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Dismantling a late style rear door

When I bought the door, it was green so I needed to get it resprayed the same white as my Land Rover. As such, I had to remove everything from it first. It took less than 30 minutes in total. Here's what I did....

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Quick Fix: Transfer Box PTO cover leak

A leaking Transfer box is not uncommon as there are some very common places it leaks from such as the bottom cover plate, intermediate shaft seal and font/rear output housing seal, but i've not seen one leaking from the PTO cover before....

Tips, expeditions, articles and information on planning and running an expedition in a Land Rover Defender. It's what they're made for

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Replacing the 300Tdi fan belt tensioner bearing

These are quite common items to wear as it spins all the time that the engine is running. One option is to replace the entire tensioner assembly for about £50. If the tensioner still works then the much cheaper option is to just replace the bearing in the pulley for about £5-10....

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How to replace a Propshaft

Propshafts always seem quite a simple and accessible part to replace, being held with only 4 bolts each end, but I found it to be a knuckle bashing, space lacking job that seems to take longer than it should....