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As above most likely a half shaft... even if its diff you will need to remove the shafts to get it out, so you may aswel pull them out and have a look. I would recommend buying second hand original stuff. 20 quid on a genuine original shaft or 30quid on a new one thats made from cheese string! no comparison!

I run a webber 400cfm carb on edelbrock manifold on my off roader. It sits level normally but obviously off roading aint level! I used to get problems with the carb overfuelling as the floats would stick open on incline or decent. Found I could get an 'offroad kit' for it, which basically replaced the float needles with sprung loaded ones that had a viton rubber tip to the seats. since fitting them I can honestly say ive never had problems since. I offroad regularly and compete and I would not swap the setup I have! I am even in the 20's with mpg on the road which for a series landrover aint bad! see if theres any kits available for your carb, or you may do a couple of plug chop tests. do a few with it on the angle then try it with the wedge plate in and no bonnet. see if theres much of a difference betweeen the 2.

Definately gearbox? if it still sounds like a 'tapping' even going up through the gears then could it not be somthing slower turning? The only reason I say this is because you said its fine in low range, it may be to do with the dog clutch engaging the front prop for 4 wheel drive. maybe the 'clunk' you heard had somthing to do with it knocking in when it shouldn't have and now its damaged somthing. but fully engaging 4 wheel drive may cover up the issue. I could be completely wrong but it may be worth a check before you rip the box appart to find its somthing more simple Try getting up to road speed in high range, then, still rolling, keep the clutch pressed down and pull the red lever to neutral. if the noise is still there then you know its after gearbox (anything that is being back driven by the wheels) if the noise goes then its somthing in the gearbox or the top of the transfer box (because these parts are now stationary) you could also do the same thing but have the main box in neutral and keep the transfer in gear this would also test the output shaft of the main box. by listening for the noise using process of elimination you should be able to pinpoint it.

The load is quite far forward of the axle so you have to remeber alot of the weight of the trailer is on the hitch. If the trailer weight is say 300kg.. there may only be 200kg on the axle (at a guess from the picture). Thats only 100kg per wheel which the indespension units would hardly notice, especially when the rubber is old. It probably feels like there is no suspension at all knowing those things. Trailers are normally designed to almost be balanced on there axle(s), so wheel becomes the pivot point of the load. The way yours is set up I would suggest trying softer indespension units or something a bit more forgiving. or you could always lower your tire pressures even up to 30% for the weight that is on them. I would expect the trailer to behave alot better if you take some of the air out, so that the wheel wont bounce off the tarmac as much (the tire will absorb more of the energy as opposed to storing it)

check out http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/home/homepage.php They have a good range of old style lucas equipment. if they dont have it on the website give them a call as most of the time they can get hold of it. As for the brake light switch it may be a pressure switch fitted to the first branch from the master cylinder. I changed my 2a one to a push type that is mounted on the master cylinder, it operates off the push rod. I found it more reliable and you can set its operation to the positon of the pedal easily. Doesn't stay on or flicker if the brakes are a bit slow at operating.

does the bearing separate from the metal extension piece? That is a standard size bearing aside the extra black part. I run a standard clutch system on my 2a v8 hybrid, to shorten the distance to the pressure plate from the gearbox there is an extra thick triangular piece in the contact face of the pressure plate (ill try upload a photo to make it simpler) this is the same idea with yours except yours happens to be on the thrust piece side.

where are you based duncan? Ive got a 'M' reg discovery had front impact so its been sitting in the field waiting to be broken up for the last 4years. Its complete all bits are spare except for the gearbox we want to keep as its a recon unit 20k ago.

sorry for the slow response. yep ive got paypal. i'll take the backplates off tomorrow and weigh them first to see what the post will cost and PM you back. I'll mark on them left and right (the snail adjusters point forward on the axle)

from what I understand series 1+2 box internals are the same,early 2a is different. then late 2a and 3 are the same (fully synchro) however there are variations on ratios which can be found easily on the internet. i dont know about the bell housing compatibility. all the series boxes mount and bolt in in the same way if you do a complete swap

when i ordered a pair of defender mirrors they turned up in britpart boxes but i thought theres surely no way even sh*tpart could get mirrors wrong... the lens fell out the second time i drove it out.

8quid the pair sound ok? + whatever post costs me (got an account with tnt though) did you need any of the other bits like drums? im pretty sure there still smooth

did you just fit the 1 ton shackles with no other modifications? did it make much improvement?

dont know about the swapping.... ive got a spare series 3 axle i could take the back plates off if you cant fit the defender ones. 10" leading+ trailing.

Back off the shoes and grab the drum see how much play there is. The seal wears out because of excessive movement of the output shaft, this can be either loose castle nut on the drum or the output shaft bearings need tightening. There are shims between the transfer box and speedo drive housing, these are removed to take up the slack in the bearings. Its worth taking the speedo unit off to help remove the seal anyway. Also there is a felt seal on the output shaft to be changed, its the same as used in the axle halfshafts.

ive got the performer setup on my 3.5 (an investment by a previous owner) but as everyone knows not good off road. I spoke to the guys at v8 tuner who said persevere with it before spending money or changing too much. Have you guys used the edelbrock before if so how did it work for you and did you give up with it?