[Salisbury Rear Diff Pinion Bearings]

I usually grind it thin and then crack it but you can use a line of weld and use the weld bead to knock it off the shaft.

Les

[Foamy tape stuff under tub cappings]

Some of it is water proof and some is just a sticky strip of sponge so be careful what you buy.

Les

[discovery 2 cv joints]

Britpart are generally regarded as very poor quality parts. Consider the amount of hassle when the new part fails prematurely.

Les.

[Fitted a new hub/bearing to the D2 - failed on trst drive]

Could be a manufacturing fault. Some years ago Bearmach had a bad stock of clutch thrust bearings with no grease in them.

Les.

[head gasket change without setting timing]

It's sometimes taken me an hour or more to get an air lock out. I don't think you need to take it apart again.

Les

[Hole in aluminimum, Tig, braze, bolt or grommet ?]

P38 filler will do the job.

Les

[head gasket change without setting timing]

Water rising without bubbles is usually an air lock. As the air is heated it expands and pushes the water level up (when you switch the engine off it goes back down). It sometimes does take ages to bleed the system. You can try repeatedly squeezing and releasing the top radiator hose. Also turn the heater to hot.

I'm in Swindon, Wilts.

Les

[head gasket change without setting timing]

You have to bleed the cooling system. Did you do that?

Les

[Disco 2 brake pipe flare]

ferpect

Les

[Disco 2 brake pipe flare]

You absolutely MUST replace pipe ends like for like. Male fittings typically have mushroom pipe ends and female fittings have trumpet pipe ends.

Les

[Cross drilled input gear]

Gear mesh means that you have to twist and pull as Vulcan Bomber says. Both boxes in neutral as other gears need to be able to move.

Les

[Leak between manifold en down pipe]

Clean the soot off and use something like Gun Gum to seal it.

Les

[head gasket change without setting timing]

I've done dozens of head gaskets on this particular engine. If the liners have only lifted a small amount, then press them back down. I've never yet had to remove the sump and if the head bolts will screw in, then there's no problem.

"There are seals between liner and block to stop oil getting into sump" Water into the sump

Les

[head gasket change without setting timing]

Crank has to be set before the head is fitted as this puts all the pistons halfway down the bores. The cams can then be set once the head is refitted and then the timing belt.

[head gasket change without setting timing]

Not if it's a K-series. Wet liner engine.

Les.

[head gasket change without setting timing]

What engine?

Les

[Defender td5 head removal]

The noise you can hear is most likely the head just letting go. The gasket sticks to some extent as you'll find out when you have to scrape the bits off

Les.

[Copper brake pipes -Td5?]

The old wives tale of copper brake pipe failing through vibration is a load of rubbish. I have repaired cars for approx 30 years and have mostly used copper brake pipe and have never had or heard of the pipe failing. It wouldn't be approved for use if there was a risk of it fracturing (BS 2871 part 3, CN102 as well as BS EN 12451.1999.) It can easily be bent to shape (don't kink it though). Fittings are M10 x 1mm and are about 10p each if you buy them singly. A pack contains about 25ft and I get it for £16.

Les.

[Removing pins from an electrical connector]

There's a small tab near the base of the pin that prevents it from coming back out (in the direction of the wire). You have to press the tab flat while pushing the pin out (in the direction of the wire).

If you have a new pin, then you'll see what I mean.

Les.

[Question about Classic Land Rover Show in Gaydon]

Been there twice

I would say Saturday as people that are displaying start to back up partway through Sunday in order to get back home for work, etc, on Monday.

Les

[Think it's time for a new drive belt, any advise? Td5 D2]

Gates and Dayco are good.

Draw a sketch of the route the belt takes, release the tensioner and remove/ replace. There's not much of a gap so it's a bit fiddly.

Les

[Any ideas why this happened?]

You could ask Turners.

Les

[Any ideas why this happened?]

Oil strainer in the sump would prevent particles beyond the size of the mesh holes to get into the system. Bits that drop into the sump tend to stay there anyway.

It might be worth dropping it - just for the peace of mind and to check/ replace crank shells. Of course - with the head and sump off you can thoroughly check most of the internal components with the exception of things such as small ends, piston rings, etc.

Les.

[300tdi Clutch Change]

I'd get it skimmed. Patches on the contact area look like the results of clutch judder. Round here I can get a flywheel skimmed along with removal of the pegs for £30, so along with the cost of new flywheel bolts it's no big deal and well worth the peace of mind.

Les

[The EBay Christ I fancy that 4x4 + its cheap thread]

"other than a driving brick"

​But all land Rovers are

Les