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Message |
 Indicators not working |
custom90
 5th Jun 2025 8:21pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 1 · Views: 49 · Subject: Indicators not working |
Probably the rear lighting loom ground stud loose and the associated ground eyes, it’s on the side of the transmission.
It’s a common fault as it’s common ground in my opinion, switching on t ... |
| Insurance.... Who do you use? |
custom90
4th Jun 2025 11:13pm
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Forum: Finance & Insurance · Replies: 23 · Views: 5440 · Subject: Insurance.... Who do you use? |
Hastings my end, it would be good to see more competition though for sure.
Was M&S before, but they kept upping it a little as hadn’t changed for some time.
Loyalty counts for nothing |
| MT82 notchy |
custom90
3rd Jun 2025 9:13pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 11 · Views: 525 · Subject: MT82 notchy |
Gears 1 - 2 do tend to be a bit more that way inclined, especially when cold.
What does the clutch fluid look like? It should be changed every 2 yrs presumably similar to brake fluid.
It’s the s ... |
| MT82 notchy |
custom90
3rd Jun 2025 2:26pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 11 · Views: 525 · Subject: MT82 notchy |
Was the precise oil quantity used?
The product IanH mentioned before is what I have in mine. |
| 2.4 TDCI idle speeds - SOLVED |
custom90
31st May 2025 10:26pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 14 · Views: 648 · Subject: 2.4 TDCI idle speeds - SOLVED |
The clutch switch requires a closed circuit if you disconnect it, unlike some previous models you cannot just unplug it or you’ll have the issues you’ve noticed.
The clutch switch works alongsi ... |
| MT82 notchy |
custom90
31st May 2025 10:04pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 11 · Views: 525 · Subject: MT82 notchy |
Might pay to have a look at the gearstick lower assembly, the rubber there can disintegrate and get in the way, or the nylon ball if original can crack..
You then can get quite a weird feel gear chan ... |
| Puma 2.2 and 2.4 Defenders. |
custom90
31st May 2025 9:57pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 8 · Views: 541 · Subject: Puma 2.2 and 2.4 Defenders. |
| Can’t comment on a 2.2, but what I can say is 2.4 related, and I’m glad there isn’t a DPF. |
| Defender Puma Stock Hazard switch to Disco 2 Hazard switch. |
custom90
28th May 2025 11:45pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 14 · Views: 6524 · Subject: Defender Puma Stock Hazard switch to Disco 2 Hazard switch. |
| I don't know about the checktemp thingy. The reason for asking is that the flip front head unit I now have fitted covers the hazard switch (which doesn't really bother me) but moving it makes some sen ... |
| Defender Puma Stock Hazard switch to Disco 2 Hazard switch. |
custom90
28th May 2025 11:33pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 14 · Views: 6524 · Subject: Defender Puma Stock Hazard switch to Disco 2 Hazard switch. |
Does the checktemp gauge fit in the hazard hole? Might be more useful than a blank?
It does in the area that the headlight levelling switch would be, I never had one, so fitted a CheckTemp there ... |
| DIY Clutch Replacement 2.2 |
custom90
28th May 2025 11:25pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 30 · Views: 7049 · Subject: DIY Clutch Replacement 2.2 |
I would for sure follow Dave’s advice mentioned above, bolt failures due to fatigue can cause a lot of damage like that, so any risk is best avoided for sure.
It happens in an instant, nothing yo ... |
| Front Door Glass - jumped out of track |
custom90
28th May 2025 10:51pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 2 · Views: 179 · Subject: Front Door Glass - jumped out of track |
| Lube up everything there with white lithium grease, except the track of course and the glass edge, there probably is a few fixings that a bit loose at the lower edge, I seem to remember there is a foa ... |
| Prop Shaft UJ grease nipples difficult to access |
custom90
28th May 2025 10:41pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 21 · Views: 13858 · Subject: Prop Shaft UJ grease nipples difficult to access |
| You can’t put too much in the UJ’s really, just waste it, but if you do have a nipple on the slider which is 2.4’s just a couple of pumps of grease in the slider, and leave it at that, otherwise ... |
| What Did You Do In Your Defender Today |
custom90
28th May 2025 10:35pm
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Forum: My Defender · Replies: 20816 · Views: 8155498 · Subject: What Did You Do In Your Defender Today |
Greased Prop UJ’s and other things plus the DM’s, to help prevent the old inevitable “fretting”.
Replaced the smaller breather tube on the fuel tank, the other day as well.
Found some ni ... |
| ACF50 |
custom90
27th May 2025 10:58pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 5 · Views: 501 · Subject: ACF50 |
I’d use Dinitrol with internal straws aerosol or you can use the compressor system if you have one.
This is just a suggestion of course, there are options.
When I did mine, I used brown wax in ... |
| Rear Axle shock absorber Cups |
custom90
27th May 2025 10:55pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 5 · Views: 663 · Subject: Rear Axle shock absorber Cups |
| I removed the cups off my axle when I fitted the pin to pin suspension on the rear. If you wanted to go back you could maybe use the Gwyn Lewis shock bush isolation washers with whichever bushes you h ... |
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