That's what I thought.......

I haven't been here for a while...... :) So I'm at the lights, half a mile from home - I move off and there is a terrific bang just after I change into second, and the transfer box is suddenly in a neutral, gears grinding like crazy. Engine continues to run - it idles but lumpy. Good oil...

Sounds like a plan. Scaff, chains etc!

Manhandling is no longer an option! :( Not if I want to do anything other than whine mournfully for the next month or so......

Not mine I should say.

That's a helpful thought..... I wonder if I could rig something ......

Nah - checked all that - hydraulics & clearances all good - just running out of clutch plate. It's mileage appropriate.

I remember doing things like that 33 years ago at 33. Probably why I can barely move now! :)

Hi Chaps, Been away for a while....:cool: I'm about to retire, so I'm old, knackered and leaping about is no longer my style, so I need some advice from someone who has been there, done that and got the T-shirt. I have a ratty but solid ex-mil FFR 109 petrol and two major projects in mind, in...

Brilliant! Thank you James. I'll be breaking studs in the morning.

Hi Chaps, Quick one - does the union between the cast iron exhaust manifold and the steel exhaust pipe have a compressible sealing ring or is it the shove a cone into another cone type? It's blowing and I need to sort it. And what odds will you give me on the nuts/studs surviving the...

Yeah, but I fixed mine recently and now it starts on the button........

Yeah - I miss milk bottles.

Just spotted this:- https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/40000-rare-land-rover-stolen-15462923

Paint its tyres yellow and park it upside down in custard?

I'm pondering replacing the whole bloody issue with something properly industrial. It's identical to the one on my old Triumph Vitesse that I had to replace.... it's a dumb design for longevity.

It's going to be that for now!

I thought about a scaffold pole and a BIG padlock!