Hello everyone,
I'm new to this forum so I thought I'd say hello.
I live in Scotland and have a 1999 defender 90 that I got just before christmas. Its in good condition but there is signs of rust on the bottoms of doors and the front bulkhead. I'm hoping to fix these as soon as I can. I'm a bit of a novice with mechanics but I'm very handy at DIY and can normally muddle my way through with some help. So I'll be asking for tons of advice.

M

 

Welcome. Be sure to download the shop manuals.

 

Cheers Buzz, I did that right away. They look good. I've got the Haynes manual as well.
Been on ebay today looking for a cheap welder. Got to address the bottom of the doors.
Anyone know the best way of cutting away the old bottoms and attaching the new ones.

M

 

Hey you have a Defender 90 I wanted one but picked up two series IIa s instead really clean just old and been setting.

 

2 landys sounds like a lot of work. Especially since they are older ones. I have enough on my plate just with one 'nearly' new one.
Have you got work to do on them?

M

 

Yes the 69 has not run in 30 years and had it running in one day. rebuild the carb and fuel pump,points and plugs change the oil and run a fuel line to a gas can need to clean out fuel tank started right up after timing runs really nice