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 Dogs:- your pictures |
Mad Cow
 30th Jan 2011 12:29am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 1590 · Views: 570728 · Subject: Dogs:- your pictures |
Here's Gem when she was a pup in my Disco II this picture was originally in Land Rover World when she was featured as Land Rover Dog of the month!
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| Yeahhh I have variable front wipe washer intermittence |
Mad Cow
29th Jan 2011 1:06pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 111 · Views: 123799 · Subject: Yeahhh I have variable front wipe washer intermittence |
Just got a couple of these, out of a VW Polo from a breaker for £14 yet they look like new.
At less than a minute, this has to be the quickest and easiest, yet worthwhile mod I've done 
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| Black modulars? |
Mad Cow
27th Jan 2011 2:07pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 18 · Views: 11786 · Subject: Black modulars? |
A tip to stop modulars (or eight spokes) rusting so quickly.
Apart from dings and scratches, it usually starts in the welded join between centre and rim.
So when brand new, run a thin bead of si ... |
| What Did You Do In Your Defender Today |
Mad Cow
28th Nov 2010 10:06pm
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Forum: My Defender · Replies: 20764 · Views: 7711893 · Subject: What Did You Do In Your Defender Today |
OK it was yesterday but got it a bit dirty at Yarwell Quarry
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And of co ... |
| My first Puma was in a catfight. |
Mad Cow
18th Nov 2010 5:47pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 24 · Views: 10366 · Subject: My first Puma was in a catfight. |
Doors are now steel i think?
Doors changed to all steel with the 2002 MY so that's five years worth of TD5s out there with them  |
| was I dreaming? |
Mad Cow
18th Nov 2010 5:43pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 17 · Views: 8246 · Subject: was I dreaming? |
Yep my Hard top has dim dip, haven't got round to disabling yet but might do it when I finally get round to fitting some SVX style LED sidelights as it will definitely look wrong then.
Instructions ... |
| Free Tyre Pressure Guage |
Mad Cow
14th Nov 2010 10:46pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 10 · Views: 5367 · Subject: Free Tyre Pressure Guage |
Ordered one, no doubt I will now be subjected to yet more spam  |
| not quite the same as theft prevention..... |
Mad Cow
14th Nov 2010 8:57pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 116 · Views: 54855 · Subject: not quite the same as theft prevention..... |
Can I have the PM too
Many thanks |
| What a load of rubbish... |
Mad Cow
14th Nov 2010 8:55pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 15 · Views: 7465 · Subject: What a load of rubbish... |
As someone who used to work for a Council in Waste Management, I can confirm this is very common.
Unfortunately there is no legislation per se, so every council makes it's own rules. Basically it i ... |
| Defender 90 forward facing seats |
Mad Cow
12th Nov 2010 5:02pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 3 · Views: 3317 · Subject: Defender 90 forward facing seats |
I have an old fashioned two (skinny) person bench seat in the back of my Hard Top.
Mounts via two tabs that fit into slots in the side of the tub and two bolts through the floor (with thick 50mm wa ... |
| headlamp bulbs |
Mad Cow
12th Nov 2010 4:51pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 10 · Views: 4821 · Subject: headlamp bulbs |
I'd guess he fitted Range Rover Classic ones, same size, in chrome and actually cheaper that Defender ones.
Must get some myself as I was too lazy to go and get the rusty ones changed before the w ... |
| Nice car compass |
Mad Cow
12th Nov 2010 4:47pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 7 · Views: 3532 · Subject: Nice car compass |
| Aluminium bodywork is not so bad as it's not magnetic, it's the steel bulkhead that can be the problem, you are after all sticking the compass right next to it. And it's got this great big lump of eng ... |
| just found this... you decide for yourself |
Mad Cow
18th Oct 2010 1:21pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 19 · Views: 20278 · Subject: just found this... you decide for yourself |
| i've said it before, if europe want to kill the defender TATA should move rest of the world production to india and make a Tdi model, that way we can import them one at a time and keep going forever, ... |
| Steel vs Alloy: Urban Myth or based on hard evidence? |
Mad Cow
18th Oct 2010 12:58pm
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Forum: Wheels & Tyres · Replies: 31 · Views: 23953 · Subject: Steel vs Alloy: Urban Myth or based on hard evidence? |
Smacked one of my steel modulars on a concrete fence post that was hidden in the bottom of a ford.
Nice big ding in the rim but easily cured with a 4lb Club Hammer, tyre didn't even deflate. Not su ... |
| Rear speaker housings in Puma 90 |
Mad Cow
21st Aug 2010 12:24am
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 17 · Views: 20572 · Subject: Rear speaker housings in Puma 90 |
Here's what they look like in a 90 Hard Top.
The bit on the wheelarch is shaped along the front edge but otherwise flat, mine now have a straight edge as I cut it to butt up to the ply lining.
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