Love ❤ the videos. Great information ℹ️. On off road. From Gerry in Ireland 🇮🇪

Most of it is not dealer fit I think?

As a Defender owner, I am more and more interested in getting a Jimny! Love the mods

did the head cracked already ?

Hello. Greetings from Paris ! I own a defender 90 Td5 as a second car. Never been able to high rev it and up shift quickly like a Golf or a sport car. The gearbox doesn’t like it and blocks or grind the agressive up shift. Especially 1 to 2d, 2 to 3d. If I up shift slowly on low revs, everything is smooth. Gearbox oil is MTF94. How in the video the up shift is so quick on high rpm ? Many thx for your feedbacks. Merci ! Julien

Could you mount a bike carrier to that tow bar? Obviously there would be around 30-40kg of vertical weight hanging off the end

Maybe wax inject the inside of the box sections as well

When you gonna restore the series in the background??

More vids!

Came back to say thanks for the video, I don't know how you guys did it in 1-2 days, it took me four months trying to figure out how to mate the new engine to the autobox without destroying the oil pump. I ended up taking the gearbox off, and trying to fit that on the engine instead, seemed to work. The car did start on the first crank, in like 2-3 seconds! I thought those are mechanic stories.

Welcome back, guys!

Are the tirsbaek tv stickers for sale?

You might want to upgrade to LED headlights of the 4 seater Jimny. They look high quality tbh

Looking good Liam 👍

Good job Liam 👍

Super nice wheels. Looking to buy them as well. Which tyre dimensions are you running?

Hi the front grill on your truck is a harp back to the first jimmy so it’s cool and I like your wheels are best. Ps no to the roof rack,roof rails from the factory would have been good maybe.

You laugh at our rusty Land Rovers, but if a Landy was as new as the Jimny, and the rear light weren't secured properly, the rust would have made it so those nuts would never have undone. It's not a fault, it's a "Feature". It is dinky, and if wasn't so much of a lump, I would absolutely have a Jimny, but it wouldn't end up being the tarts handbag that yours is morphing into! I'm not jealous.... much.

A bit of sound deadening in the doors and rear panels will help immensely re sound quality

I suspect that once the new light (and the switch) get covered in water and muck at the back, they will cause all sorts of problems.

I would like less talk, more action...

I know what you mean about just wanting to get out and take photos of any of your vehicles, I've just added a metal plate photo of my Defender to my 'car wall' with other great pictures of cars I own now or previously. I do think the roof rack suits these, it's definitely down to proportions but once you have it I'm sure you'll find uses.

Absolutely love the Jimny content! Great video

You'll probably want to reconsider using those cheap wire-splice connectors. They really don't handle moisture very well and are prone to failure.

I do think the old lights suit the lines and character of the car more, but of course it’s your car and if you prefer them, you’ve done the right thing.

So capable off road, mine gets a good dose of Dorset mud regularly! Nice video 👍🏻

I find the roof rack incredibly handy for carting things around when I don't want to take a trailer around town. I don't use mine every day, but when I do need it I REALLY appreciate it

nice video , i think without the roofrack you get more of a "agressive offroad look"

What wheels are this?

Great video thanks. I’m going to be getting some work done on my year 2000 Td5 Defender but I’m curious to know if the exhaust I mission becomes a problem with current EU regulations? Regards Alan Republic of Ireland.

I have replaced three chassis myself, all have been painted and the last one was the best. I used a 2 part epoxy mastic on the first which was good but painted the last one with corroless paint system finished in Alkyd RF16 Glass Flake reinforced topcoat which is used in bridges and pipework in offshore environments. Finnish looks great, it’s easy to apply and is very durable & resistant to chipping.

Why are you bothered about painting a galvanised chassis? One of the pros of having one is keeping it silver so everyone can see you've got a galvanised chassis.

3:44 a couple of videos ago you said you dont use oogy doogys 😮😂 Jokes aside im enjoying catching up especially with the td5 engine work as im currently in the middle of a top end overhaul on my d2. Ive had mine 3 years and only found out a couple of days ago mine has an AMC head. Very happy to see that.

Havin been there, I recommend you install new bushings and bulkhead when you install on the new chassis. There are other parts, but I feel this is good enough for now

Hello and thanx for the great videos you produce. I'll just give you a comment on Danish! Jeg håber du har være i kontakt med din synsmand inden du gik i gang med dette projekt, da det kræver en genindhugningsattest at skifte bundramme. Hvis ikke du har clearet hele processen med din synsmand, så risikere du at skulle betale ny registreringsafgift, da bilen skifter identitet! De skridt som jeg skulle igennem var: Fremvise gammel ramme til syn, køre den til skrot, fremvise skrotningsdokumentation hos synsmand, så laver han en genindhugningsattest til dig. Hvis du så har et godt forhold til din synsmand, så siger han: "Fedt at du får en mere sikker bil tilbage på de danske veje", hvis jeres forhold er knap så godt, så sender han sagen videre til Skat. Så kan du vente dig en regning for identitetsskift. Pyha, det var en smøre 🙂, men du må snakke med synshallen! Lars

You should have pained the chassis GREEN.

The problem with getting a new chassis is you want it to look all nice and shiny with a great painted finish. In reality a thorough coating of Dinitrol would provide a better protection to compliment the galvanized coating. That would be my choice.

I always worry when people don’t hold the steering wheel firmly with BOTH hands . I imagine you’ve never had a front tyre blowout .

Lay an old bed sheet or a painter’s dust sheet out under the area your working on, if you continue on that shingle - those stones will swallow all the small parts you drop, some valuable or hard to source, where a sheet will catch them and make them obvious. The workshop manual, or even the Haynes Book of Lies will show where all the fixings for each panel, which will allow you to plan each step and triple your speed.

It says "SUZUKI" (スズキ)

Those screws are Torx. Good luck with the rest of the job 👍

Give the wheel arches, bumpers, checker plate a coat of black raptor paint before you re fit everything.

I also had a chassis from the same place for my Defender. I left the chassis as it was from the vendor. Zinc is an excellent coating on its own. Look at the number of trailers that are just galvanised and that is it. My chassis is now 10 year old and looks just the same as when new.

I was going to jack up the whole defender, pass through scaffold poles and lower the chassis leaving the body up in the air. In the end I found a bloke with a lift who is going to do it. 2001 TD5 110 with a Maer chassis ❤

Rust is such a nasty thing. My dad's Td5 is 2001 and totally rust free because of the climate. He has over 550,000km on it now.

Amazing! Thanks for the long waited update!

Great start and the new chassis looks fantastic. I'll be watching this series for when I need to do some work on the Td5 Defender I've just purchased. It shouldn't need anything too soon, hopefully...

Cool, it start's. 👍😘

Excellent! I shall be watching intently. The lovely thing about those flat topped wings is how they work as a nice work bench, or indeed, as a tea table for many mugs at a mechanics case conference. A quintessentially British design.

With having a galvanised chassis, I would highly recommend replacing the bolts to galvanised, as I have found out recently if you use stainless steel bolts with a galvanised chassis there will s a chemical reaction which causes the rust and corrosion much quicker. Stainless steel and galvanised steel done play well together.