Knew a couple of lasses from round that way years back. One put the Grim in Grimsby and the other came from Scunthorpe ...

Look! If you are that worried sell it and get one of these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VLTlMr7qYk

Something you are not telling us? IMCDb.org: 1965 Land-Rover 109'' Series IIa Station Wagon in "The Italian Job, 1969"

Just how much was it going to cost to replace the propshaft? Must have been serious money to go to all this trouble - what was up with it? Was it a main stealer, Landy specialist or the jobbing garage on the corner as costs vary enormously - sounds like he just didn't want the work and was...

Dare not look :eek:

WD40 is your best friend :D

When the monthly repair/ maintenance bill exceeds your monthly income. Or as Dickens put it: “‘My other piece of advice, Copperfield,’ said Mr. Micawber, ‘you know. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual...

Not all Discos had roof bars - mine hasn't. Less chance of water getting in :D

Stick me down for it.

Nice Disco, fantastic scenery - but just because you've got a Disco don't mean you have to park in a puddle :D Welcome aboard.

The difference in the 'look' of the two identical vehicles is simply caused by the focal length of the lens on the camera that was used to take the picture combined with the camera/object distance. Longer focal length lenses will appear to compress or foreshorten a scene. The further red Disco...

Sounds like athe problem I had a few weeks ago. New lift pump and it was right as rain.

They can be a bit steep! Having said that I have always found they do things right there so premium prices can pay off in the long run.

Saw that one around Denholme, not far from Simmi's a few years back. Prefer it the other way round. Now has anyone got an old Rangie ... ? And a tub of orange paint:D

Like on a jet engine :eek::eek::eek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0-i2ZTjgeo

Funnily enough ... :eek:

Thanks for explaining the ways of the modern world. Me being an old fogey finds these modern way too complexed to interpretate ... :p :D :p

Just been pootling around on ebay and found: Land-Rover-BOOST-PIN-by-Morgan-Hill-fits-200Tdi-300Tdi-The-Original-The-Best. Yours for £264.95 Land Rover BOOST PIN by Morgan Hill, fits 200Tdi 300Tdi - The Original The Best. | eBay And then: Landrover Defender/discovery Fuel Pin CASE...

So did I :hysterically_laughi:hysterically_laughi:hysterically_laughi It's had shims and more shims. The ball has been shot for years so it's no surprise that the seal is fubared. I suspect the bearing has been running dry for ages - if there's no oil/grease in there is nothing to leak out.

I'm using one shot grease but even that leaks out!