As a home mechanic and bodger of some repute, I have mainly bought Makita in the past Andy, but do have some De Walt stuff. The De Walt DCF990 has such good reviews it was a no-brainer especially for the LR. It is a mans tool weight wise, but like any good battery power tool it is perfectly...

I did the job by pulling the whole half shaft assembly out. The idea was to stop oil leaking, so i replaced the hub O ring. It didn't make any difference, the hub still leaks oil over the back plate, so will need to replace the hub complete at some point. i dont envisage this as a problem now...

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All sorted thanks to sieraferry You can get PDFs from here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/47hbz40an5he5j2/AACH509eV_o7QhM5PoX6eFVLa

After much faffing about I have made the decision and ordered a De Walt DCF899 kit from Toolsense; 1 x DCF899 XR Impact Gun 2 x 5.0Ah XR Li-Ion battery packs with state of charge indicator 1 x Multi-voltage XR charger 1 x TSTAK Kitbox All in at £274. I will report back when I have had a...

As always Sierrafery I am in you debt again. Thanks for that.it is much appreciate Steve

My trusty version of RAVE for my 2003 LR D S2 no longer works. Can anyone advise me where I can find it to downloaded afresh. I can find the Workshop Manual easily enough but not a working complete RAVE set of manuals including electrical diagrams and working descriptions etc.

My trusty version of RAVE for my 2003 LR D S2 no longer works. Can anyone advise me where I can find it to downloaded afresh. I can find the Workshop Manual easily enough but not a working complete RAVE set of manuals including electrical diagrams and working descriptions etc. Thanks in...

I have the opportunity of purchasing a second hand two post lift and should like to get your thoughts. The two post is a 1989 Stenhoj Mascot with lift capacity of three ton. It is currently fitted with a three phase motor and has led a sheltered life in a country estate workshop and seems in...

Yes I was talking bare unit resto. I guess the important thing is what torque I shall need and choosing the most compact and cost effective IW for that rating

Thanks guys. So far it is looking like the Cordless Impact Driver is the way to go and I appreciate all the comments and recommendation regarding these tools. The use I would put the tool to would be on my Land Rover Discovery S2, and three older classic cars I maintain, so torque capability is...

I am considering the purchase of an Impact Wrench (IW) to use of the (t)rusty Discovery and am split between a cordless IW of suitable torque or air tool. To go down the route of air tools I would have to upgrade my compressor, so there are sort of two questions here relating to cordless IW and...

The new pump is now installed, the system bled using the lock-to-lock process rather than opening the steering box bleed nipple, which is so much easier and straight forward. The axles have new oil and new brass level plugs, the factory plastic items being a load of crap. The transfer box...

This morning I crawled under the motor and sure enough there was PAS fluid dripping from the PAS pump after leaving her overnight. So this was the culprit, hence I took the PAS pump out of the car. It is fairly simple, pull the air intake stuff, remove the associated plugs and sockets from...

I am loosing PAS fluid at a very slow rate, just enough to need a couple of mm top up per 100 or so miles. PAS fluid is being sprayed around the front of the engine, dripping down the chassis leg, but mainly appears to be emanating from the near side, or the PAS pump side. Indeed pulling the...

I guess the question is how do you get the rear hub stake nut off the half shaft to repair the hubs? I locked the hub with a bar to the ground, knocked out the ident on the stake nut, used a breaker bar and scaffold tube, total length 3' and no luck. Does one have to heat, belt or extend the...

Hi SS Yes, that seems a good enough reason for oil not to come past the pinion bolt. Thanks Steve

The pegs threaded hole was not blind on mine, it is completely through the body of the peg but only threaded to within a few mm of the end. Obviously I do not know at what torque the pinion bolt was torqued to, but 95ft/lbs was an easy tightening tension with no need to use a flange fixing tool...

Now here's a question.What stops oil coming down the centralising peg 8mm removal hole, into the prop drive hole and onto the drive?

Well, the whole lot is out. I used part of a ball joint breaker kit to make up the centraliser peg extraction tool. A small length of high tensile 8mm rod double nutted right into the peg, tube over the top, a couple of hefty washers and a single nut made up the extractor. The secret is lots...