When my daughter bought her first car she wanted a Mazda 2/Demio. The 3rd gen version about 2010. They were all 1.3 autos and were terrible piles of pooh. She had been driving our 90's 1.3 manual Toyota Starlet and even she was devastated at how bad they were because that is what she wanted...

This is the one I'm thinking of... https://landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/baffling-to-me-front-half-shaft-axle-length-mystery-too-short-twice.394540/

Do you still have the old drive shaft? When you get the one in question off, and the new one - compare to the old one. It appears there are some being distributed that are not the exact same dimensions - they are a few mm difference in some aspect. Forget the exact difference but there was a...

You have no excuses for dirty smalls now! Hope the job works out.

Spot the difference a day makes in Canterbury when a foehn norwest wind heating up warm Tasman air as it comes off the Southern Alps turns southerly dragging up cold Antarctic air from the Southern Ocean.

A juddery nightmare. Hope you can get it sorted soon.

Actually, I was pondering that today whilst toodling along at about 45mph - thought the revs sounded a bit high - and pondered popping the lever over and changing gear myself. I've only ever put it into manual control coming down long steep hills before. Tis interesting, cos on acceleration...

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Which is fine if the box or TC doesn't pack a sad. In which case, you have a far bigger bill than replacing a clutch.

While we're waving our will showing our dash displays...

Well done. Its a proper project that keeps giving this eh? Most kids stick to Mechano :D

That's a stunning motor. Mind you, if they can't even get things like "All Round Electric Windows" right in the description, you wonder what else they have made up or got wrong.

Don't be rushed into buying 1 and ending up with a lemon. There are lots available, so you should be able to find a cracking motor. Try and get 1 in as near perfect condition as possible. My F1 is 26 years old so has a few things wrong with it... but most of them were like it when I got it...

I agree with this. As it does not have low-range, an auto will be easier for retrieving your boat.

My experience is that the MPG figures you've been quoted at a bit above what you will get. But I may be wrong. I got my first Landie in about 2000, a D1 300TDI Auto. Was a good car, very sluggish - both trying to get it to go quicker... and slow it down. Exchanged that for a D1 V8 Auto when...

To me doesn't sound like something that is to 'internal' - eg inside the torque converter, gearbox or engine. It does sound like a dry/worn bearing, but also could just be something rattling, resonating at RPM - seeing the heat shield there - even something like that - the bolts on then often...

Thinking about it, I think they were the ones who left the pamphlet for the Waiau Naturist site in the van, together with a drinks receipt from the Cruz Gay & Swingers Bar. Used condoms everywhere and broken bed board. No couldn't have been them, didn't have any hires under the name of Wells...

Mine's done a little less miles than yours, about 150k miles. Its still going strong, starts on the button and doesn't give any problems. Had to replace the aux belt and drop links recently - but nothing major. The oil leaks are my main concern. I'd love to take it off the road for a bit...

I'm a novice on battery stuff. But I don't know how a monitor of the batteries knows their voltage when there is something plugged into them charging them. It would presumably see the voltage that the charger is putting out. Can't be having that - that's a power drain. Only temporary mind...

Doesn't the controller for the motor have some sort of 'inhibit drive' input?