My daughter's 300 tdi 90 suffered a leaking slave cylinder but it was inexpensively and quickly replaced. Was there a specific reason the same system was not used on the Puma? It would have made your replacement quicker and less expensive. Glad you are back motoring! Despite the odd hiccup, the Puma is great to drive  1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

3rd Aug 2022 5:10pm

Angus_Beef Member Since: 30 Apr 2015 Location: Oslo Posts: 434	The learning here, for me, is always use factory parts on these type of things! Roaming around 🇳🇴🇨🇭
3rd Aug 2022 5:13pm

Soulrider911 Member Since: 04 Jul 2022 Location: California Posts: 108	Got a new LED bumper Just need to wire er up Click image to enlarge 1989 Defender 90 2022 Defender 110 SE DIY’er | Always learning
3rd Aug 2022 8:14pm

custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20371

spudfan wrote: Was there a specific reason the same system was not used on the Puma? It would have made your replacement quicker and less expensive. Glad you are back motoring! Despite the odd hiccup, the Puma is great to drive The Puma doesn’t have a clutch fork which was prone to fail on TD5 and earlier. Which also required the trans to come out, though slave was readily accessible externally. The Puma use a concentric slave cylinder, the only accessible part with trans in place is the bleed valve. The last slave mine had had a pinhole in the diaphragm so I was told, they can be difficult to tell if they are leaking also. I’ve had more problems with the hydraulic and slave system than the clutch it’s self. I’ve never worn the clutch out it’s always been slave failure or a friction plate spring came out or something. So it appears LR have commonly shortened the usable life and mileage compared to earlier models. So far I’ve not managed any more than 48k without a clutch problem so if you have more mileage consider yourself lucky. I could understand it if I did big annual mileage or heavy towing and recovery but no. Overall the Puma is good, the drawback is the cost and the faffing about with transport when these things happen. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪

3rd Aug 2022 10:17pm

spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4662	Thank you very much for the clear and concise explanation  1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai
4th Aug 2022 12:20pm

blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17383

Presumably LR used that slave cylinder because they were using a Ford engine and gearbox and saw no point in re-engineering Ford components (which in all honesty were probably better than LR ones if you consider LR's then-recent track record with clutches was not good, look at the awful DMF thing in the TD5). We should probably be thankful we didn't get the Transit DMF as well, although it cannot be denied that the LR driven plate was a disaster to start with (shame they didn't just use the Transit 4x4 that many of us use now). Last edited by blackwolf on 5th Aug 2022 6:23pm. Edited 1 time in total

4th Aug 2022 2:27pm

Soulrider911 Member Since: 04 Jul 2022 Location: California Posts: 108

Well, I about soiled myself doing this. But I took it real slow and was VERY careful!! My car had a very interesting side marker configuration... one side just had a small hole and the marker was attached ONLY with double-sided tape. The other side had the prong / double-sided tape, BUT the previous owner had broken off the prongs in the body... So it was time to overhaul to the Puma-style clip-ins. Here is what I did: I made a template and used that to draw the outline on masking tape mounted to the car. Used a Dremmel with various cutting wheels, with the extension to make the major cuts I carefully bent the pieces and snapped them off Lastly, Used a file to smooth out, and some touch-up paint over the exposed aluminum. Success!! Masking Tape with template lines Click image to enlarge The hole all cleaned up Click image to enlarge Nice new Clip in side markers Click image to enlarge [/list] 1989 Defender 90 2022 Defender 110 SE DIY’er | Always learning

5th Aug 2022 4:09pm

Soulrider911 Member Since: 04 Jul 2022 Location: California Posts: 108	*DELETE DUPLICATE POST* 1989 Defender 90 2022 Defender 110 SE DIY’er | Always learning
5th Aug 2022 4:09pm

Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3675	Nice work there Soulrider, very neat.
5th Aug 2022 5:10pm

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