Thank you.

Supplementary question: I'm confused regarding the setting of the pre load on the intermediate shaft. The Landrover official manual says to take out all play in the shaft and then tighten the nut until the torque on the input shaft has increased by 10 ft/lbs. One video clip on Youtube...

Before you completely condemn the Lion brand of Lead acid batteries (I’ve no knowledge or inside interest in them) it might be well to remember that the quickest way to lose capacity of a Lead Acid battery is to discharge it heavily and leave it discharged for any length of time. This is...

Comparing Positive to chassis would tell you if there was a fault in the battery earth lead.

IMHO 13.64 volts (assuming his meter is accurate!) is not a healthy battery being charged by a healthy alternator. I assume this is across the battery terminals. Check positive to chassis as well? Check actual voltage on the B+ (big) terminal of the aternator?

I would have expected a charging voltage of over 14 volts. Officially the old Lucas 17ACR alternators were deemed ok if they produced 13.8 - 14.5 volts when all loads were switched on. (Leastways thats what my memory says from when I briefly worked as an Auto-electrician 35 years ago. )

No problem. I actually bought it to check the compression on the boat engine but discovered it doesn’t have the right fitting for either the injector thread or preheat thread on the Volvo marine engine (a marinised and rebadged Perkins three cylinder.) It does however appear to have the TD5...

If you were near Farnham you could borrow mine.

Perhaps God says “you’ve got the tools and the head isn’t that difficult a job... why are you wasting my time with this sort of request?”

Mercedes C class estate auto that’s fairly new and the wife drives. Audi A4 estate 2.0 tdi (240k miles; we’ve had it from new and it’s still on its original clutch, starter and alternator. The heated seats packed up some time ago and I’ve just put a new rear wiper motor on it. It’s picked up a...

I posted this over a year ago and I’m bumping it back up the forum because I’m amazed I’ve had no replies. If anyone’s got any experience of painting LR suspension parts can you share some tips please?

Thank you. I still live in hope of finding an old defunct R380 mainshaft kicking around someone’s workshop.

Has anyone in the area ever rebuilt an R380 gearbox? I need an old mainshaft. So long as it’s got some splines left on it, it will do for what I want.

Farnham is where we are...

Ideally I need to try and source a knackered R380 mainshaft that I can cut down to make an equivalent to LRT-41-005. (It’s the tool that goes into the main shaft of the LT230 when you’re using a torque meter to check the preload of the bearings in the layshaft as you collapse the spacer inside...

Ok. Fingers crossed for when I strip it down. It certainly all feels smooth and no obvious problems I can feel or see with covers off. I’ve ordered bearings and gaskets and shims so hopefully it’s just a straightforward rebuild. Case is on its way to being clean and shiny on the outside. I’m...

The next question is whether the Ashcroft heavy duty cross shaft and matching planetary gears are worth it...

Thank you. I guess I’ll examine the various splines and then the teeth etc on the locking collar carefully when I’ve got it all stripped down.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've bought a Disco LT230 to fit to my Defender. I'm going to rebuild it, but when checking things over before I do the complete strip down I notice that there's a 1/8 turn or more play between front and rear drive flanges when the diff is locked. I...

They say to call in for a test drive...