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August 2013 Update 18 Aug 2013 | 03:41 pm
There hasn’t been much going on recently – I’ve been working too much and other things have been taking up the money anyway. The rebuilt head has cut down enormously on the oil loss suffered since I b...
Head Gasket Failure 11 Jun 2013 | 12:26 am
It never rains, but it pours. After just a week of driving about with the gear box behaving nicely, the engine coolant started pressurising. Even after allowing the engine to cool or having left it ...
109 Engine Mounting 25 May 2013 | 01:09 am
The combination of the 200Tdi engine on Defender mountings and the axle upgrade lead to an unforeseen clash, literally. Under heavy braking, the front UJ of the front prop shaft was hitting the right...
Anniversary Present to Kick of Restoration 18 May 2013 | 07:23 pm
The Range Rover was taken off the road and installed in the garage witht he plan to start its rebuild, but that start has been deferred because of “reality” – other more pressing issues keep getting i...
Gear Box OK 18 May 2013 | 07:16 pm
The gear box is now working correctly, and not before time. It has been a very severe source of frustration! The main shaft splines are a bit worn, and i suspect the overdrive coupling’s correspondi...
Gear Box, Again 10 May 2013 | 09:03 pm
I stripped and rebuilt the gear box with new bearings for the main shaft and the back of the lay shaft – they all looked fine, but the main shaft rear bearing (the big one) had a small amount more pla...
Dropping the Diff Ratios – Salisbury 4 May 2013 | 10:35 pm
Though the 3.54 diffs in the coiler axles gave me much better cruising rpm and fuel economy (10%), they didn’t drive nicely and I strongly suspect they were a major contributory factor in the failure ...
Gear Box Out Again 4 May 2013 | 12:34 am
After a couple of days, the gear box started popping out of 4th on the over-run. It was also a little noisy, too. I suspect the problem was how I fitted the transmission after replacing the broken g...
Gear Box Running Well 20 Apr 2013 | 10:17 pm
I have only had it back in for a couple of days, so it has only covered about 50 miles so for, but the box seems to be working correctly. I need to tweak the position of the overdrive lever mounting ...
WARNING – HACK ATTEMPTS 16 Apr 2013 | 02:40 pm
WordPress sites are being targeted by malware and hackers at the moment, and 26 attempts at forcing an incorrect login on this blog have been recorded in the last three days alone. Please be aware of...
