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On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 19:37:00 +0000, "Paul S. Brown"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Nige wrote:
>
>>
>> "Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> Rear diff is dead.
>>>
>>> Yay to those who thought it might be.
>>>
>>> Replacement on order from Paddocks - £70+VAT - along with gaskets and a
>>> replacemnet set of propshaft bolts.
>>
>> £70 for a full new diff? seems cheap?
>>
>
>It is. That's a 2nd hand one.
>
>The cheapest recon one I could find was £147+VAT at Dingocroft. The cheapest
>new one was £250+VAT.
>
>Landrover list them at 347+VAT with a £500 deposit against the old one.
>
>P.

Feck. I put one in the skip a couple of weeks back...


--

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"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...

> I ended up removing the bolt (not the nut) with a cold chisel.
>
> Uncomplicated - not easy.

Mental blockage time, it's been a long time since I had a diff in my hands. Do you have to remove the
halfshafts to get it out?

Or is it the planetary gear (I think that's what its called) that meshes onto the crownwheel? or am I
talking a load of old bollocks?

Nige


 
>>>> Rear diff is dead.
>>>>
>>>> Yay to those who thought it might be.
>>>>
>>>> Replacement on order from Paddocks - £70+VAT - along with gaskets and a
>>>> replacemnet set of propshaft bolts.
>>>
>>> £70 for a full new diff? seems cheap?
>>>
>>
>>It is. That's a 2nd hand one.
>>
>>The cheapest recon one I could find was £147+VAT at Dingocroft. The cheapest
>>new one was £250+VAT.
>>
>>Landrover list them at 347+VAT with a £500 deposit against the old one.
>>
>
>Feck. I put one in the skip a couple of weeks back...

Any surprise you see people at showsm, sodbury selling suspect diffs
and cylinder heads? And cylinder head that may be no good for a car is
still worth keeping as a exchange unit should you want a recon.

Alex
 
>Do you have to remove the
>halfshafts to get it out?

yes

>or am I
>talking a load of old bollocks

Probably

the pinion meshes with the crown wheel

nick
 
On or around Wed, 03 Nov 2004 18:53:57 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 23:56:42 GMT, "Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> I've got Metric, AF, Whit/BSF, BA, Bi-Square Sockets, Torx bits,
>>> Security Torx Bits, Torx Sockets, Hex bits and some odds and sods,
>>> mostly on 1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" although some big ones are on 3/4".
>>>
>>> And I hate people who round off sump/drain/filler plugs. I have a
>>> bi-square sockets to fit them, why do people use bloody spanners and
>>> wreck them? If you havn't got the correct bloody socket for the job,
>>> go and ****ing buy it! That applies to c-spanners for gearbox output
>>> shaft locknuts and box spanners for hub nuts as well. Don't use a
>>> bloody chisel!
>>
>>Why?
>>
>
>It ****s the nut up, that's why! And you can't get the correct tension
>when you do it back up!

sometimes, though, it's not an option to wait while someone posts you the
special spanner, nor to go and find one. In those circumstances, you have
to improvise, and ideally replace the nut afterwards.

 

"Nicknelsonleeds" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >Do you have to remove the
>>halfshafts to get it out?
>
> yes
>
>>or am I
>>talking a load of old bollocks
>
> Probably
>
> the pinion meshes with the crown wheel
>
> nick

Yeah, I got my old manuals out & had a look!

Told you I was talking bollocks!

Nige


 

>>>> I've got Metric, AF, Whit/BSF, BA, Bi-Square Sockets, Torx bits,
>>>> Security Torx Bits, Torx Sockets, Hex bits and some odds and sods,
>>>> mostly on 1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" although some big ones are on 3/4".
>>>>
>>>> And I hate people who round off sump/drain/filler plugs. I have a
>>>> bi-square sockets to fit them, why do people use bloody spanners and
>>>> wreck them? If you havn't got the correct bloody socket for the job,
>>>> go and ****ing buy it! That applies to c-spanners for gearbox output
>>>> shaft locknuts and box spanners for hub nuts as well. Don't use a
>>>> bloody chisel!
>>>
>>>Why?
>>>
>>
>>It ****s the nut up, that's why! And you can't get the correct tension
>>when you do it back up!
>
>sometimes, though, it's not an option to wait while someone posts you the
>special spanner, nor to go and find one. In those circumstances, you have
>to improvise, and ideally replace the nut afterwards.

Seems illogical to me. If you have a new nut, then by all means use
whatever to remove the old nut. Anyway, why spend money buying parts
that weren't knackered in the first place.

You're still going to have to wait for the correct spanner before you
can assemble it......

Alex
 
So Paul S. Brown was, like

> It looks like an uncomplicated job (not easy - nothing is ever
> easy with a landie).
>
> P.

I prefer the word "straightforward". That's a Haynes word, that is.
"Fitting the part is straightforward."

