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I spent half of every weekends of my life working on my perentie and the other half working on my house! Both are just temperamental and is expected sadly but it makes us experts damn fast

My LHR RoW passed 3 MOTs at the sane place with the fog lamp in original position. And then failed the 4th MOT at the same test site. Soley for the fog light. Had to swap the fog light and reverse light around

Any ideas what to search for to find the brake caliper socket thingy!?!

My kind of fascinating. Good vid 👍

It will get you home no problem 👍 have faith in her 😉 One other thing i keep meaning to ask… is that rust on the load space floor or is it dry blood ? Because there isn’t any rust anywhere else 🥴

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best thing ive done is ditch the rear shafts and flanges and put disco one solid shafts in

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Wish you the best for test day.

Wow, thats some wear on the splines! It wouldnt take very much for them to fail completely so good job you caught that.

Where do you stop! A pair of cheap new drive members should temporarily improve the engagement on the rear halfshafts at least until you get home and can do the job properly.

Good luck with the test! A very thorough inspection.

BEST OF LUCK FOR MOT IT IS A GOOD JOB YOU CAN DO ALL THE WORK NEEDED YOURSELF FINGERS CROSSED .SEE YOU IN THE NEXT VIDEO

Very nice video. I got a 200TDI from North Africa and it’s nice to undo bolts without corrosion. I do have some rot from sand/dirt in the frame and it looks like your frame has some spots with dirt in it from the videos. I would pressure wash those out and then spray cavity wax or internal chassis coating (thin, zinc rich paint) once done.

Very thorough inspection!

Good and long road trip to go! All the best wishes for your journey!

Mate, I am enjoying this. Such a great adventure.

Another great video! I use cotton mechanics gloves to avoid the sweating problem, don’t last long but do the job. Didn’t see you change the fuel filter or did I miss that?

Also use coolant with anti corrosion or it will cost you your core plugs and the head will crack when it gets thin .keep a eye on the p gasket even the metal one can rust if on antifreeze/summer coolant

If you put the nuts back on and in diff lock you will be OK

Just curious; could you not drop the used oil off at a service centre? 👍🏻🙏🦘

Driving with rear axle disconnected will work provided you engage the centre diff lock and make sure the handbrake drum is secured using washers or spacer on the 4 propshaft bolts & nuts. Or remove front UJ and use existing flange. Not ideal for a long journey tho & steering will be heavier. Drain the REAR DIFF, if bits drop out you have to disconnect & possibly remove halfshafts, otherwise monitor it at every fuel stop!

all defender doors split there al mine have gone in same spot

Brass bung on the thermostat housing but still got the original crappy plastic one on the radiator - a sign of past failure? I’d replace all the plastic bits in the cooling system so they don’t randomly crack on you. Aftermarket metal should last forever, genuine new plastic should do a decade. As for new pattern plastic vs brittle original plastic I wouldn’t trust either.

Not bad condition at all. LHD examples used to have higher value than RHD I believe, as they're quite rare in the UK and people with second homes on the continent would snap them up to use over there. Not sure if that's still the case?

Great series of videos, I've bought a couple of Landys off eBay over the years, collected and driven them home over a few hundred miles, but what your doing is a real adventure. Look forward to seeing the next installment! Cheers!

Has nearly as many miles/kilometers on it as my 94 300tdi lol

fair play to you i think by the sound of it she could drive home with no problems if driven steady thanks for sharing

Loving the videos, doesn’t seem to be anything major that stands out? Well apart from the fuses. I know you’re wizard with wiring looms and im at loss at the moment with my 2001 td5 defender , the dashboard warning lights and electric windows ,speedo ,temp, rev clocks have all just stopped working? Checked fuses all seem good so im thinking earths ? With you being a loom wizard 😁 would you have any idea what would connect all these things going off at the same time? Its been 3 days and just don’t know what else to look at or where i should look? I would be pulling my hair out but Ive got the same hair cut has you 😂 any advice please 🙏

I’m sure she will do the journey. My lad is down in Greece in his 1990 Land Rover country with a 200tdi at the moment. Only problem so far is a blowing exhaust manifold (new Britpart crap) and a fuse.. just a quick tip, when doing the fuel filter I find it best to just let them idle for a few mins before touching the throttle!

Absolutely loving the videos on this defender, you’re very daring to buy sight unseen but clearly skilled/experienced with this type.

Honestly you need a medal. Working in filthy conditions in those temps all for the love of a defender. Keep it up!

I believe that the handbrake on the lt230 has a screw that holds the handbrake drum on, and could put the nuts back on to hold it on, drive with cdl in and handbrake will act on frontwheels

Couldn't help notice the Craftsman ratchet. Around about 36 teeth but really reliable. Just what is needed. Is it an old USA made one? Sorry, meant to be looking at the Land Rover. Highly unlikely but I am hoping the AC is working for your drive home.

I understood now why you bought it. 2006 300tdi! I have seen news from UK and saw Defenders are still used today? Are they still 300tdi or just Pumas????

Seal kit for steering box but you would have to have access to a workshop to fit it with any degree of success. Some folk have fitted the output seal on the vehicle after removing the drop arm but I tried twice and removed it which is a PITA. Viscous coupling and potentially tensioner too plus always good to have a water pump & P gasket as spares, check if water or coolant has been used?? Good luck with the drive back to the UK, can't wait to see more.

Red wings indicate that it was military vehicle, authorized to carry explosives.

my 1960 Triumph speed Twin would burn through/ leach out Duckams Q at the rate of 1 pint/100 miles

Good Sir, I recently got a hold of a 2004 Chevy Colorado, factory new everything with 82,000 mi, and like you, not the slightest bit of rust or damage to the frame etc. I watched your video and I couldn't help but comment at the similarities. I learned so much from watching your video and in the time I took away more than I could have expected. So cool! I can't wait to see what you do... Cheers

Very nice 👍 very clean chassis, you might need that bulletproof armour back in the uk 😂 I would like to ask you some advice how could I contact you by email?

Yeah Defenders are so rare you have to go all the way to Armenia🤷‍♂️

When you get to drive it you will probably find it has a speed limiter fitted they were usually set to 50mph

The reason for the armou plating is it was a field demining ambulance used for the evacuation of casualties in expensive accidents.

Did they continue the 300tdi until 2006? Or do you mean 1996? I thought the TD5 ran through to 2006? 🤔

Nice original defender. Rebuild mine but lost interest in it. Still have it. Only done 75k miles in it.

Condition is great, Looks fantastic, none of those leaks look major, much less than my 1996 300tdi at 216000 miles! With those bits sorted you mention it looks good to drive back.

Nice purchase mate, what’s happening with your others? Also, when you mention the potential at 11:49 you say “still” just as your cap comes into view🤣🤣🤣

Going to be a great trip. Good luck with the preparation…….😊

Maybe of interest to you, my 2006 LHD (registered 04 of 2006) TD5 has the same gearbox drain plug. You may notice that the bell housing bolt/wading plug/hole arrangement is a bit different? I’d be interested in a comparison. Great find that, looks tidy!

Did row spec have egr blanked... definitely would want to get some continuity checks on those temp senders, only figured the thermostat is wired up through the egr recently, 3 wires to the engine harness but some missing without egr, if your gonna drive I'd run a bypass - nice to see that fuse box / wiper motors got hot leads, weather through europe can be scary. All that plate on a rover diff, i guess it needed to get to through to some knarly places.