I have just had my defender 90 (2.4 puma) serviced and asked them to check out a whining noise from the back and they told me it's the rear diff. Said there was shards of metal in the oil when then changed it. I was wondering how easy it would be for an amateur to swap this for a reconditioned one? I have done some basic mechanic stuff on other cars but following a haynes manual so it was fairly straight forward. I can't find anything similar for the later defenders (Haynes only seem to go up to 2006). I have got the workshop manual with the technical stuff (oil spec / quantities etc.) but it's not a step by step guide. I am very keen to learn and would rather do it myself but don't want to bite off more then I can chew or have the car off the road for too long.
Found loads of great info on here but can't find a step by step guide so just wondering if you think I should give it a go or if it would be too much.
Thanks !
Found loads of great info on here but can't find a step by step guide so just wondering if you think I should give it a go or if it would be too much.
Thanks !