reduction box water leak Help please

We need some help with our 1800 petrol freelander 98, I am just replacing the cluch and had a hard time putting the gear box back into the reduction box. So I took the reduction box off its mountain, moved it back and the gear box closed up to the engine. Then I notised a water leak from one of the 2 metal cooling pipes that go to the reduction box, does anyone know can these be by passed or will I have to get the pipes welded, E.G is it esential the reduction box is cooled by the flow of water????

Any help wold be greatly appriciated

Regards
Paul

oh yes siree bob yam do need cooling fer it , but what do i know i havn't got one

pderrick said:

We need some help with our 1800 petrol freelander 98, I am just replacing the cluch and had a hard time putting the gear box back into the reduction box. So I took the reduction box off its mountain, moved it back and the gear box closed up to the engine. Then I notised a water leak from one of the 2 metal cooling pipes that go to the reduction box, does anyone know can these be by passed or will I have to get the pipes welded, E.G is it esential the reduction box is cooled by the flow of water????

Any help wold be greatly appriciated

Regards
Paul

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yes it is esential, as it gets very hot. . . .

ming said:

yes it is esential, as it gets very hot. . . .

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what do you know? have you got an identical one? yer space ****

slob said:

what do you know? have you got an identical one? yer space ****

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i know effry fink . . . .

ming said:

i know effry fink . . . .

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that may be but if yer dint own the same identical car then you can't be of any use.

or so a certain gaylanderer thinks

pderrick said:

I notised a water leak from one of the 2 metal cooling pipes that go to the reduction box, does anyone know can these be by passed or will I have to get the pipes welded, E.G is it esential the reduction box is cooled by the flow of water????

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I've had my Hippo for a few months now and one of the first things I found was that the hoses to the IRD cooler had been disconnected and plugged with screws, either because the cooler is leaking or because some numpty mechanic had forgotten to reconnect them at some point in the past.

I have thought about reconnecting them but if there's a leak I'll only have to disconnect them again. I spoke to our village mechanic and his opinion was that it was unlikely to be necessary unless I'm going to be driving the car a lot, which I'm not as I only use it for shortish journeys.

I'm told it's not uncommon for the metal pipes to leak where they've been bent. If you were to get a couple of lengths of rubber pipe and slide it over them, sealing each end with a Jubilee clip, that might well seal the leak if it isn't too big.