I suppose we Can see the crown from underneath the car when the pinion is removed, but for the rest maybe an oil analysis in lab could spot where the damages Come from.

Grumpygel, sorry to bring up this old thread, but do you now have an answer to your question? I found traces of metal in my ird oil and i'm worried.

Road test 4x2 today, everything is fine. Regarding the IRD : The oil itself is brown color, clean, not black, but with a tiny bit of metal "flakes" at the surface. Really not a lot, but noticeable under the sun. When I plunge a big magnet in, i get almost nothing on it. The drain plug is...

Thanks, Can't find the carlube atf here..

Thank you, Indeed they replaced all the belt a couple of months ago. Not sure the crank pulley has been replaced but probably was not long ago as it looks very clean. Any vérification I could make on the crankshaft bearing ? Or just drive until problems arrive...

Well well well... Removing the prop was a super easy task. Came out easily and down to the floor with 4 straps. It's not heavy in my opinion... I was expecting 200kg 😂 The afternoon was pretty good, I took it off and the more I looked underneath the car, the more confident I became about...

Hello everyone, I did my research, but couldn't find a pined thread about gearbox oil for our FL, which seems quite an issue for many as Texaco is difficult to find in some places and the only one recommanded by LR in the manual. I live in La Réunion island, and I have to deal with fluid I can...

Thank you very much for the answer, Grumpy. The photo might misleading, the plates are bare metal but with a light dark coat of Grease and dust.

I didn't make the marks on the VCU, they were probably done by those who changed the UJs.

I've been searching for "mondo mode" conversion to remove the rear shaft (temporarily in my case, as I'd like it back to have a proper 4x4) but couldn't find precise information. Maybe my lack of english makes the find more difficult. All I read is "it's super easy, takes about 30 minutes, just...

1.20m extension. 5kg : 80 sec 8kg : 35 sec I have no Idea how to interprete these results except that they seem 2 times longer than the measures from the guy in the video. Is it so bad ?

I noticed there was a lot of play in the rear shaft, so I looked. A damper is damaged and allows the play : The damper seems new, but I don't know if it has been changed recently. I just know they changed the rear shaft joins (these things ...

They is the one wheel off test. I didn't know which lenghtof lever and which force to apply, so i made mark at 1.20 m and applied a force by hand thatis a bit less than 17kg (in comparison with 17kg water bottle test I also used, but I struggles to get it on cam. It was turning a bit faster with...

Thank you :)

Hello and thank you very much for your quick replies ! I've read about the one wheel up test and will do it tomorrow first thing. Although I've also read that if it's stiff it's not significant as the cause may be from different sources. I'll investigate on the forum how to take off the prop...