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    Rear door card + gas strut

    Can you fit a rear door gas strut and not cut your door card . I ended up cutting mine but rather it covered the strut and not cut it .
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    BFG KO2 at or MAXXIS MT-764 mt

    I do more on road than off , but its my shooting bus so need it capable off-road . doc has given me some real bad news so its all a bit mute , but i want it looking good before i go . My son will benefit more lol , dont your kids always .
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    BFG KO2 at or MAXXIS MT-764 mt

    Thats pretty much what i wanted to hear thanks ..... i know theres no direct comparison mt/at , but i wasnt convinced the maxxix muds were better than BFG at's on the road as some said . IF there were i may of gone maxxis . MY actual aim was a good behaved tyre on road , acceptable off road ...
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    BFG KO2 at or MAXXIS MT-764 mt

    My head is mashed searching forums and on google trying to decide which tyres to buy . BFG KO2 or MAXXIS MT-764 . Both have that aggressive sidewall look im after . some say BFG all day long others say MAXXIS Are MAXXIS ok on wet roads ? or dangerous . Are BFG rubbish off-road . I...
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    speedo drives

    MORE TEETH , that much i now realise . i believe 5mph over-read is accepted . I do believe bigger tyres will also do it . 31 inch in my case . depends what your set-up is , but more teeth on the speedo drive will do it . i dont get why mine needs more teeth than 20 its meant to with my...
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    speedo drives

    Ok i re-built a t/box out of 2 one a disco the other a DEF , to put on my DEF 300tdi with 238/85-16 tyres and my speedo read spot-on before i did all this , So i fitted a BLUE 20 tooth drive which should be correct . No miles out . mmm Then fitted a 21 tooth GREEN , after removing mine from the...
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    speedo worm drives

    Hi thanks for your replies , I put a blue worm , and thought the other shaft worms in the box were the same ?. DEF 300tdi R380 box , 235/85-16 tyres . I only used one gear out the old disco transfer box , all the rest are new gears . i didn't use the older DEF T/box gears because the teeth were...
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    speedo worm drives

    I recently rebuilt my transfer box lt230 mostly with new gears in a disco case , noticed today on the m/way a rare occurrence for me , but speedo said 70 but i was actually doing 65 , it was this 5mph out from 20 up . what have i done , as i had 2 boxes in bits , one a defender one a disco ...
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    Wanted 300TDI DIAPHRAM HOUSING

    Hi im after a DEFENDER 300tdi diaphragm housing , Adjusting my smoke screw and the thread is stripped in the housing . so need another asap if anyone can help . thanks gerry
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    R380 LEAK

    Ok so looked at this leak again . It certainly does look like its leaking down from above . There is no leak at least so far from the intermediate shaft o,ring all is bone dry , Nor from the drain thats between the 2 boxes if the seals had failed , Even if it were those as well it would not...
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    LOCTITE 290 - 243

    That's good to know , so I'm worrying for nothing . I can relax now and chase the r380 leak . Someone has suggested the selector housing on top of the box , as that's where it appears to be coming from . But who knows with a defender . Cure one leak and find another . If anyone does know can you...
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    mixing oil brands

    all 80/90 GL4 , i will check for any other spec differences . Thanks for the help everyone .
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    mixing oil brands

    I know what i have where now , But next top up maybe not ! knowing me . i did not have enough of the same brand to fill the transfer box , So ive had to use another brand . But if same spec can be mixed that's great
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    mixing oil brands

    What are peoples thoughts on mixing different branded oils , but of the same spec ie 80/90 gl4 .
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    R380 LEAK

    swapped my transfer boxes today lt230 for one i've rebuilt , i was going to change the r380 output seal but as it was bone dry in between the 2 boxes and not having the special tool i felt best left . But where the box joins to the alloy section , oil is running down what looks like from above...
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    LOCTITE 290 - 243

    Just nearly finished this lt230 build and ive used LOCTITE 243 BLUE , i did google 290 and it said it was a medium strength as is the 243 . Just thought i would check again and ive found that 290 is med/high green . The 243 looks better suited ie contaminant proof , sealing abilities etc BUT...
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    gaskets or not

    Building this LT230 up , and the case ive used is a 28D######E and other bits are from a 22D and other bits are new , . But what it says is ie pre 2@8976E use a gasket after 8976E use RTV , Why ? , My question is does it really matter , i prefer old school and have used gaskets and its staying...
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    lt230 output housing torque

    Does anyone know what the front and rear output housing to case TORQUE settings are . my manual says 26nm front and 25nm rear . But google it and it says 45nm for the rear , seems heavy to me . Any help asap would be appreciated before my loctite sets .
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    LT230 SPEEDO WORM WITH PICTURES

    Hope the pictures help