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How can they get one to Harry on extended loan but they delayed getting Jeremy the one he had actually coughed up the cash for for weeks and weeks?! Doesnt seem quite right.
Be interesting to see what he says about it all the same.
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12 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said:
If that were the case it would not help the problem at hand which is lubricating the rear bearing - the rest of the OD gets plenty of oil from the LT230 through the PTO hole, it just doesn't make its way to the rear bearing as much as it might.
The job at hand is trickling a small amount of oil into the back of the housing, which a "catcher" pickup and small external pipe would do.
Only reason I'm not doing that right now is I don't have the time for it and my OD and LT230 are working happily, if I ever have to have them apart or even just have the LT230 cover off I will be looking at adding this mod.
I get what you are trying to do - my suggestion was to use those holes to create an oil pick up from which you could direct oil to the back of the OD with a pipe from the pickup.
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16 hours ago, Northwards said:
This does make perfect sense. I can follow precisely what you’re suggesting. I think if you were designing an overdrive from scratch that would certainly be worth considering, or at very least taking more advantage of the oil capture pipe that’s in Ped’s pic. But I think this would mean significant re-engineering of the existing Roamerdrive casing, and also the TBox one. I know that at least some of the 6 bolts holding on the Roamerdrive (and the PTO cover where there’s nothing fitted) go into blind holes with no oil feed so you’d also need to open them up.
I’ve been too busy to even think about this recently, but I had started to think that the easiest way around this might actually be as someone suggested, to get a low-flow pump suitable for underneath the car, and then rig it up to some sort of thermostatically controlled timer such that it would only activate when the transfer box was up to temperature, and then on a timed basis - just delivering a wee ‘slug’ of oil every 5 minutes or so.
Edit - …and as a ‘PS’ - part number FRC6933 ( the oil catcher in the pics above) is on a ‘clearance’ price at Craddock’s. £40 as opposed to £200+.
I’ve gone for it, as even if I don’t fit any kind of pump, this cannot be a bad thing to fit the next time I have the Roamerdrive off. The better the flow of oil into the unit, from wherever it comes, would surely help that vulnerable rear bearing.
Ah, you are right I think. I had it in my head that some of those PTO cover bolts went straight into the open casing. If they did then the top one would be prime candidate for this I think. One downside would be that it wouldnt be as effective if bouncing around at all angles off road but then i guess the OD would be unlikely to be under load at that point.
Although - doesnt the part shown by PED go through a standard hole at the back of the txb?
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Could you adapt/use one of the bolts or bolt locations that holds the OD onto the txb for this?
If you used a long threaded bar that extended into the txb, drilled the centre so it was hollow, adapted the end in the txb so that it had an oil catcher and adapted the other end so it would take a pipe to the location on the OD? If you made the centre drilling gradually wider in diameter, that might give you some sort of venuri type effect to pull oil through? On the outside, just run a nut up the bar so it still does the holding job?
No idea if that makes sense but it does in my head. Could potentially try it without removing anything either...
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On 5/11/2023 at 5:40 PM, smallfry said:
I tend to run my vehicles to destruction as I hate the process of selling
Im exactly the same. Hate selling vehicles as i seem to attract numpties when i try. Its a shame as ihave an l322 to offload but just cant face the sales process!
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I have a no brand (assume chinese) copy of the easi awn. Toured a lot with it and its fine. Hard wearing, waterproof, comfy and easy to use. We can get it up in 5 mins and down in about the same. I dont bother with the ground skirt often unless we are staying somewhere for a longer time.
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16 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said:
I have a feeling they do some stuff on social meeja but since I don't do that I've not seen any.
Agree a more in-depth "behind the scenes" channel on Youtube would be interesting.
Yeah - i would miss that too as this is the closest to social media i get.
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7 hours ago, Snagger said:
It might work if you get good presenters, like Richard and Nick - because they are long term friends, their relationship and banter is clearly genuine and so doesn’t grate against the dryer subject matter, and I think a lot of people, especially men, are getting fed up of the fake fly on the wall emotionally manipulating scripted carp. Look at the figures for those shows and it’s declining (though fast enough) while a lot of streaming is increasing.
I enjoy car SOS, but agree the whole emotional reveal and sob story bits are a turn off. Just find a deserving candidate, tell them you are going to do a good job on their beloved car and get it done without a stupid fake deadline so you can do a better job without the amateur dramatics of the deceptions and stress.
I don't know. I would happily listen to Fuzz chat through what they are doing in the same way I don't actually mind Ed China's bits on the old Wheeler Dealers. Agree, that the Richard and Nick show on Binky is good and makes it more watchable.
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2 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said:
Agree, but...
Also agree with this - they (OK, Fuzz) seem to actually do stuff properly and thoroughly and - within the limits of a popular TV show - they do actually show technical stuff where they can.
Tim is a tedious ar5e though and his "bits" are excruciatingly awful, as is the "Here's your car, please cry for the cameras" reveal.
