[Rear Diff Noise - I Think ?]

Sounds like it could be your gearbox. take off your rear prop shaft and remove the rear halfshafts - go for a drive, if the noise is still there then its something else, if its gone then you have yourself another duff diff!

Steve

does he have to remove the half shaft?

[t-box and gearbox advice]

a little bit of play in all of the components can add up to a big clunk so it's best to try and eliminate these first, however a worn input shaft in the gearbox/transfer box is very likely, especially for the age of your gearbox and that too produces a big clunk but you can check for this first.

the input shaft connects to a gear in the transfer box and it is just behind the power take off plate (a round plate next to the transmision brake drum)

there are pictures of this and how to change it in the technical archive.

[timing belt or timing chain]

Hi Thierry, you have a timing belt

[Retro fit 200tdi snorkel help needed]

200Tdi snorkels that enter through the side of the wing are rubbish. Because the heater box is in there, one has to use the oddly-shaped Land Rover bits, which never seal properly.

Best option in my opinion is a snorkel routed in through the top of the RH wing (through the blank plate) and then a pipe to the airbox. This way it can be sealed properly.

this is what I did with my 90 last year (no pics I'm afraid ) drill a hole in the side of the n/s wing directly in line with the underside of the heater,

then push a piece of flexible hose to reach the air box and connect it. then bend the other end of the flexy to mate with the rigid part of the snorkle,

make sure everthing is sealed up and tight and off you go (with the engine running just blow some smoke towards the snorkle and see it getting sucked in)

[K&N on a snorkel?]

would putting a K&N cone filter on the end(top) of an home made snorkle work? or does the air filter need to be enclosed?

[Organising Trip to France - lanes and offroad site !!]

Right time to get some details up and get some definites down for the trip.

We are looking at the weekend of 16/17th October, gives everyone plenty of time to organise time off money whatever.

The cost of the ferry will be approx £170 for Portsmouth to Le Havre or £225 Portsmouth to Caen, difference being longer drive to the site from Le Havre

There will be a special price of £60 a car for the Laning tour and use of the offroad site for the weekend

So loads of time to get organised, any questions please ask, we really want to start getting some definite names down so we know if we can go ahead with this.

thanks

what's the accomodation arrangements?

[disco 200Tdi-110 intercooler pipe arangement]

just looking at the disco engine ready to go into the 110 and can't work out

the intercooling pipe arrangements, I know the top intercooler pipe goes to the inlet manifold

which of the other two goes to the bottom intercooler pipe and which goes to the air filter box?

[Refurb advice for a newbie!]

land rover monthly magazine changed a brand new LHD dash for a brand new RHD dash some time last year, might be worth dropping them an e-mail to see if they still have it and how muh they want for it.

[oily gearbox selector]

just taken thr tunnel off my bellhoising and the top of the gearbox (selector part ) is covered in oil it looks like it's coming from the selector box,whats happening?

[shock advice needed]

right at the moment my defender 90 has 3inch of lift but the shocks that are fitted give me naff all articulation. i could fit 2inch drop mounts but it still wouldnt be very good.

the shocks at the minute are tuff backs all round i think......

all i was wondering is what shocks people would recommend for a 3inh lift to give good articulation on the back axle. also on a budget

thanks for any advice in advance

are your shocks also + 3"? if not then you will be restricted by there travel limit

[crankshaft rear oil seal]

200Tdi, sorry I should have been a bit clearer

[crankshaft rear oil seal]

what's your hand pressing against? I thought I had to fit the seal into the flywheel housing first?

[crankshaft rear oil seal]

just bought an original crank rear oil seal (ERR2532) and it came with a white plastic insert? wtf?

is this to aid fitting? if so can someone talk me through it.

[crankshaft rear oil seal]

Just putting a 200Tdi from a disco into my old 110 and spotted the rear crank oil seal was leaking so off came the

flywheel and housing ready to fit the new seal, now behind the housing was the remains of a rather large gasket

I'v scraped all the old bits of this gasket off the faces of the housing and block but in my land rover manual, it doesn't

show a gasket but tells you to put a bead of Hylosil 120 sealant between the housing and block, so what to do? gasket, sealant or both?

[oily glow plugs]

thanks Pete, but what could be copper slip?

as I said, the glow plug shaft was covered in OIL

do I have a problem?

[oily glow plugs]

Just bought a 200Tdi from a disco 1 to put into my 110.

I heard it running and it sounded sweet, just out of curiosity

I whipped out a glow plug and the body of it was covered in oil,

NOT the tip, just the shaft, is this normal? or have I bought a swede?

[Can someone please tell me....]

well he's giving you lotsw of info on his post, but if you are still not sure, you can pick one up from a motor factors for not much more (£80 or so) and you will have a guarrantee.

[wobbly crankshaft pully]

whilst staring into the murky deapths of my 2.5 TD 110 I notice that with the engine running, the crankshaft pully appears to "wobble"

any ideas?

[110 CSW wheel rim info]

thanks chaps

[110 CSW wheel rim info]

I have been scraping all the rust and flaking paint off the wheel rims of my newly aquired 110 and have reveiled some information that I need explaining.

between each bolt hole there is stamped the folowing;

FV738903

(the dunlop symbol) then 964

J2N

5.5 F16

569690

Can anyone de-code this for me and let me know if they are the right one for my 110 1990 TD CSW.

[chassis without a V5]

looking at a reconditioned chassis with no V5 what's the DVLA position on this?

[special spanner needed?]

I'v just started to rebiuld my front axle and come up to my first hurdle.The bolts that hold the swivel housing to the stub axle are different to a normal bolt, these are multisided, a 14 ml. ring spanner fits, and this undid about half of them but just turned on the others, before I ruin the rest of the bolts can anyone tell me what spanner I need to remove these bolts?

[locking filler cap LOCKED?]

the key snapped and then came out with the key and then fell in the snow and then dissapeared

so, no bit of key, no partial turn, no magnet required just, how do I get the filler cap off?

[locking filler cap LOCKED?]

My key for the filler cap has snapped,fortunatley I filled up yesterday and only do about 300 mile a month

still, I dont wanr to become complacent, so any ideas how to

a) get the locked fuel filler cap off

b) get the lock barrel off so that I replace it

F)use the filler cap if I can't replace the lock

All sugestions welcome

[Wading connections]

Hi, as western says, gearbox and tran/box I bought a kit which included all the pipe,6 threaded breather fittings 4 T pieces and some cable ties.

The reason I bought the kit was because I found oil seeping past my wheel bearings and this was caused by an axle breather being blocked and a pressure

being built up. When I unscrewed the original breather, the fitting had a tiny bore and this was well blocked, the new fittings on the other hand have a bore of about 5mm.and are less likely to get bunged up.

you can fit breathers on the bellhousing drain and the timing cover drain but as these have to be "drained" periodically it's best to leave these open (unles when going wading and then you should fit the wading plugs) BTW I ran these pipes through the engine dept. and drilled a hole through the bulkhead into the cab (fitted a grommet and sealed hole when finished) the hoses terminate in the dash, tie-wrapped together. (I figure if water is up to the radio inside, then I'm in the sh*t anyway.)