jamesmartin

Hi james can you give me any pointers re chassis swap on my defender td5? starting it tomorrow and hopefully removing body! doing it with a 2post lift.
Cheers lee

Hi James,
Sorry to come straight to you but your advice has always been sound.
Can you look at my thread 'game over for my head' in the defender section and tell me what you think.
Cheers
Ash

Hi I hope you don't mind the direct approach but I know you know what you are talking about due to stuff you have advised me on before. I'm planning on doing my first service on the old girl and wanted to check what you would advise on fluids.
It's a 91 200tdi defender and I am asking specifically on engine oil, transfer box and gearbox oils, and diffs. What should I be using?
Thanks James

Hello I was wondering if you could give me some advice on opening trade accounts with britpart and bearmach. I have a small business selling second hand parts and would like to add some sercice parts to our inventory. Was hoping to get an idea of various companies minimum requirements before I contact them, forewarned is forearmed as they say. Any help would be much appreciated

James...following on from my thread about the suspect gearbox, is this the kind of thing you'd be interested in rebuiding? Just trying to weight up my options between getting mine rebuilt or just sourcing an exchange unit...

Hi James,

I read on one of the forum threads that you might be the man to speak to about reconditioning an engine? I'm picking up a defender 200tdi with 96k on the clock - Is it something you would take on? Do message me with more details on pricing etc if it is - cheers.

hi mate long time no chat, i have oil going into the red plug of my ecu ( 2003 td5 discovery ) the car is strugging to start so i started looking for a possible cause, which injector harness would you recomend, genuine from land rover or an after market one, seem to be £60 ish for genuine or £30 ish off ebay, any info would be greatley appriciated, also who makes them for land rover, cheers Paul

hi James, im not very good with these sites and could not find our previous conversation over {pressure in airbox} it now has been identified to a broken hydraulic tappet. new one is in. no more pressure in airbox and tappet noise gone, it was on cylinder 1, thank you for all your help, being a discovery owner, im sure we will chat again, Robert

James

I am still finding my feet on this site and my way around posting. You mentioned a fix to the fifth gear baulk ring and I was wondering if you could expand or point me in the right direction. I had replied on the previous original post with a sitrep but not sure how the system works and if you got it of not. Very much appreciate your time and experience on this one

welcome back James.

Hi i have a td5 on a v plate, it wont drive forwards but it will drive backwards some one serjested that it's the xyz switch @ and the s & m light is on can u help

Hi James. I saw on a post that you do the repair for no reverse is this something you still do?

Yes James, I'm very sure

Hi James A couple of years ago I brought a Disco 1 transfer box up to you and you fitted a lower ratio gear set ,I think the PM's are still on here ,anyway sold the disco and I have an offer on a P38 with a noisey front diff any idea how much to sort it if I bring the diff up.

Regards Doug

I have a Defender 110 3.5V8 want to convert to EFI can anybody help me step by step what to do and what is needed for it to succeed. I just bought a 3.9EFI engine from Disco 1 98model the seller removed the entire wiring with fuse holders in case i need them very neat without damage.

Have you had much to do with rebuilding transmissions in landys ?

Hi, Jmes, need some info,and can,t seem yo get anywere on the range rover section, anyway i have just purchased a 1986 range rover vouge with a 3ltr mazda/perkins 4cylinder engine fitted through an auto box, on driving it home i got the feeling that it probably wouldn't pull my caravan, so i have had the thought of fitting a 200tdi engine amd manual box, would you know wich box would fit, i have a disco box lying about would that do? sorry to p/m you but i thought you would be the man that could help me, thanks, Pete

Hi JM, finally did my rotary filter today, had to bray the 7mm socket onto it and it came out ok, i used 2 from the rocker cover to hold the lid back in place, question is are they M6 's are these the items? cheers

FS106307L | SCREW M6 FLANGED HEAD | Land Rover | Defender 1983 To 2006 | Britcar (UK) Ltd

My mum is coming over from the UK to visit, and I have to be able top use my rangy while she is here -- so I need to know if the rangy will be ok to drive until I can get her back into the shop to rectify any internal box issues -- if they exist.

Hello, Sir!

I have just switched an LT95 gearbox. The guy whom I bough the replacement from tells me the box was in working condition. However, after the install, there is no first gear. We did fit an overdrive unit, but we have fitted overdrives before.

The first gear position can be engaged, but there is no drive -- all the other gears are fine.
There is some slight noise from the gearbox in neutral or in first. The noise is slightly 'rougher' when in first, and if the gear lever is pushed, it sounds like the gear fork is *just* selecting the syncro and the gear is rubbing up along the face of the syncro.

Question: has the main shaft been pushed forward slightly, or is it possible for the remote (gear lever) to be fitted poorly such that the fork does not push the gear far enough into mesh?

Final question, If the main shaft has been pushed forwards and the thrust washers have dropped into the step, can I still drive it safely until I can pull it apart again?