I sometimes wonder if they should do a youtube channel of some of the actual technical bits - a bit like Binky. Probably no money at all in it for the time it would take but would be interesting to dip in and out of some of the detail of the technical bits.
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Sorry. You do say its a 300tdi. Still check though.
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4 hours ago, Northwards said:
Are we talking something like a mechanical version of the 'blade of grass whistle'
Yup. Common on the td5 if the manifold warps (which they love to do)
Whats your engine? I may have missed it. Be less common on a tdi i would think as the gasket is different IIRC. But still worth a look for soot marks around the exhaust gaskets or boost leaks elsewhere as Muddy says.
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1 hour ago, muddy said:
It sounds like a boost leak or exhaust manifold leak to me. I have a rubber cap that fits over the turbo inlet with an air fitting so you can use a compressor to pressurise the inlet system and check for air leaks, very useful on Mercedes sprinters as they have all many of air issues.
I was about to say manifold gasket too. My manifold is warped again on the D2 TD5 and that means the gasket will whistle and screech under load at about the same revs as yours and slighty higher if I push it (its as the turbo kicks in which ties in somewhat with what Nick said above). I know what it is, so am not worried in my case and will fix it at some point but worth looking at the manifolds on yours.
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1 hour ago, western said:
Spacer between engine timing case & lower end of the alternator adjuster link, IIRC the spacer is 45mm long.
I thought you would know.
OP check its there. Without it, it couldbe enough to cause poor pulley alignment?
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Isnt there a spacer somewhere on the slotted tensioner arm on a 200tdi alternator? If there was and it was missing would malalignment cause this?
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47 minutes ago, Snagger said:
Bedford? The one at Newport Pagnell was terrible too. I don’t think any of them were any good.
Hatfield. So not far away at all. Treated us like idiots. Very unpleasant experience really.
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2 hours ago, Snagger said:
When we went to buy Helena her 90 through the Approved scheme, the McGovern disciple salesman persisted in telling us we were “wrong”, that we’d hate a Defender and how we really ought to have an Ewok. I said we weren’t interest in those but loved Defenders, and that I’d looked in the through the window and clearly wouldn’t fit the seats. He insisted I try it (even though it wasn’t going to be my car), and sure enough, the side bolsters pressed against the back of my ribs, the seat at least a foot too narrow. Awful thing. I did that to shut him up, but no, he continued to deride the Defender and say what an awful vehicle it was, how it’d be canned imminently (this was 2011) and continued to indirectly insult our intelligence and instruct us on what we should like. That is the modern company through and through.
I didnt read this before I replied. Its like we went to the same dealership!
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2 hours ago, Gazzar said:
If you showed up at a main dealer with a tatty working vehicle, you'd soon agree that snagger was being restrained.
And Mr McGovern was very clear that appearances mattered as much or more than engineering. I paraphrase but I remember him saying that big rims are a core part of the brand.
I did. Went to look at a new (old style) defender and drove there in my 200tdi 110. I got stuck in the darkest corner of the dealership and when they found out we werent 'evoquing' (as they put it) we got assigned an inexperienced sales apprentice who didnt know anything. The 2.4 was no nicer than my 110 after a test drive so we left unimpressed with the entire experience.
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Bit more info too. https://thelandroverowner.proboards.com/thread/315/sealing-adwest-bolt-steering-box
I dont think the link works but some useful text. A few peole tried to save the content of the old lro forum but when lro pulled the plug a lot/most drifted away.
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Same as these chaps ^^^ i hope it comes on saturday so we can get a real review and your long wait is over!!
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11 hours ago, L19MUD said:
31.75mm if other are looking
Sadly the how to guide has been lost on the LRO forum
@Nigelw Do you have a copy of that guide somewhere please?
The old forum used to be available in searchable form through here - https://thelandroverowner.proboards.com/board/1/general-discussion
OG (user and admin on the proboards link stopped hosting it I think, but he may have a saved copy somewhere. Havent seen NigelW post on here for years but he may pick this up - his email is in his profile and it suggests he looked in in Feb though)
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4 hours ago, L19MUD said:
Anyone using one of these on a steering output shaft? Getting pretty bored of the leak now despite changing the seals
The size would be helpful!
That fella who did up a disco 1 used one i seem to recall. I cant remember his username though. Name was Nigel but dont think that was his username on here. He stated the size and how to do it from what i remember. I think there was something about the lip.on the sleeve.
@Nigelw - remembered his name. Search his posts.
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Nice thread. Thanks for posting.
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I agree with the others. It shouldn't have been sold like that.
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It is a shame. I used to love reading it. I felt it went downhill some time ago and stopped buying it around 2012 but maybe there is only so much one reader can or wants to read. Their bolt on obsession with anything britpart and attitude in its latter days to the old lro forum was annoying.
Harry is testing one …
in The New Ineos Grenadier
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I get that. I just thought demonstrators should be down the prioroty list when folk like Jeremy have actually paid.