Jason2

How do batty ! Skin full of Rouge & Marc the master of tents-sorted :hysterical: Sorry mate can't help, don't even know where it is ????

Your welcome matey Nice to meet you and your family and see your amazeing set up

Great stuff Jason Thanks for the report, we were wondering how you got on! Jason

Hi jason How you doing? all ready for off ? My experience in over 20 years out here in France is that the Breakdown cover is useless (unless it can't be fixed and they will take you & vehicle home). As you know we have a holiday rental and nearly every year some bod breaks down (non Land Rovers )The last being a family in a Ford Galexy where the alternator went just before the end of their Holiday and it went like this. All Thursday morning on the phone, Breakdown truck turns up Thursday afternoon to pick vehicle up and take it to a Ford dealer over 40 miles away when there was one a lot nearer.Unlike in the UK the drivers refuse to look at the vehicle on the spot so it might have been just a loose wire. Our client went with the breakdown truck and got a Taxi back that evening. Friday morning Garage comfirmed that the alternator was duff but were unable to say when they could get a replacement or fit it as they were too busy (every ones on Holiday in France in August) As we had new clients arriveing Saturday the breakdown cover arranged for a Taxi to come and pick them up Saturday Morning and take them 40 miles to a Hotel at Poitiers that was still at least 40 miles from the garage. Cut a long story short our client had to go mental with the garage and they managed to get it fixed for the following Monday afternoon and charged him nearly £900 The breakdown cover was great paying for everthing but the repair, hotel,taxi etc... but let down by the garage, I could probably tell you another 10 tales like this that have happened to clients over the years. My advice is if you can fix it your self do Have a safe trip and see you Wednesday Jason

Personaly not got a clue Copied from another forum from a guy that rebuilds gearboxs "if its clip that goes onto selector shaft its fitted onto shaft just behind where it comes out of bearing plate,only fitted on defender boxes" I have a Disco LT77 box in bits and can't find a clip anything like, mind you I did'nt take it in bit's so might have been lost!

Thanks a million Retroanoconda Star man Part ordered, after further investigation this clip is only on Defender gearboxs hence the reason why I can't find it on my LT77 in bit's as it's off a Discovery! Many thanks once again. Jason

Thanks western I will have a third look at my box in bit's tomorrow as it's dark now.

Hi Just been serviceing the 110 200tdi today as we are off to Morocco in two weeks and when I dropped the oil in the gearbow this was stuck to the magnetic drain plug Half a circlip, 20mm diameter, looks like it goes on to a 10mm shaft! oil was well full of bronze bit's too! I have a LT 77 box in bits (long story) and can't find anything like it ?????? Not over worried as I once found a similar chewed up thing in my series 3 box that's still going strong but still ? Box was reconditioned 20k ago and first oil change at 10K was no sign of nasties! Anyone shed any light? Thanks in advance Jason

Hi Les Yeh but are they any good ??

My breathers are fine! Anyone any experience with 75/80 gear oil??? & the bigger oil capacity plate cooler that replaces the flat one (ashcrofts sell them for £65 snakes) ?????

Join the club I also changed the rear flange seal that was pishing oil out (No hand brake) but not the flange , tried checking the surface with micrometers but not feasable as the seal runs on a very thin surface. I suspect that one is leaking again but too early to be sure! Flanges are cheap as chips so I would recomend to safe the hassle change flange,output seal & bearing (easy to get out, take out the circlip holding it in,put the flange and nut back and you can use the half shaft as a bearing puller by tapping the flange forward aginst the nut)

That one was the first one I tried and it leaked straight after, I have just changed the flange and when I ordered new seal from same company they sent me a genuine LR seal. Not leaking now so was it the flange or the seal ??? Spoke to a Landy box re-con guy and he said that they always fit genuine LR seals otherwise they all leak!! Changed oil at the same time for millers 75/80 semi synthetic and I now have more undetermined leaks from the Transfer box Anybod else has experience with this ? Going to Morocco this summer and think the 75/80 might be too thin anyway! And yet another question Anybody had any experience with the larger recessed plate/cooler that replaces the flat inspection plate on the transfer box??? Cheers Jason

To the best of my knowledge there is now only one that supercedes 2 seperate ones http://cgi.ebay.fr/LAND-ROVER-OIL-SEAL-LT230-TRANSFER-BOX-FLANGE-FTC4939-/390245013901?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5adc6a598d

Put a new bearing back in with a dab off thread lock, new seal & flange and touch wood it's not leaking any more

Had the bearing out again and it's not a "sloppy fit" as thought Will try again with a new flange as the flange after further investigation was not as good as I thought still would'nt have thought that it would let it leak to that extent!