The Land Rover Appreciation Group.

[Chris Sheppard]

chances are the squeaking is most liekly the alternator belt tensioner - yo ucan replace the braering if you're aptient but it's as easy to junk the whole tensioner and put a genuine LR one on - not a pattern one as the bearing won't last very long before it squeaks again. It's a 5 min job to swap - it's only one bolt but torque it up right and not to tight.

 

If it's not squeaking a lot you can sometimes quieten them down with a liberal dosing of spray grease.

 

Mechanically the 300 tdi are pretty good - the worst thing with discoveries is the bodywork.

[Frank]

Think Im gonna go and buy my first ever Haynes manual.

[Matthew Arnold]

Check the transfer box is still working. I.e. going in and out of low ratio and in and out of diff lock. If difficult to put into low ratio then get it checked.

[Chris Sheppard]

Think Im gonna go and buy my first ever Haynes manual.

 

Welcome to that slippery slope that is Land Rover ownership

 

For parts, speak to Dom at LR Series at Shiptonthorpe - they can get everything, no matter how small or obscure!

[mpb]

The part number for the bearing is

 

SKF 6203-2RSH

 

& came from simply bearings & only cost a couple of quid.

 

Took me about 15 mintutes to change the bearing. The hardest part been getting the bearing retaining clip out, but all I had to do was drill into the edge of the casting to give me some where to get a screwdriver behind the clip.

 

Martin

[Frank]

Welcome to that slippery slope that is Land Rover ownership

 

For parts, speak to Dom at LR Series at Shiptonthorpe - they can get everything, no matter how small or obscure!

 

Excellent mate. Got a phone number???

 

 

I love my green oval already.

 

Wheres best place to get a steering protector??

[Frank]

Check the transfer box is still working. I.e. going in and out of low ratio and in and out of diff lock. If difficult to put into low ratio then get it checked.

 

Yeah it all works sound, been used off road fairly regularly. Nothing to extreme though.

[armchairarborist]

 

Wheres best place to get a steering protector??

 

oh dear, theres no hope for him now.. they work just fine without half a tonne of bash guards and chequerplate:001_tt2:

[Chris Sheppard]

Excellent mate. Got a phone number???

 

 

I love my green oval already.

 

Wheres best place to get a steering protector??

 

Google LR Series and it's the top one - best bet is to email them thoug has they are dead busy.

 

IMO don't bother with a steering guard as it increases the chance of bellying going forwards and acts as a plough going backwards - if anything go for HD steerign bars but I've never bothered with either and the only time I did bend a drag link was on the 130 at a trial and if the bar hadn't have bent something else would have broke I reckon.

 

there's far too much blingy stuff out there to tempt you away from your cash but and unless you're goign really extreme ,all it does is cover up driver error

[Frank]

Google LR Series and it's the top one - best bet is to email them thoug has they are dead busy.

 

IMO don't bother with a steering guard as it increases the chance of bellying going forwards and acts as a plough going backwards - if anything go for HD steerign bars but I've never bothered with either and the only time I did bend a drag link was on the 130 at a trial and if the bar hadn't have bent something else would have broke I reckon.

 

there's far too much blingy stuff out there to tempt you away from your cash but and unless you're goign really extreme ,all it does is cover up driver error

 

But they look cool??? I was only joking. Real plan is to restore it pieve by piece back to former glory whilst using it for work at the same time.

 

Found the website, what a really good site, cheers mate, they literally have everything.

 

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