Hi.
At the tender age of 25, I have recently bought my first Land Rover, a 1980 88" Series III, and have a few questions. These may be really silly questions but as an enthusiastic beginner, I would appreciate your collective help.
- I have several Haynes manuals which tell you where to place axle stands but they do not say where the best point to jack from is. Any advice?
- It jumps out of 2nd gear on overrun. I suspect a syncro-mesh problem, is this correct? If it is syncro-mesh, I assume it's easier to live with this than try to solve it?
- It kangaroo-hops in reverse - any suggestions on reasons and solutions?
- Lastly, the manuals say that I should use hypoid gear oil SAE 90EP, API GL4 for the gear box, over-drive and diffs. The closest thing that Halfords had is SAE 80W/90, API GL5 - this is sufficient?
Thanks very much,
Rob
