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Having now taken the transfer box inspection cover off all of the gears seem absolutely fine. Just the input damaged. Now the Engine and gearbox i took from a late 200tdi but the transfer box is original from my 1985 90, wonder if there is some connection there..

The engine and box are out of a late 200tdi that had covered 90k i have done about 5k more. I took the input shaft/carrier out of the transfer box to se if the main shaft turned and the carrier teeth have big chunks taken out of them. I put the engine in gear - as no longer connected to the...

My gearbox hasnt been great for a wile now a bit awkward to get into 1st gear - the rest are ok. Today I can get it in gear no probs but there is no movement through to the wheels. When you take your foot of the clutch the engine is under labour and will stall so there is power going into the...

When I changed the seal I had to remove the prop, retaining nut and then the flange pulls of the spline. I marked up the Prop and the Flange – but not the location of the flange on the spline "idiot" – its possible I put this on 1 or 2 splines out clockwise or anti from when I removed it –...

Which year did the Defender go from 10 Spline to 24 Spline Diffs. Everywhere i look it states that up until "94" they are all 10 Spline. But in conversations this seems a bit of a grey area. I have to go collect 2 x Diffd from an L reg "i make that "93" so should be 10 Spline. Anyone...

I wish it was the Cv But its definatly the Diff. I am certain there shouldnt be any play in the Pinion spline which makes me think Pinion bearing - although if i need a special tool to remove this i may as well get another diff for the sake of £100. Anyone know about Pinion bearings...

Im afraid to say theres no play in it. I have jacked a wheel up and spun it as fast i could by hand and theres no noise it turns relatively freely. Which confuses me a little, i guess it means its only when the full weight of the vehicle is involved eg: not jacked up or only happens...

Well, yeh there is that - but this is rather Metallic. sounds like a knocking noise as if something wasnt quite lined up or loose and catching rubbing on something else Another way to describe it is - sometimes when you change gear you can hear the pick up of slack - like this but on every...

God i hate my land rover "sometimes" Driving along i can hear a noise sounds like a turning noise coming from the Front Diff. Gets faster as you go faster and so on. I havent long changed the pinion seal - not that i think i could have done anything wrong doing that! and i have greased up my...

Hi all, Just going over my MOT checks for March and i do have a couple of patches that need welding on both my front dumb irons. The rest of the chassis is fine just the part right by the bumper. I know a good welder who said it would be a better job to weld a "repair" section on rather...

Sounds to me like you int got the full assembly! as far as iknow they all have on that spline a sopacer a fan a pulley and a locking nut in that order.

I work with someone whos dad has an unregistered ex M.O.D Landy in his shed, has done for a long long time, ive asked her to find out the details and condition of it. She is sure that all the documents have been lost and other than that its pretty good nick. Couple of things i was thinking. 1)...

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Hello, Its a 90 2.5 n/a I no longer get my Diff Light on the dashboard when i engage the drive. The lever works fine and im "almost" sure i can tell a difference when driving with it engaged. I am going to jack it up the weekend block the back wheels and try turning the front wheel with...

Well it is indeed low on power. but the fact is because of the lack of power its components are never really under any amount of stress, makes it a good solid reliable engine. I wouldnt have one if motorways are used regular as you will struggle to keep up with the trucks. Mine does 60mph ok on...