Jon White

Yipe! You can buy flex sections in various sizes to cut and weld in. They’re not expensive - must be a cheaper solution

If it’s a standard landrover part swing into Keith gotts in Alton they will almost certainly have one on the shelf.

Why not just omit the half shafts - job done

I have this one from screwfix. https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-air-hose-reel-x-15m/2517h quite happy with it and air hose seems to be decent quality. jon

Check the inertia switch - possible it’s got knocked during the repair work and needs resetting.

Why on earth didn’t you go 24spline on the inners?

Cough, 200tdi and 34” simex jungle trekkers

Mine came from China via eBay, and works perfectly. I think it cost about £10. It came with the compression fitting and I just needed to drill and tap the hole.

Get a smaller torque wrench!

“Alternative cubic capacities of the same basic engine and alternative original equipment engines are not considered to be a substantial change. If the number of cylinders in an engine is different from the original it’s likely to be, but not necessarily, the case that the current engine is not alternative original equipment.” The 2.5 is the same basic engine as the 2.25. No issue.

I’m sure Nige will post a video shortly of the rebuild 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Breaker bar is all you need. Halfords advances are very good with a lifetime guarantee at a reasonable price (very reasonable price if you’ve access to a trade card)

Keith gott

Why not just buy the Southdown ones if it’s a Southdown snorkel? They work well and are stainless.

What gearbox, what transfer box and what size tyres?

Agree. They always seem to get separated. Learn what the components look like individually and keep your eyes peeled.

I don’t think anyone has made the kits for years. As fridge says they turn up used from time to time.

Bear in mind that a defender column is longer than a series column, so it puts the steering wheel several inches closer to the driver when fitting.

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The only difference is the length of the thread where it bolts through the steering arm. The series ones are shorter. You can use a defender tre on a series, but series ones on a defender are a bit short and you can barely get the thread through the nyloc. Defender steering arms are thicker than series. the taper is the same, and the thread that goes into the rods is the same.

I did the same with my m8000 recently and was shocked at how corroded it was also. i galvafroided mine, but I have subsequently picked up a replacement drum at Newbury for £5 so will fit that at some point. jon

Stub axle bolts are 3/8” BSF. Don’t believe they were ever metric, but it’s entirely possible that a pattern part supplier has made stubs with 10mm holes because these days metric is the standard....

As all the above have said. Classic symptoms of a poor or missing earth. jon

I found a 10v solid state one was too high a voltage - I believe the old mechanical one is a “nominal” 10v which in reality never really is 10v. I swapped mine to a 9v and it’s much better now. Jon

Speedy cables repair gauges