gwyn lewis

it sounds like the preasure switch is playing up it should cut out at 100 psi and cut back in at 80 psi thease switches do play up sometimes if you tap the switch whith something when it is pumping you might find it will stop if it is anny help i do have them in stock gwyn

i also agree whith simonr on this one is castor correction really needed on a land rover and for what reason do people fit them ? by lifting your vehicle it will alter your steering slightly, but at the same time you have probably fitted larger wheels and tyres whith a larger ofset than standard 2 out of 10 land rovers we lift will have steering problems the problem was already there but by lifting it will inhance the problem fitting castor arms does seem to help the problem but causes other problems (prop vibration especially 300 defenders and discos /lower track rod bar les ground clearence) before fitting arms it is worth checking these out first steering box is set to tight (will not self centralise) this is the most comon steering u.js seizing up (you will have to remove them to check propelly) king pins worn or lower bearing pitted and the bearing will not turn propelly (if youv had a cv brake its in the bearing the small pieces will end up and try to jam it up in a straight line because you drive in a straight line most of time and it will make it harder to self centralise) this hapned to mine the cage around the bearing had browken up (lots of browken cvs) and the balls had all moved to one side causing it to jam, but you could not feel any problem when you jacked it up before finding this i fitted 2 pas boxes/castor arms/re bushed/diferent tyres/ and all it was in the end was a £10.00 bearing these arms that are breaking you dont say what suspension or bushes you run if you run long travell suspension whith hard bushes the bush will not flex enough and the arms are doing the flexing which will cause a fracture if you lay 2 arms on the floor the chassi end together and the axle end 11 inches apart there is 2 inches diference in the bush measurment that is 1/2 inch in each of the 4 bushes , that is all the rubber fully compresed on each bush , this is when one wheel is fully up and the other fully down on 11 inches of travell on the front whith harder bushes you can cut this measurment in half and the arms themselvs will have to do the rest of the flexing if you fully artuculate your land rovre on the front and look down the front arms you will not beleave how mutch they twist and bend this is why aftermarket arms brake as they are not designed to flex in this way hope this will help gwyn

Will The grease i use is morris K48, the same grease we supply whith our propshafts and the same as you should be using whith h/duty c/vs and wheel bearings It is a molybdenum disulphide product whitch means when all the grease looks to have flung out you still have some lubricant left, when you get it on your hands you will see what i mean you wont know what youve mised intill you have tried it you can check it out www.morrislubricants.co.uk search for k48 gwyn

I forgot to mention there are 2 types of circlip sises the older 8274 use a larger circlip 1 nich shaft size the newer 8274 uses a slightly smaller circlip 25 mm shaft sise whith the 3 bellvue washers if you use the older (larger) circlip on the newer shaft it will definetly pop off some people selling the parts do get these mixed up gwyn

Rebuilding your 8274 brake asembly with grease serves these purposes in my opinion Puting grease around where the 21 balls sit in help hold them in when reassembly the same for the linings smearing some grease on them helps hold them in place and stops everything falling on the floor When reassembled you should try it out You should get less brake chatter and vibration which is a great help when lowering out and your centre brake disc runs smother when not under load The grease also stops the linings sticking to the metal discs and rusting together after being stood for sometime When i used to compete i used to oil my linings before and after an event to keep on top of this problem I thinck if you filled your brake housing full of grease it might cause pore braking intill its flung out the brake aficiancy of the 8274 is quite good because the brake shaft turns a lot faster than the drum which meansless braking force needed The brake linings i sell are grease and oil compatible and are made out of a more flexible meterial I also recomend fastening in the circlip to stop it spreading owpen and poping of once you have disturbed the circlip they do like to pop of and thats not nice hope this will answer youe questions gwyn

NICK dont know what all this is about your driving atleast you are out there competing in one of the toughest and best off road events in the uk whare the rest are only reading about it and making coments and your vehicle is probably one of the only ones which is driven to every event keep the pedal down and get on whith it but dont do a ROB GWYN

Rob has just rang me he is still waiting for a doctor to sign him out and then i can fetch him he feels ok but a bit sore and a bit peed off because they cant find the doc to sighn him out you will hear it all from the man himself shortly im shure glad to hear all the others are ok i heard robs roll and that was bad enough without seaing it gwyn

LUCAS FUEL PUMP DIAPHRAM ABOUT £15.00 CAN GET THEM FOR YOU IF IT IS ANY HELP OR CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LUCAS AGENT IF YOUR GOING TO REPLACE IT WATCH YOU DONT MIXE THE 2 SPRINGS UP I THINK THE WEAKEST SPRING IS ON THE OUTSIDE I RECOMEND YOU DISCONECT THE AIR PIPE FROM THE TURBO AND PLUG THEM INTILL YOU FIX THE PROBLEM HAVE SEEN THEM BLOW HEAD GASGETS ON START UP BECAUSE DIESEL HAS GONE INTO THE MANIFOLD IT COULD EAVEN DO MORE DAMAGE GWYN 01938 810298

THIS IS QUITE A COMON PROBLEM ON 2.5 TD ENGINES THE DIAPHRAM ON THE INJECTOR PUMP HAS SPLIT AND IS CAUSING TURBO AIR PREASURE TO RELEASE INTO THE FUEL RETURN PIPE AND BACK INTO THE TANK THE DIAPHRAM UNIT IS ON THE SIDE OF THE INJECTOR PUMP NEAREST THE ENGINE 2 PIPES GOING INTO IT IT IS A SWINE OF A JOB TO REPLACE ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS ALMOST LOST AN EYE WHEN THE FUEL CAP FLEW OFF WHEN HE WENT TO FILL UP WHITH DIESEL SO BE WARNED