Land Rover Monthly

I experienced a first the other day – hill walking. Yes, obviously I have walked up hills before in my life, but a Malvern Hill is a bit different to a regular hill, and it’s extremely different to the pancake-flat Fenlands that I am most used to. La

On a recent and outstanding tour of the Portuguese mountains with Dream Overland, we were led to a summit called Alto de Trevim in the Serra da Lousã by the incomparable guide, Jose Almeida. After enjoying the wonderful vista we returned to our 1996

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DUTCH Land Rover specialist and parts supplier, Smet Works, has launched a brand-new website. Aiming to be the most intuitive and best-looking Land Rover parts online shop in the world, the site caters for those looking for rare and obsolete new-old-

LRM is delighted to announce the launch of a new podcast. Hosted by Editor Martin Domoney and Associate Publisher Steve Miller, listeners will be able to tune in for an hour (or thereabouts) of Land Rover-related chat on their favourite streaming pla

Contact our Associate Publisher, Steve Miller. Tel: 01778 391106 or 07586 023248 Email: [email protected] Editor Martin Domoney Art Editor Sam McMurray Technical Editor Ed Evans Sub-Editors Louise Woodhams, Brett Fraser Regular contributors: Loui

£varies optimill-uk.com Aluminium machining specialist Optimill has added a new finish to its products – satin anodising. This maintains the protection you’d expect from the company, but gives a stylish, modern finish to the parts. From £1272 allispo

SOME very interesting JLR news stories broke cover recently, although whether they are true or false, or somewhere in between, is difficult to determine. The first was an item released in mid-April by no less a source than Reuters, coming from its Ne

“IF you’re going to pick up live bees from the other end of London in your Land Rover, I am not coming with you,” the Fella states. “Can you imagine what it will be like in there, full of annoyed and confused bees? Oh, and I’m allergic to bee stings.

WE’RE back in action. After losing first gear a few weeks back, my Series IIA V8 now has a fully rebuilt gearbox. A few people had suggested I take the opportunity to replace the gearbox with a full synchro Series III version but that really didn’t a

I wouldn’t claim to be the world’s most organised person, as anyone who glances inside my garage will quickly realise. At least half of the time doing any job on my Ninety is spent trying to find a tool I was using five minutes ago. This trait also m

WHEN did you last have your timing belt changed? This is one of the first questions I ask when a new customer brings me a vehicle that I haven’t seen before: more often than not the answer turns out to be either “can’t remember,” or “never”. Not all

I had a very smart old Series III Lightweight trailered in with a charging system issue. It was a 24-volt FFR (Fitted For Radio) vehicle which complicated things rather: these vehicles use a very large generator feeding various control boxes and rela

Nelson the Defender is now in Windhoek, Namibia, in the capable hands of John Darby, a 78-year-old legend in the world of old Land Rovers in southern Africa, for a bit of well-earned TLC while the rainy season passes over and I spend time with the fa

17 PAGES OF TOP LRM EXPERT ADVICE THERE’S a significant price difference between aftermarket bearings and Genuine Land Rover versions. And often there’s a significant quality difference that can outweigh any savings, especially when figuring in the l

THIS left-hand drive 2001 130 Double Cab HCPU (High Capacity Pick Up) was initially booked in for a new chassis and bulkhead. The Defender had originally been in the Netherlands and was imported to County Galway, Ireland in 2006, where it has since b

There is a problem with my Discovery 2’s interior lights. For the last two or three years they’ve functioned at random: the main switch always powers the front lamp, but when put on the automatic (centre) setting they only work sporadically. The cent

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