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Just got it all back together, new prop and diff and took it for a test run. All ok no vibe or whining up to 60mph but even more amazing is my mickey mouse sealant job on the diff isn't leaking! :D

I'm fairly sure that the rear diff seized up, which blew the coupling. I'm confident the central diff is ok, it wasn't locked in or anything, the light works well it locks and unlocks quickly and the car drives in front wheel drive OK at the moment, no sounds or anything. Haven't driven too...

Yeah the halfshafts look good, splines are perfect and both are dead straight. Just gotta get some gaskets on the way home tonight and hopefully I can get the new diff in this evening.

Just finished taking the diff off - no fun in the rain I gotta say. It looks ok until you turn the flange...turns a few degrees then locks and you need to really put some effort in to turn it further, the flange bearing is shagged and the teeth on the drive gear are very worn, makes a lot of...

Yeah defiantly worth checking. As a update I drained the oil from the diff yesterday and there were more than a few 'bits' in the oil so your idea of the diff letting going causing it seems to be a good 'un. Diff seems to turn OK like I said but obviously its buggered its self somehow even if...

Nah the splines are knackered where the prop has obviously hit the ground with the internal splined bit in about an inch. Diff moves ok both wheels turn ok without clunking or resistance etc Engine was still running when I managed to stop!

Well I had a look at it this afternoon. Good news is that the diff is ok. Bad news is that the splines on the prop are totally shagged and my local indy dosen't seem to stock the disco rear prop. bugger

Yeah managed to get it onto the verge in diff lock, no bad sounds from anything, just the slap slap slap of the half of the prop that's still attached hitting the underside :) Went onto the AA low loader all right, no grinding or anything. I'll have a proper look later on in the week and...

heading along the A40 on the way to silverstone yesterday morning, doing a relaxed 50 along a flat then BANG both rear wheels locked up, thrown into the curb, bounced off and managed to keep it on the right side of the road (handy cus there was plenty of stuff going the other way). looking...

A recon should be a complete dis-assemble then strip and clean every part, then decide whether that part needs replacing or its good enough to be re fitted. Sounds to me like he just refitted old parts because he couldn't get them/couldn't be arsed/didn't know what he was doing.

i'd just go back and say 'oi, its doing it again. this time fix it properly and by the way i'm not paying' worked for me when a guy did a bad job on a steering box last year. £900 is steep, and now its doing it again? i'd be rather rude to him

146k at the moment

2500 rpm? bloody hell my disco only ever hits that in top gear.

****in yeahhhh it werent the head gasket, it was a couple of tiny splits in the heater hoses, sorted now and its holding water ok.

aye its my only car. do about 20k miles a year in it lots on mud but most of it is on tarmac obviously.

Well today I dropped my disco off at my mechanics to have the head gasket done :(

Ah balls, so if the mounts have gone then I suppose its cut off and weld new ones on? Or could I just weld some thick washers in place on the outside of the bracket or something? At least if it s the rod its just a trip to a breaker and a few quid. Cheers,

Thanks for the replys guys, car is 100% standard suspension wise. Steering damper is brand new (fitted the day after I did the bushes). Yeah put back on the right way (had a look under me old mans disco before I put it back:)) Good point about the brackets Paul D, I'll have a ganders at them...

Alright guys, after some advice Replaced my panhard rod bushes about 3 months ago, bad steering and a bad judder when going over bumps at speed. The set I put in there 3 months ago were knackered by the start of this month so I put some new polybushes. So the new poly bushes have been in...

The way I did mine was with heat mate, only applies the torch to the 'barrel' that the plug is screwed into for about 20seconds and it come undone first go after that.