Definitely from the front of the engine?
I've had a mysterious squeak or squeal under load that eventually turned out to be the drum handbrake. It was caused, I think, by the friction material separating slightly from the metal part of the...
Sometimes new brake pads are a little generously proportioned compared to the space available between the disc and calliper. I've resorted to sanding a bit off EBC Greenstuff pads in the past to get them to fit in the past. Is that the problem...
If you're a bit hesitant about rebuilding a gearbox, the Land Rover transfer box is a good one to start on because it's a fairly simple offset 2 speed box and the parts are reasonably easy to get. I might do mine again this summer because it's...
The other thing to consider is that Ashcrofts offer the gearwheels that go inside in a variety of ratios, to suit every purpose. As well as sets of bearings and gaskets. So assuming your case is OK , you could change the gears and bearings inside...
Yes, if the clutch plates aren't fully separating and the engine is still trying to twist the gearbox input shaft. Sometimes this can result from faulty master and slave cylinders too.
Have a fiddle with the adjuster nuts where the upper part...
The wiring looms on TD5s deteriorate. The metal composition in the wires is rather stiff and brittle and the insulation can break up too. Especially where they're housed in those corrugated plastic tubes that Land Rover used to 'protect' them. So...
The casing looks very like my R380, but maybe it's an LT77. My bellhousing is different as I've got a TD5, but you're probably right. Even so, if there's any torque getting through, they can be reluctant to shift.
That looks like an R380 gearbox. They're very reluctant to go into gear if there's any torque getting through from the engine at all. This is good, inasmuch as it helps to stop you grinding the gears. So before taking the gearbox off the engine...
If I were you, I'd disconnect that propshaft and see if I could get it to work when it is free to move. The transfer box is a very simple two speed gearbox, and the lever moves a splined sleeve from side to side to engage the larger or smaller of...
Yes, the wiring on these things does deteriorate between the accelerator ('driver demand') pedal and the ECU. I'm not the only one to have had this happen. You can look at the input from the pedal on the Nanocom and see the voltages changing as...
There's certainly been some weather in Wales over the last few days. There was a sudden flurry of snow and hail as I was coming out of Welshpool on Wednesday, with all kinds of frozen stuff hammering on my windscreen. As well as hailstones there...
They also do a 'cylinder head early' so I assume that might be a better match for the earlier 10p engines. Ask them, they're very knowledgeable about which bits fit which engine.
As well as the door latch mechanism itself, don't forget all the bits of plastic and bent wire and suchlike that go to make up the handles, lock button and so on. I had a similar situation some years ago in that I'd be driving along and suddenly...
These days I find myself using the wiring diagrams on the LR workshop website, despite having the electrical manual. Nice and colourful too, so I don't have to remember all those letter codes (what's NU again? Brown with a blue stripe?).
My TD5...
Standard springs can vary a bit, and may 'sink' over the course of their lifetime. I put some new ones on mine and it sat considerably higher. So much so that I went and got the boxes out of the bin to check if the shop had given me +2s by...
I can tell when my propshaft joints are getting loose because I get vibration at about 50 mph. So I would be in 4th or 5th at the time because with anything lower the engine would be screaming! Other vehicles may vary of course, but that's what...
Has the fluid changed colour? Sometimes, as the seals deteriorate the fluid starts looking very dark.
It's possible to put new seals on, but complete master and slave units are not that expensive so I (and a lot of other people, apparently)...
The standard springs seem OK for most situations and not too uncomfortable. If you're after a 1970s American land yacht experience, the Land Rover isn't the best choice of vehicle, but otherwise they're not too bad. A steering shimmy at a...
In answer to the other question, I've just checked in the manual and I can only see one seal per side. It's a few years since I last did mine and I couldn't remember.
It's got a seal, but no actual bearing at that point. The end of the shaft is held in place by the diff and the driveshaft on the other side of the CV joint has a roller bearing where it goes into the fixed stub axle. It's got to be free to move...
Cats love sitting on paper, especially if it's in our line of sight. I wonder what they used to do before paper was invented? Perhaps they sat on papyrus in ancient Egypt.
Is that the one that makes a mess during the night?
Personally, I'd rather have moss than grass. Moss is nice and spongy, doesn't need cutting and in some species is apt to stay greener in dry weather. The trouble is with domestic gardens that people mow the grass down to the very limit of the...
I think he does quite a nice neat job though. His metalworking and woodworking looks very professional. The plate and box section finish in his tunnels would look good gracing @landowner's hallway.
Considering that once upon a time people used to have to do this sort of thing with moulding planes by hand, it seems to me a big improvement. Can you imagine filing out the desired profile on the blade, creating the corresponding profile in the...
I'm not quite sure how all the dirt gets in there. A couple of months after buying mine I decided to tackle the persistent leak from around the pump when the tank was full. It turned out that the retaining ring had been cross threaded so was on...