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Well... the props on my "spare" landy (currently getting less of a landy as i strip it for parts!) look to be original/// so i think my best course of action would be to have them off, get some nice new UJs, and wait for the current ones fitted to my everyday landy to go (might as well get my...

and just to complete the set... here's a post suggesting that the front prop should also be totally IN phase! http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/front-prop-shaft-phasing-23057.html and if anybody says "go to a specialist".....!!!

Hi all, thanks for your advice... been looking into the phasing and getting conflicting opinions... most folks seem to agree the back prop should be IN phase, i.e. the yokes are in line with eachother. as for the front prop... some say 45degrees, some say 30 degrees (mine looks to be about...

Hi all... I'm currently in UJ hell... i dont know how many times i've had my props off in the last few months... i suppose it's not a bad idea to replace them all at the same time! Anyway... I'm looking into getting a full set of UJ's for my 90... have 75mm on front prop and 81mm on rear, the...

aha... the destructive appraoch... i like it! i guess this is my only other option really unless it loosens up overnight. just hope i dont destroy the bracket in the process. i really wish the tester hadnt noticed the bent arm in the first place and i'd have left it alone.. doesnt seem to make...

ok... removed brake disc/bearing, etc to gain access (maybe your bolts were the other way around which would have helped!)... and all i've achieved is that i'm gradually bending the bracket on the axle! now have it soaking in diesel overnight in the vain hope that this might loosen things up a...

nice thinking but i've tried that... its gonna take more than a tweak to seperate the bolt from the sleeve! in fact.. its not gonna happen!

Hi there, just been for MOT (known as DOE over here) for my 90 defender. i have a bent rear trailing arm from an argument with a ditch a couple of years ago and this time around the good folks at the testing centre have decided this just will not do and so i need to replace it. i have a good...

Hello, thanks for the advice! i'm off to get happy with a tube of silicone...:D by the way... i've always left my wading plugs in - mainly cos it rains so much here in the west of ireland the underneath of my vehicle gets a constant soaking... thought i'd try whipping them out just the other...

Hello! Calling all fans of deep wading.... i need some advice about snorkels and sealing up the air intake system so i can don my flippers and do a bit of fish-spotting... I have a defender 90 200tdi (its an '84 but to all intents and purposes is best considered a '94) which has had a safari...

Howdie! i have a 200tdi onto an lt77 gearbox and am a little confused about which oil to use... the haynes has "Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF)" printed in it and then somebody's crossed out the (ATF) but and put MTF instead... this is in a brand new manual sealed in plastic so it was...

a ladder frame, which means you cant get the pistons out with the engine in the vehicle! So dont trust the Haynes Book of Lies on that one!

Hi all, The middle section on my defender 90 200tdi has gone to rust heaven! Am considering replacing it with a stainless mid section and a few questions have sprung to mind... 1. What effect do the "sport utility" stainless systems have on turbo functioning and general on-road performance -...

Thanks tig, thats set me straight! I am going to change the timing belt for sure... there's a good 5mm worn off the old belt where its been rubbing against the timing belt cover and loads of fibres everywhere! any ideas why this would happen? maybe the eejit who fitted it didnt push it all the...

Hi all, am currently fitting a replacement 200tdi to my defender. I got a second hand unit out of a disco and now have the engines sitting next to eachother and am looking at the differences between them. obviously the inlet/exhaust manifold and trubo are different, and the engine mounts...

The engine is out of the vehicle (well actually hanging above it on a hoist) and the ladder frame has been removed - dont i wish i had a 300tdi?! i will try moving the crankpin to TDC - maybe the conrod didnt fit through because it was at the wrong angle. have already had the piston sticking up...

Silly question for the day.... i'm trying to get my pistons out . the haynes says once the bottom half of the bigend has been removed and the top half lifted off the crankpin, you can push the conrod and piston up and out through the bore - well i know this may sound stupid but the big end...

sorry, this is uncharted territory for me, have had a local mechanic look at it and he's set me straight on a few areas... well luckily i'm a fast learner, so am now VERY aware of the difference between a push-rod and a connecting rod... one's easy-peasy to take out, and other's an absolute bugger!

Well folks... i now have the head off... couple of pushrods on piston 4 slightly bent otherwise looks ok on 1st inspection. rotated engine... no.4 piston is only coming up to bout 1/4 inch BELOW the top of the piston bore! so today though i'd try and have a look at piston 4... refer to the...

how come you snapped the timing belt? did water get in there? my neighbour was saying something about a drain plug or something in the timing belt cover, maybe i should have it out just in case any water's gotten in there althouhg i'm not sure how it could!? will deffi ately have the shaft off...