Never is for me, pal.


--

Rich

Nullum Gratuitum Prandium


 

"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> So Paul S. Brown was, like
>
>> It looks like an uncomplicated job (not easy - nothing is ever
>> easy with a landie).
>>
>> P.
>
> I prefer the word "straightforward". That's a Haynes word, that is. "Fitting the part is
> straightforward."
>
> Never is for me, pal.

Just adjusting the bloody drivebelts on my RRC was virtual torture. I'm not a small bloke & got stuck
once!

The worst ever BL job I ever came across was to change an alternator on a Montego efi, you had to take
the bloody engine halfway out. I can still remember most of the reg number of my first. B733 ***

Nige


 
On or around Thu, 04 Nov 2004 18:11:32 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>You're still going to have to wait for the correct spanner before you
>can assemble it......

hammer. and maybe blunt chisel, and considerable experience and judgement,
I'll grant you.

but sometimes it's more important to get the thing rolling than to do it by
the book.

Actually, I've also done hub nuts on LR front axles using a toolmaker's
clamp.

 
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:16:49 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Thu, 04 Nov 2004 18:11:32 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>You're still going to have to wait for the correct spanner before you
>>can assemble it......
>
>hammer. and maybe blunt chisel, and considerable experience and judgement,
>I'll grant you.
>
>but sometimes it's more important to get the thing rolling than to do it by
>the book.
>
>Actually, I've also done hub nuts on LR front axles using a toolmaker's
>clamp.

I've done em on a 101 with a pair of Plumbers Stilsons. I thought I
had the correct spanner, but it turns out they're a different size to
the Series. I was going to sell it, so I didn't see any point in
buying a socket if I could do it with stilsons. But I still didn't
resort to a chisel.

Alex
 
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:16:49 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>hammer. and maybe blunt chisel,

No, no, no... Hammer and condom.
If hitting it doesn't work...

 
On or around Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:34:16 +0000, Mother <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:16:49 +0000, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>hammer. and maybe blunt chisel,
>
>No, no, no... Hammer and condom.
>If hitting it doesn't work...

<snigger>


 
In message <[email protected]>, Richard Brookman
<[email protected]> writes
>So Paul S. Brown was, like
>
>> It looks like an uncomplicated job (not easy - nothing is ever
>> easy with a landie).
>>
>> P.
>
>I prefer the word "straightforward". That's a Haynes word, that is.
>"Fitting the part is straightforward."
>
>Never is for me, pal.
>
>
Either that or it's just the opposite of removal.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting
 
In message <[email protected]>, Nige
<nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> writes
>
>"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> So Paul S. Brown was, like
>>
>>> It looks like an uncomplicated job (not easy - nothing is ever
>>> easy with a landie).
>>>
>>> P.
>>
>> I prefer the word "straightforward". That's a Haynes word, that is.
>>"Fitting the part is
>> straightforward."
>>
>> Never is for me, pal.
>
>Just adjusting the bloody drivebelts on my RRC was virtual torture. I'm
>not a small bloke & got stuck
>once!
>
>The worst ever BL job I ever came across was to change an alternator on
>a Montego efi, you had to take
>the bloody engine halfway out. I can still remember most of the reg
>number of my first. B733 ***
>
>Nige
>
>
My first motor was 1959 105E Ford Anglia 2937 HP. Long since returned
to its maker I should think.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting
 
So hugh was, like

> My first motor was 1959 105E Ford Anglia 2937 HP.

Bloody hell! Was that the chipped one with the twin turbos?

--

Rich

Nullum Gratuitum Prandium


 
So Austin Shackles was, like

> On or around Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:34:16 +0000, Mother <"@ {m}
> @"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:16:49 +0000, Austin Shackles
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> hammer. and maybe blunt chisel,
>>
>> No, no, no... Hammer and condom.
>> If hitting it doesn't work...
>
> <snigger>

<ditto>

--

Rich

Nullum Gratuitum Prandium


 

>>>
>>>> hammer. and maybe blunt chisel,
>>>
>>> No, no, no... Hammer and condom.
>>> If hitting it doesn't work...
>>
>> <snigger>
>
><ditto>

<professes his innocence>

Alex
 
>>
>>
> My first motor was 1959 105E Ford Anglia 2937 HP. Long since returned
> to its maker I should think.

That's a hell of a lot of horses from a 907 motor!


--
UR SHGb02+14 &ICMFP
If at first you don't succeed,
maybe skydiving's not for you!


 
On or around Fri, 05 Nov 2004 22:39:17 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>>>>
>>>>> hammer. and maybe blunt chisel,
>>>>
>>>> No, no, no... Hammer and condom.
>>>> If hitting it doesn't work...
>>>
>>> <snigger>
>>
>><ditto>
>
><professes his innocence>

'bout time for a link to that photograph again, of the bloke with his Range
Rover.

 
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