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Petdav



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What would be your intital Actions when buying a td5?
Hi Guys,

I'm a new and enthusiastic Defender 90 owner. It's hard to not identify this new machine as an individual and a family member with all its character and temper.

Due to this, I would like to give this new member to the family the best welcome and spoil it a bit.

The car has gotten a bit of love and affection with regular oil/filter changes every 5000km by the previous owner. I can´t confirm any other history than that and now I'm turning to the expertise on this board to help guide me on how i can give my car the best circumstances for a long lasting life.

The car has a lot of mileage 230.000km. What parts would you acquire and what would you guys recommend me to do for a long lasting life?
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Zed



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Welcome aboard.

Rust proofing would be my first job. Although from the previous owner's pampering I suspect that may have been covered.
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Sulisuli



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Welcome to the forum Thumbs Up enjoy your defender ownership 2015 HT XS 90
2008 SVX 90
2000 XS TD5 90
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landy andy



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Full service. So ALL oils. Gbox Tbox, both diffs, included, and check what comes out of them for quantity and debris. New fuel filter as people don’t appear to like changing them. New injector harness and gasket is a must. Top up swivels. Grease all joints on prop shafts. When you do oil remember to change both filters, again people don’t appear to know, or like to change the rotary filter.
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Sulisuli



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Sound advice from landy andy Thumbs Up 2015 HT XS 90
2008 SVX 90
2000 XS TD5 90
Post #779878 2nd Jul 2019 12:33pm
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Petdav



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landy andy wrote:
Full service. So ALL oils. Gbox Tbox, both diffs, included, and check what comes out of them for quantity and debris. New fuel filter as people don’t appear to like changing them. New injector harness and gasket is a must. Top up swivels. Grease all joints on prop shafts. When you do oil remember to change both filters, again people don’t appear to know, or like to change the rotary filter.


Huge thx for the guidance, any tips on where to buy oil, harness and gaskets? Original?

it is such a welcoming community among all land rover owners, lovet it 4 replie within a couple of hours.

So grateful for the warm welcoming!
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4RF RDS



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Canada 2000 Defender 110 Td5 XS CSW Epsom Green
landy andy wrote:
Full service. So ALL oils. Gbox Tbox, both diffs, included, and check what comes out of them for quantity and debris. New fuel filter as people don’t appear to like changing them. New injector harness and gasket is a must. Top up swivels. Grease all joints on prop shafts. When you do oil remember to change both filters, again people don’t appear to know, or like to change the rotary filter.


This is good advice, one more thing... Change your brake and clutch fluid as well. Everyone seems to forget these important fluids in a new purchase.

Good luck Thumbs Up 2010 Range Rover MkIII Autobiography Super Charged (Idris)
2003 Range Rover Mk III (Desmond FitzWilliam)
2000 Defender 110 CSW TD5 (CTX)
1992 Range Rover Classic (Lizzy)
1972 Series III 300 Tdi (Stanwood)
1967 MGB GT

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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Sulisuli



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Assuming exporting fluids etc doesn’t have customs implications try forum sponsor Dan at Duckworths landrovers or Opie oils both are first class to deal with and will have all you need Thumbs Up 2015 HT XS 90
2008 SVX 90
2000 XS TD5 90
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landy andy



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My Td5 fluid list
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Vogler



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Belgium 2015 Defender 110 Td5 HT Chawton White
Check the gaiters of the ball joints for tears (Fulcrum ball joint steering rod and tracking rod ball joints).
I recently changed most of the bushes (150k km) They weren't very worn, but I seized the opportunity when I had the availability of an equipped workshop and I must say that suspension feels a bit firmer. It's a lot of work though.

Some relatively cheap mods which each can be done in a couple of hours and which are really great:
- If you have a 15p/post 2002 Td5, then you can add cruise control cheaply
- intermittent wipe relay
- a headlight relay loom (search for boomslang) which will keep you from burning the contacts in your headlight switch (If it hasn't been done yt by the previous owner, since you're in Sweden) Lights become a bit brighter too, especially when combined with...
- ...crystal headlights (make sure you order the right ones if you have a LHD) with Osram Nightbreakers
- Bosch aerotwin wipers
- I'm about to install a Landreiziger stepless electronic heater switch which offers more speeds than off, a bit, a bit more and noisy as hell.It does involve disconnecting the valve of the heater air inlet. It will remain open, so you might want to take that into consideration before deciding.
Dutch company Landreiziger has some nice kits for most of the electrical modifications mentioned above.

If you like to spend more then Ashcroft ATB's are nice and probably quite useful in snow and slippery surfaces.
If you plan to go camping a lot, then gullwing windows are absolutly great.

Enjoy your 90 and the wonderful Td5 sound!

J Antares Treadwell, a MY06 110 Td5 in Chawton White
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jst



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2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey
All fluids and filters.
Steam clean chassis
Waxoyl chassis
Gwyn Lewis mud shields alround
1.2 tbox Cheers

James
110 XS Utility
130 Puma Station wagon/camper (in the making)
90 Puma Hardtop
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Anti theft devices and lots of them before modding it 2014 - current ..... 2003 defender td5 90 (my car)
2009 - current .... 2005 zx10r
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