Recent content by murdomac

No bother, sorry I just saw this now - will grab you one tomorrow when it’s light.

Looks like the standard guide plate. Mine has it on there and it holds a brass pad that locates into a dovetail bracket on door frame. Seems to hold door nicely and stop the rattling! Not sure when it was removed from door frames (in terms of model years)..

Changed the front brake callipers, the old ones had started to weep at the piston seals. Usual drama of rounded off nuts as previous owner didn’t seem to worry about spanner size!

Hi So, after digging around the seat box - turns out previous owner never changed the LT77 tunnel to accommodate the R380 box. So front of seatbox was touching the top of the transfer box! Slightly annoyed I didn’t check this earlier as now need to fork out for new tunnel, diaphragms at both...

Thanks for reply - I’ll have another look but had floor plates out in frustration to check I hadn’t raised it and ‘interfered’. Will revisit in daylight, then if no joy I’ll do the diff lock on/ props off to see if I can isolate the noise further.

Should have added - Can feel it through feet and it disappears once idling and when mobile disappears once accelerator is released (like downhill). Also slightly intermittent - like a pulsing hum

Hello everyone i have just changed the (rather wrecked) gearbox crossmember on my 300tdi and now notice a whine / vibration through the floor plates coming from front. is this a co-incidence? Recent (week) change of fluids in transfer box / diffs / swivel and greased UJs. Or is it possible...

Hello everyone Just saying hello. This is my second (owned) Land Rover, first having being a 90 n/a and this one a 90 with a 300tdi conversion. Always keen to try and solve the ‘quirks’ they bring myself. Land Rover is a general run around, and boat tower / equipment shifter up in the Outer...