Thanks for asking, no plans at present, got some serious home renovations to do, maybe after that I’ll see what new trouble I can get into… assuming the missis let’s me of course!

No luck, he was determined that there was noise in 2nd gear, I couldn't identify anything other than the normal whirl of gears in a series gearbox... the guy was pretty hung up on the smallest oil leak I've ever seen too – literally a 1-2 mm "run" from a badge riveted to the side of the en...

Back to basics; dropped the oil out to check how it looked and amount. Milky looking and only about 1.2 litres came out, odd because it hasn’t been used that much and not in any wading conditions. My only thought was maybe when the gearbox was sitting around (under cover but there was some driving r...

he could hear a slight whining noise in second gear… I couldn’t hear the whining above all the other rattles etc that accompany a drive with the top off! This might sound odd, but is he deaf in that he wears hearing aids? I am partially deaf & wear devices in both ears, there are three sensitiv...

Sounds like your mot man is far to picky to test old land rovers I know people who drive landies with earplugs in, however I have used SLIK 50 in the past and it definitely makes a difference (though not in a land rover) Yep, I'm leaning towards someone with a year or two in a garage then going off...

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Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:10 am

Hi Tezz,

What grade of oil have you currently got in the gearbox/transfer box? And, is It GL4 spec?

Regards,

Pretty sure it's Castrol manual VMX-M 75W-85

My 1984 Lightweight FFR just failed a safety check because (a), in one of the headlight interiors the guy could make out a little discolouration, and (b), he could hear a slight whining noise in second gear… I couldn’t hear the whining above all the other rattles etc that accompany a drive with the ...

Sorry for the delay, was waiting on new probe camera. Nothing came out of the inlet manifold nor the cylinders using the vac, but the probe camera did spot this on top of the cylinder #1 piston… Image-1.jpeg So I’m guessing the screw has either been obliterated or smashed flat and the gone out via t...

Hi diffwine, I hope you are well Thanks for your (as usual) wise words, I’m away for a few days, but will report back here on the results of my investigations at the weekend. I’m hoping that the screw had only just become loose and me promptly killing the engine means that the screw is sitting in th...

I was nearly home when the engine started to roar. I killed the ignition and coasted to a stop, I assumed it was a problem with the accelerator pedal linkages, but when I checked it was the lower spindle/butterfly on the carb being stuck open. Once back home and with the carb off I could see that on...