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    European Breakdown Cover

    in International Forum

    Posted

    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 :rolleyes: )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

    Urgent LT77 Gearbox advice !

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Personaly not got a clue :blink:

    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!

    Urgent LT77 Gearbox advice !

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    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 :o 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

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    Leaking Transfer box

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Just reading back through this thread I noticed reference to using thread lock to fit the output bearing.

    While the use of a Loctite (other brands are available) product such as 'Retainer' is perfectly acceptible if a bearing is a LITTLE bit loose, Thread Lock is not the same product, and is not intended for use in this application. The major difference between these products is their viscosity, and gap filling capabilities.

    See here for Loctite Product Applications

    The correct grade Retainer is capable of performing sealing operations. Not all grades of Thread Lock are sealers.

    Hope this helps.

    Hi Les

    Yeh but are they any good ??

    Leaking Transfer box

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Join the club :angry::angry::angry:

    I also changed the rear flange seal that was pishing oil out (No hand brake) but not the flange :angry: , 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)

    Leaking Transfer box

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Thanks. Tried that one and the old one. Can't remember which leaked more :o

    If you've had success with that i'll give it another go. TA.

    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 :o:o

    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 :rolleyes: Anybody had any experience with the larger recessed plate/cooler that replaces the flat inspection plate on the transfer box???

    Cheers Jason

    Leaking Transfer box

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Had the bearing out again and it's not a "sloppy fit" as thought :unsure:

    Will try again with a new flange as the flange after further investigation was not as good as I thought :rolleyes: still would'nt have thought that it would let it leak to that extent!

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

    Leaking Transfer box

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Hi

    The seal on the front transfer box output shaft is leaking badly on my 110 200tdi (yeh I know they all do bla,bla,bla...... this is realy badly,). Changed the seal (genuine LR part),the flange is ok, still leaking, as there seamed to be a lot of play in the output shaft I did it again changing the output bearing but the old bearing and new bearing came out and went in far to easily-still leaking !!!!

    The only thing that I can think of is that the bearing is a sloppy fit in the housing hence the play and the reason why the seal is failing, would thread lock on the bearing cure this or just be a bodge??? I have another transfer box in bits that does'nt have any play in the front output shaft.Is it possible to change the output shaft houseing in situ if need be ???

    Any help or advice much appreciated as it's doing my kin head in !

    Cheers Jason

    Defender Mud Flaps

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    I use series mudflaps on my 110, only cost about £8 snakes a pair, you have to mod them a bit to fit them to the rear cross member as the angle is different but they do the job and being rubber as apose to plastic don't split like the standerd 110 do or get ripped off (as much).

    freelander 2001 td4 error code

    in Freelander Forum

    Posted

    Sorry to bring an old one up but I have exactly the same problem! Googled it to death, and can only come up with this thread!!

    The wifes 2001 td4 freelander lost power and the mil light came on about a month ago, took it to a garage mate of mine who has a very expensive fault reader, wiped it but the mil light came straight back on again- code: P1612.

    It has run sweet as ever since but the mil light is still on. Problem is that I'm in France and the local LR garage is not an option as they are incompetant robbing gits!

    Any help much appreciated.

    Thanks in advance Jason

    110 Sw 300Tdi what can u get for £5K?

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Many thanks for all your help/advice everybody especialy jasonG4110 who has been a proper great chap helping me to take my "rose coloured" glasses off on certain vehicles that I have found.

    Eventualy bought a 110 SW 200tdi off e-bay (after nearly going mad)from a realy nice couple (it helps, especialy if you are over 1000km's away ) and will be going to pick it up Easter weekend.

    Thanks once again for all your help & offers!

    Jason

    110 Sw 300Tdi what can u get for £5K?

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    They can be found, you just have to bide your time, if you brought one from e-bay without seeing it and it was a dog when you got there you can always walk away, don't beleive the non refund deposit if you pay the deposit via paypal and the item is not as described you can get your money back from the, we did when we brought the 110 for the brewery. If you found something in the Oxfordshire/Berkshire/Buckinghamshire area I would be happy to go and take a look for you and the holiday Idea would also be nice....biggrin.gif

    Have you tried putting an add on ebay but listing it as wanted, advertise a picture of a 110 for 99p but say you want one it will cost you very little and is worth a go? People do it for stolen Landys all the time.

    Jason.

    Thanks a lot for that Jason :) Very helpful advice ;)

    I had thought about e-bay wanted add but did'nt know if it could be done!

    Will let you know how I get on.

    Jason

    110 Sw 300Tdi what can u get for £5K?

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Very high demand for them at the moment is making it difficult :(

    And why do you think that is?? The snow you have had recently?? There seem to be a lot about at dealers that are'nt shifting or making their reserve on fleabay!

    The right vehicle will come along though, in time. I'm planning to build one some time in the future, would rather sink 5-10k into a rebuild of an 80s genuine CSW than spend the same amount on a newer one. I appreciate that's no good if you don't have the time/resources to do so though.

    Good luck with your search.

    I have a poorly 109 sw safari but I can't see it on the road in the near future!

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