Brilliant! Thank you I will get on it ASAP! Hopefully it is just the pump that was jiggered and nothing else.

My guess is the guy I bought it off did it to sell it, I’m not sure which it is but guessing it’s the return as it’s not the line with the banjo bolt on. Is there any info on priming the pump? I guess I’m going to have to put it all back together to find out what’s really wrong.

Hey guys sorry for the delay, so I've managed to buy a new pump, and the right sized belt (thankfully Paddock spares had one!) However, I now have a new but related problem. Tonight just as I was about to fit the new pump I thought I'd check that the pipe from the reservoir wasn't blocked as I...

Hi all, so last night the belt completely shredded on my Series 2. I got towed home and this morning I decided to investigate the cause, it turns out the ACE pump has completely failed (you can grab the pulley and wiggle it in all directions quite easily). So initially I thought just get...

Thanks for the replies guys I found the cause of the problem last night. Basically when I put everything back together, the ring that goes behind the steering wheel (not sure what this is called, but it has the wires for the air bag, horn etc. coming out of it) had managed to become unseated...

Over the weekend I replaced my headlight/indicator switch after it broke while on our way home through some very dark A Roads when i went to turn on the full beams (scary stuff, all lights went out!) In order to do this I had to remove the steering wheel, and I made sure that everything went...

Replaced the battery and it’s still not turning over :( this is most frustrating! Surely it doesn’t need the entire driveline back together before I can test that the gearbox is working?

So I’m pretty sure I’ve found the issue. When bolted to the flex plate the torque converter had been pulled forward disengaging the oil pump (turns out the flex plate that was still on the disco was bent, thankfully i had a good flat one!) However now I have another problem, now that I’ve put...

Also I don't know how much it cost you to get yours fitted but I asked a local Land Rover "specialist" and they quoted me the best part of £2k which is why I went back to doing it myself o_O

Thanks, And sorry if I came across as having a go, I wasn't it is just getting extremely frustrating that something that should be so simple as long as you don't use brute force it's turning into such a farce. I'm honestly starting to think I could have done a manual swap in the time its taken...

Thanks, but as mentioned above the torque converter came already installed from Ashcroft and held in place with a bracket and bolts. I checked the clearance before offering up and it was correct, I didn't remove the bracket until the box was in line with the engine and ready to mate together...

I was afraid you would say that... Thanks though at least I have some things to be going on with.

Hmm, I'm guessing that the pickup pipe and o rings should be fine as its a rebuilt box, would I be correct in assuming that in order to check that the T/C is fully fitted I would need to take the whole thing off again?

Pllllleeaaaaaseeeee work!!!

So I tried this last night and it looks like the pump isn't running for some reason, it isn't taking any fluid in, it just comes straight back out. I took the inspection plate off of the bell housing and I can see the flex plate and torque converter spinning, so in theory, I'm guessing the pump...

Oh god, please don't say that! o_O Hoping this isn't the case.

I'm hoping this is the case, however, I felt like I was about to break the range shifter when I was trying to get it in... a friend who's been around Land Rovers for a while is hopefully coming round tonight to help me check this though and make sure there's nothing wrong with the transfer box.

Yeah this is what I was doing however it didn't seem to be sucking anything up.

Thanks I will try this tonight.

Nice one thanks man! All I need to do now if figure out why I have zero drive