Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Check that the oil hasn't been contaminated. I've seen grooves worn in crank pulleys where the engine was left running in bog holes, which then filled the sump with muddy water, which is then pumped through the engine and wears everything in the engine, so low oil pressure and smoke.

Michael, The exact same thing used to happen to my 80" after the field day. Was mud like stuff that got in between the clutch plate and the fly wheel. I ended up pulling the gearbox out to clean it, as after nearly a year it was still doing it. Are you able to start it in gear with your foot on the ...

TimRover wrote:Could you somehow fit it to a disco1??

No the axles are not long enough, and the drivers side axle is needed to lock the diff.

It looks to be. Just undo the bolt on the end of the big hex on the end of the drivers side drive flange, rotate the axle and see if it locks up. If it is a manual diff lock, you have to remove the spindle/stub axle to remove the axle.

No worries. I'm used to people being confused, as I'm always having to explain that my 90 in not a Defender and not a County!

thought it was a little high, thought one of the more 'informed' members (to help the lesser - me)could deduce what my xfer ratios were, being a 86' fender 200 TDi? Well considoring there is no such thing as an 86 defender (The Defender was not released until 1989/1990), and the 200 TDi didn't come ...

thought it was a little high, thought one of the more 'informed' members (to help the lesser - me)could deduce what my xfer ratios were, being a 86' fender 200 TDi? Well considoring there is no such thing as an 86 defender (The Defender was not released until 1989/1990), and the 200 TDi didn't come ...

I dont think they can be interchanged at all. They propshafts are on the wrong sides to each other and so wont connect to the diffs, and internally they are completely different. It depends on if the transfer case is for a P38a or a classic. If it's for a classic, then the only problem might be the ...

the gearing will around the 46:1 with the 49% as i'm only running stock 3.54's CWP's, but then again there is probably a good chance when i have horsies to pay with they will die a sudden death and i'll have to look at 4.11's or a toyo cent conversion in which case i could swap back to 30% if ...

Go on a spraying frenzy with the silicon spray, it works a treat. Even spray inside the distributor cap. After getting stuck in a rather deep hole, my engine would play up over 2500RPM, would stop and start fine though, turned out that the dissy cap was full of moisture and that the silicone spray ...

bullshit no defender ran alloys in the camel rangies where in 87 i believe and they may have had 3 spoke alloys not sure but they arnt any rover rim Actually in 1987 the rangies ran the 6" standard rangie steel wheels. http://www.fourfold.org/LR_FAQ/images/CamelTrophy.jpg And the Defender support ...

Matt,
Here is a picture of a mates 88" series 3 with 38 boggers.
He has extended the wheel base and converted it to coil springs with a rangie front axle, and a 110 salisbury rear.

all TD5 have power and air, 2" lift will fit 285/75/16's easy, better then a 33, similar height slightly narrower. You shouldn't need to lift it at all to fit 33s. I know plenty of people running 255x85/16 with no lift, myself included. I have a 285x75/16 spare, and I have no problems on the couple ...

OK - its got the wide springs up front and narrow in the rear. I was probably going to move the rear hangers a bit anyway for a bit more wheelbase to fit the drivetrain in so I may as well set it up to suit the wider springs at the same time. The chassis number checked out as a 1950 model ...

Sam, If it is a 1950 80", then you will unfortunately have the narrow springs all around. These are unique to the 80" series 1, and are prone to breaking. Somewhere in 1951 they went to a wider spring on the front, and somewhere in 1953/1954 they went to the wider springs all around, which are ...

1103.9TD wrote:Mathew, as far as I know the LT95/4BD1 belhousing is still available direct from Land Rover Australia for about $1100AUD. Reasonably cheap considering you only ever have to buy one!.

It may be listed on their books, but try and order one.

The 4.7 crown wheel is narrower than the 3.54 one, so you will need to get a spacer machined up to make up the difference in the thickness.

uninformed wrote:you can also get 1.66-1 high range gears, they came in 4cyl petrol 90's
serg

No, the 4cyl petrols had 1.4-1, all 2.5 diesels had 1.66-1.

I watched it again on Youtube not that long ago, and it is still amazing, but I didn't notice back in the day that the sound is not in sync with the car at all- it sounds like they just edited in a whole bunch of in car sound recording to give it the right effect. The tacho, when it is visible in ...

If it is the same as an LT77, then I just used a wheel puller to pull the 5th gear extention housing off, and it pulled the collar off with it.

Also do yuo think fitting Lock right lockers might help a bit. Lock rights are no longer sold for the rover diff, as they just replace the gears inside the original carrier, so you end up with all the extra stress that a diff lock provides but with all of the original weaknesses of the rover diff ...

Hello,
I have some of those switches as well, I just went to my local parts store, and got them to order them in. Hardest part was finding them in the Hella parts catalog

I have a set of 33x10.5-15's that my brother got for me from T for tires in Korrumburra, he said that that is the only size 33 they sell in Australia, as I wanted the 33x9.5-16. Hopefully I will be finally trying them out in the wet this weekend.

I drain and fill the sump before I change the filter, since I started doing that, I've had no problems with having to re prime the oil pump.

I have a set of 33x10.5 15's, but unfortunately it hasn't been wet enough yet to try them out. They are a lot narrower than the simex, and the lugs are narrower and spaced further apart than the simex as well. Also, as cloughy said, they are cheaper!

Fred Smith in Havalock drive Bayswater, what he doesn't know about Land Rovers basically isn't worth knowing!

Mark, My brother used to run 36" Silverstones on his 2A ex army LWB, with a McNamara hypoid conversion with a McNamara manual difflock, 253 V8 and the rest of the transmission was standard. He slipped backwards off a 1 meter rock ledge in first low on full noise once. It broke the locking axle ...

Ben, Actually, the 2.5 Petrol came with 1.4:1, it was only the 2.25/2.5 diesel that came with the 1.6:1. Also, isn't there a 0.9:1 that was used in the autos? I remember a friend of mine put them in a Range Rover with a 4BD1T and LT85, when the motor was cold he needed low range to get out of his ...

Personally, I don't know what is wrong with the drum hand brake. The first proper trip I took my 90 on (2.5 petrol four with the standard twin barrel webber carby) my hand brake would hold the vehicle on a hill (Spud spur track up Walhalla way) that it would stall on in low second through lack of ...

ISUZUROVER wrote:I recall Bill used to run Q78 swampers one end and simex ET/centipedesthe other

If your talking about Bill Larman, he now runs centipedes all round now.

Regards
Craig Murray