Recent content by wessex paul

I had the same problem selecting reverse - no stiff 1st gear nor jumping out of any others? - If you remove the panel between both floor pans you will see where the gearstick goes into the gearbox, to the left is an adjuster BUT before you adjust anything undo the four 13mm headed bolts...

Oh knowledgeable ones...:):) When i change my 200tdi defender 90 axles for 300tdi disco axles, would i be wise to use the disco coil springs - or would i invoke a ride to shake the fillings out of my teeth? :confused: Just a train of thought as the Defender coil springs have been doing the job...

Gents, Thanks very much, i cut off a piece of scaffolding tube so it was about an 1" higher than the centre boss. I then used some very thick 'repair' type M8 washers and with the good old 1/2" air gun wound a high tensile M8 Bolt in to the boss and hey presto! Thanks agian, Paul

Andy, as the Disco axle has just a round tube & three lugs forming the pinion, i can't see how to change it other than removing the diff from the axle and then removing the pinion shaft?

I want to fit 2 300tdi discovery axles to my defender :( (as the front's damaged and as i have both i can have disc brakes on the rear). The question is on the rear axle is has the 'doghnut' type rubber ring and three bolt fixing to the rear diff, how do i connect it to the defender gearbox...

To all of the knowledgeable people upon here, I have recently purchased a 200Tdi 90 Defender which had a violent meeting with something else. I am in the process of changing both the axles to 300TDi Discovery (as the front one snapped on the drivers side during it's encounter!) Having read the...