Defender 90 teething problems,

[paddypower]

Hello from a newbie to your forum.  I’ve had a S111 for about 4 years and have just bought an ex military low mileage (40k miles)1991 Defender 90 2.5 N/A.  I could do with a bit of general help till I find my feet and get it fettled…..
I bought it in England and drove it to Ireland yesterday, Jeezus the ferry was full with the 6 nations.  Anyway, got home ok with just the alternator securing bolts coming slack and letting the alternator rattle at low revs but seemed fine at normal driving speeds.  A pretty good testimony for the truck.
Only when I got home did I find the ignition key does not fit the door locks !!  Can I just buy the barrel locks and can the 3 be adjusted to fit one key?  I wouldn’t imagine a Dublin Land Rover dealer having a key to fit !!
One of the sliding window locks fails to lock the window.  The ‘switch’ turns through 360 degrees and gives a bit of resistance at 90 degree intervals.  It looks as though its held in place with 3 phillips screws so is it serviceable and replaceable or will it just fall apart in my hands?
The S111 has an assortment of bolts, is the defender basically metric sizes

[AbyssDJ]

you should buy new locks anyway... they dont use the ignition key but will come with teh right one.. its a little silver thing :)

if you take the window apart you can probably fix it, but dont hold me to that cos it might just fall out and hit the deck! easy enough to find a replacement part though

[tonycougar]

It wouldn't be a landrover if you didn't have a different key for every door :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[Nick666]

It wouldn't be a landrover if you didn't have a different key for every door :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Aint that the truth :D

BTW have found that Defenders (TD5 anyway, cant imagine the others are any different) have a real hodgepodge of different fittings both metric and imperial so it's likely yours will too I'd have thought :) Just makes it more interesting!

[paddypower]

Thanks for that,  no real surprises there then !! I guess thats why we all love Land Rovers.  Next job, get the manuals and part numbers.