jeremy996

You probably need to warm it up. All of the standard underseal products become reluctant to leave the can if they are cold. They need a lot of shaking too. Stick it in a bucket of hot water for 10 minutes and give it a long shake.

I think all Land Rovers were made to be difficult; 5th gear has fallen off mine.

I have looked at the guide and decided that my fitter days are long past! (I've been an accountant/IFA for 30+ years). It is a daily, (20k a year), but I have access to alternative vehicles. For the moment I have been promised a "known working" second hand replacement, just got to fetch it on Saturday, 170 miles each way.

It looks similar to the OX flatpack truck: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/worlds-first-flat-pack-truck-shell-commissions-prototype-india-trip That is a Gordon Murray design, so I guess this design stuff is hard.

Looks like I have broken my LT77 gearbox as 5th gear brings forth grinding noises and no forward motion. This was an Ashcroft recon in 2008 and has done about 135k since then. I have just looked at the cost of another Ashcroft box and my wallet has gone into hiding. (£846 inc £200 core charge and £35 return carriage). Has any forum member got a used box they are confident will work that they would be willing to sell to me for eBay money? Does any forum member trust another reconditioner enough to recommend them? Assuming they cost less than Ashcroft.

Just to update an old thread, my lights stopped behaving quite so badly when I waxoiled the rear chassis after a dry spell. When the rebuild commenced, it was clear that the rear wiring in the chassis members was in a poor state and the insulation was shot.

Sounds like a plan - I'll report back after some experimenting.

My 110CSW has just started blowing blue smoke when pulling away in the morning. From a cold start, I get a puff of black smoke, then a haze of blue while ticking over, then a big cloud of blue smoke when pulling away from my house. Once it is warm it seems fine, although it seems to produce a little more black smoke when accelerating hard than before. I'm doing 22-24k miles a year, so I have to expect bits to break/wear out, (and it is 7 years from the heavy rebuild). Any suggestions what the fix is likely to be and any diagnostic tests I should conduct?

Who is the dealer? Some are brilliant, but some are crooks, so who is selling it? Post the name on here and see if you get any reaction. Is it theirs or is it on consignment? If it is theirs, then sale of good act applies. If it is on consignment then it can be hard to pin it on them, (although they will still be liable). 6 months warranty. Insurance backed or return to supplying dealer for rectification? Maximum claim value? Any specific exclusions? A warranty is only as good as the person who backs it. Read the fine print! Any pictures? Never buy a Land Rover on age or mileage. Condition is the only thing that matters and can be a pain to establish. Take someone who knows about Land Rovers and won't get carried away by the emotion of getting a new toy. The price is neither here nor there - at £13k it could be a bargain or a money pit.

The worst wobble I had was a slightly loose steering box - it was tight, but just not tight enough. Pushing by hand was not possible; to get movement you needed a pry bar.

If you are mixing it with diesel and there is not frost on the ground, I'd be astonished if you had a problem. (HMRC would want to put road fuel duty on new oil used as fuel - the concessions are for bio-diesel and used oil).

I've used gallons of it in my 200Tdi, rarely as new oil, sometimes as time expired, sometimes as feedstock for bio-diesel and most often as used oil. It just works. (322k on the truck, 180k on veg oil using a diesel-veg two tank set up). The only issue I have with soya is that it goes viscous at low temperatures.

Black smoke on startup is absolutely normal; it's an analogue engine, so the first squirts of fuel do not combust. The white smoke suggests some fuel leak down if it is not steam. My diff lock light only ever works intermittently - the longest it has worked consistently is only a month, (and my gearbox was an Ashcroft rebuild).

Just spent most of the afternoon driving a commuity nurse around the wilds of Rutland as a volunteer for Leicestershire & Rutland 4x4 Response. The nurse had scared herself half to death in a BMW 3 series with the usual tyres in the morning at Ketton when a snow shower hit. Around here in Melton Mowbray it looks like a sprinkling of icing sugar; Ketton has about 4 inches and that side of Rutland has between 2-6" depending on which showers hit when. I love my 110 dearly and it is capable in snow, but I decided that one country road was more risk than I wanted to handle; an even coating of ice under a couple on inches of powder snow on a significant downslope. So explaining to my passenger that I was a wuss, I reversed to a gateway and did a three point turn, then drove a longer route on level, or at least, treated roads.

I'm with Daan, although some UK drivers are pants, at least they are better than some others! (Saying that, it is a low bar). In France once I was attacked by a Clio going the wrong way in a superstore car park. Defender bumpers make a mess of Clios. I was expecting it to be a fight, (language barrier etc.), and NFU Mutual kept the file open but photographs and a good statement meant we never heard anything very again. (Damage to Defender, a bit of orangey paint on a galv. front bumper; I scrubbed it off with a scourer). I've had a few idiots pull out on me, the dopiest being a driver of an early Ford Focus that pulled out into my passenger front step, yelled at me that I should have given way, (she was not even indicating), then drove off without exchanging details. I understand that the Police offered "words of advice" but they were not willing to prosecute. I hadn't the heart to take it further as it took me about 5 minutes to straighten the step but the Focus looked like it had been chewed by a T. Rex. Looking at Mr Smith's clips, I guess it is time for a dash cam.

A video on "Fully Charged" with Robert Llewellyn. A big battery version would fit my life 98% of the time.

Yes, mine did this. Stop the clock by pulling the fuse then restart it and set the time. Hopefully, it will continue in the right direction. Repeat until it is going forwards!

Mutley, Looking at your location you might be interested when Leicestershire & Rutland 4x4 Response do our next set of driver checks for new members. We usually get a pay and play site as a block booking and offer day tickets to non-members. The last few have been at Stainby, not too far from the A1.

It makes Fix it again Toni or Fixed or repaired daily seem tame. There is a lot of repressed anger there.

Run, don't walk away! The comments on the fundraiser suggest that scam/delusional would be appropriate. He says he knows about 4x4 Response, but comes up with some bull**** about why it has to be so "extreme". If any fundraising cannot quote a charity number, then don't give money. (A charity number is a very basic test and is hardly proof of good intent, but it is a start and filters out the dreamers!) If you want to give money for a charitable 4x4 capability, look at the mountain rescue teams, lowland rescue or 4x4 Response, all of whom will have charity numbers! (I'm treasurer for Leicestershire & Rutland 4x4 Response).

Works for me! At the end of the day, if someone really wants your truck, they'll take it, be it a HIAB or knife in the face for the keys. Its inanimate and should be insured, so let it go! All you need to do is make it less attractive/less easy to steal than the other one the thieves can get at.

One of the terms for your insurance is that you will relay any correspondence, so forward it. If the insurance company does not settle the third party claim, the third party can sue you personally for it.