What have I done now? My new-to-me Td5 Defender 90

[@LanesTracksTrails]

Great looking Defender. While they may not be for everyone, they really are fantastic vehicles. I genuinely wouldn't swap ours (also an XS) for any other vehicle. It's nice (and fun) to drive on the road, and an absoloute unit off it. Going back to your question in the video re the sunroof, the XS has aircon fitted as standard so no sunroof. HTH.

[@MattTester]

Your Defender looks great, I've subbed so I can follow your adventures. I have really been enjoying the drive on the road, with a few differences compared to my Disco 1. For example I usually drive with the windows open in the Disco, but if I do the same in the Defender the wind blows through much more. I'm going to try some Climair deflectors like it's 1999. Thanks for the tip on the sunroof too, that makes perfect sense.

[@justjames3145]

Beauty, years of happiness and heartache ahead 😂

[@MattTester]

The rear step already removed itself so you're spot on.

[@justjames3145]

@@MattTester ha indeed. I bought a 2004 td5 90 2 years ago, in cairns blue. It's never left me down, just small niggly little things that I've managed to fix on my own (and I am no handy man)

[@conorkavanagh8437]

Fellow Defender 90 station wagon owner here, love the content, subscribed!

[@rjbfreelander2]

Great Defender 90, look forward to any future content with it. Would love to own one myself one day, for now the Freelander 2 is serving me well.

[@pistonhedd]

September 2001 ('51 reg), the centre radio console was fitted - instead of the old school angled one and the 15p uprated Td5 engines were launched, replacing the 10p motors.

[@drraft106]

love it. subscribed to follow you on this journey

[@wesleyconn620]

best car on the road and so simple although i prefer the 110 rather than the 90 :)

[@davidyeates5525]

Yep, standard TD5, just like my wipers, just like my radio 😂

[@MattTester]

"They all do that, sir". I'm trying not to get big ideas about improving things too much!

[@julienchahine7601]

Hi. Greetings from Paris ! Nice video. Thanks for sharing. I own too 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. How in the video the up shift is so quick on high rpm ? Many thx for your feedbacks. Merci ! Julien

[@MattTester]

Hi Julien, I have only driven a few Td5 Defenders but I have the R380 gearbox in my Discovery and it's generally a smooth gearbox that will shift at any speed. It sounds like maybe your clutch isn't disengaging fully, either due to adjustment or a problem with either the master or slave cylinders. This would cause the problem you describe. It's also possible that the synchros in the gearbox are worn on those gears, but it isn't possible to tell without first addressing possible clutch issues and it would take an expert to confirm. If you have a local Land Rover mechanic they should be able to help you, I hope you can get it sorted.

[@Pete68T]

I Had One of These And Added Most Things Like,Remap,H Ratio Transfer Gears,Heater Upgraded Matrix ,Snokel,Tank Guard,Diff Guards,Steering Guard,Hydraulic Winch,Jackable Sills,Rear Quarter Protectors,New Doors,And a Full Respray !!!!!!!!!!Plus Lots More. After Doing All That And Looking Back it Was Only Used Offroad For Fun And it Could of Done What it Did As Standard With Nothing added So i Would Leave it Well Alone.

[@loose_unit]

hahaha, awesome! :D

[@032254855]

at about 160.000 miles the td5's tend to crack heads just something to keep an eye out for when it happens replace it with an AMC head if you can