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I've just had the whole thing out and it seems the hook had rotated somehow and so could pop out, I've turned it through 180 and it seems to fit snugly ...I've also squeezed the sides of the handle in the vice so hopefully it'll hold against it a...

The cross bolt of the link plate may need tightening. Hook on link rod may need a tweek so it holds better. Side plates of lever may need a little squeeze to prevent rod hook escape. Button only rotates if hook has come out or its threads to rod...

Hello all, recently the button on my handbrake lever has started to rotate freely, the handbrake still pulls on fine and releases but occasionally, due to the plunger rod rotating with the button, the rod pops out of the wee connector plate...

When I did mine I replaced as much as I could as most of the fittings were seized and/or shagged Did all the brake pipes too

Get a proper bumper, that box section looks horrible.

Aye, does actually. Did the old man’s gaylander with it when he got it new in 2012 been doin his same time as mine every year and it’s the same, fresh underneath. Nae worries.

Another Yes from me.

YES.

Keeps the weeds at bay on the block paving aswell🤣

Oil and diesel mix twice a year scooshed on wi the garden sprayer. Nae rust here.👍

Flush it an see if it still does it Check rad not blocked or air in coolant Borrow laser thermo and measure temp to rule out injun being too hot Take stat out and test it or just replace they’re cheap ( stick in a pan of water and boil it see...

Even remembered to copper grease the floor screws…..

And at least the floor will be less bother to remove. :D :D

To be fair, it wasn’t as bad as I thought to do, worst part was getting the floor up, but anyway, even if I have to replace the O ring and grease the cups yearly it’s worth it to get rid of the gear-lever chatter, it was driving me and Mrs...

Good, it should last a while.

Result. Thanks for updating.

So my improvised plastic bush was too thick to fit in the cups, so I bought some O rings from Craddock, installed them and greased the cups with thick tractor grease, they were pretty dry, likely never been touched. I also made a new locating...

Have made a rudimentary bush from a bit of diving stick, it’s hard polyurethane type material and fits very snugly over the ball. Will file it up neatly tomorrow and reassemble! Should do for a while and hopefully stop that bloody awful stick rattle

Original is some sort of nylon washer. A ring cut from a suitable size alkathene pipe warmed in hot water to soften enough to slip on could do the job and last some time.

Has anyone ever made a bush type thing for the lower gear lever ball like below in the pic, my gear lever hasn’t got one and this has been the source of ear splitting machine gun rattling , I’m thinking about a bit of pipe heated up and the...

I found the housing here https://www.lrparts.net/219714-gear-lever-housing-for-land-rover-series-fits-1949-1984.html?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADmOzNeG3EVbOyPjpdhC4y_NbwQ6k&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlKa249PfjAMV6ohQBh10cDLeEAQYByABEgK6uvD_BwE Will do...

Yes clean it up and just a tad of grease in the selector cups. Stick is available new, housing may be hard to find. There is a series 3 stick and housing on the flea bay. S3 stick has one bend S2 stick has two.

Turns out the lever and housing have been bored out by some incompetent bellend sometime in the past resulting in the lever locating notch being enlarged by movement of the wrong fitting screw. So it’s out. Am going to get a new lever and...

Thanks Steve, that makes sense! The one that’s in mine has been home made at some point in the past I was getting hung up on the absence of a nut on the replacement I’ve ordered. All clear now !

No locknut on my spare

You are right I recon, different types of fittings over the series years. Mine fell out at one time. I reshaped the end of a cap head bolt to suit and loctite in place, still there.

Hmmm. They might be slow, noisy, etc etc but my series have saved my arse and my families over the years, series got the wife to hospital while having sprog 1 in thick snow when my new merc amg died, got us through flash floods in Spain and...

Ok that makes sense. It seems like the bit I’ve ordered from Craddocks doesn’t have a nut so I guess it goes in gets turned back like you say and loctite does the rest. Hopefully I’m not being entirely stupid 😬

The idea is the grub screw in the center is turned in until touching and then turned back a tad so as stick is free to move. While holding grub still with screwdriver lock nut is done up. Yes to loctite.

Ok I get it. Think mine is a homemade version which has never fitted right. My one is so loose it’ll come out on its own. When installing the new one, would it be wise to loctite the threads? Hmmmm…..