Recent content by UKAndyB

HI, Need to tidy up rear of chassis, and paint a roof rack for our 90 (1989), so will be buying some black paint (more than likely Buzzwelds) It currently has a white roof, and we were contemplating spraying it black (doing the work myself). Has anybody used or knows the finish when using...

Thanks for all the info chaps. Appreciate it. Not had time for a thorough investigation yet. Andy

Thanks for that Kwakerman. I shall have another 'inspection', but this time, give it more than a quick wiggle, wiggle, wiggle! (no reference to Jason Derulo intended ! haha). Andy

Whilst I had the intercooler pipes off, had a feel of the end of the turbo, and there is some movement of the turbo shaft. The engine is in a Defender, but came from a Disco, and we don't know its age or true mileage. My question is if anybody has replaced a 300tdi turbo lately? Just after...

Ian, Thanks. I'll have another crawl around. Gave up today due to rain, and being knackered after getting box and stuff back in, and testing things. Thanks again matey, appreciate the info. Andy

Just had to drop our gearbox out due to issue with a bolt jamming in the clutch. Whilst doing the job, I noticed that the reverse switch did not have anything connected to it (it only had two male bullet connectors on a short flying lead) when dropping down the gearbox and transfer box. I'm sure...

Too true Kwakerman. Thats why I'm trying to find out suggestions of what to get and change/replace. Difficult when you haven't had one apart before. Andy

Good call. Going to give the gearbox a clean down later on, after I have had a look at where the small oil leaks are coming from (think one leak is the intermediate shaft on the transfer box). Its hard to know what I 'should' replace, and what I 'would like' to replace. There is almost 'too...

Its those little things I don't want to forget, so thanks. Me thinks I need to start a shopping list

Well.... Gearbox dropped out Found that the bellhousing to gearbox bolts had either dropped out, or were finger tight. A few had made contact with the clutch, and made a bit of a mess. Whilst checking things over, found the clutch release arm cracked, so will certainly be ordering a HD...

Thanks for the heads up regarding the use of a HD clutch. Would you mind letting me know where you got the bits from and price? (feel free to pm me if you dont want it going onto an open forum). Bloomin pulled my back the other day, which isnt going to make the job any easier. Just going to take...

It isn't going to be driven hard, and doubt it will see much off roading (perhaps after we have had it for a while so we know what chassis,gearbox, etc are like, we might), so probably a 'standard' bearing from a good manufacturer would do anyways. Only want to do the job once (on my own doing...

Thanks for the advice. Had a quick look, and can only find britpart ones? SO far, the advice given to me is to stay away from this brand. Andy

Have any recommendations of where to get from? I have been looking online at the regular places, but until I decide on what brand to go for, difficult to compare prices.

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