Land Rover Discovery Survives 3000m Round Trip

But has thrown in the towel today...!

Tried driving into town and got squeeling and graunching sounds from underneath and intermitent loss of drive.

Suspect the gearbox or transfer box is buggered.... feel a shopping trip to Ashcroft coming up!

Oops. But at least it had the decency to get you home from the rally.

There by the grace of God ......

I could say something, but wont. At least it had the decency to wait until after the rally.

Sorry to hear that

So is everyone buying japanese for next year?

(only joking)

KevAADriveTech wrote:

So is everyone buying japanese for next year?

(only joking)

Wash your mouth out

A bit of an ambiguous reply there Frank If I read that right; you are buying a Jap for next year???

Maybe a L ... La ... Lan ... Land ... Landr ... green oval, with Jap running gear

Maybe a Landrover with Unimog running gear?

Portal axels are seriously awesome......

Or just get a big Russian Truck? I'll go halves with you (if you can help me talk Gill round....)

nickburt wrote:

Maybe a L ... La ... Lan ... Land ... Landr ... green oval, with Jap running gear

That would never catch on, timeless style, peerless pedigree and excellent reliability in one vehicle? nope, not in my lifetime!

Nick,
can you remind me, what is the "m" an abbreviation of ? is it miles or metres !

Nice pictures of the event again, lots of mud this time and I notice that you were using the winch again ( did I tell you that I have some footage of it in use last year ).

Hope to catch up with you later in August.

Pete & Chrys

Sandy wrote:

Maybe a Landrover with Unimog running gear?

Portal axels are seriously awesome......

Or just get a big Russian Truck? I'll go halves with you (if you can help me talk Gill round....)

I'm game.

Boys in the seriously unstopable Russian truck ....................... girls can have a L ... La ... Lan ... Land ... Landr ... thing with a green oval badge on it ....

Sandy wrote:

nickburt wrote:

Maybe a L ... La ... Lan ... Land ... Landr ... green oval, with Jap running gear

That would never catch on, timeless style, peerless pedigree and excellent reliability in one vehicle? nope, not in my lifetime!

Of cousre it would, Mitsubishi have been building them for donkeys years ..........

Pete wrote:

Nick,
can you remind me, what is the "m" an abbreviation of ? is it miles or metres !

Nice pictures of the event again, lots of mud this time and I notice that you were using the winch again ( did I tell you that I have some footage of it in use last year ).

Hope to catch up with you later in August.

Pete & Chrys

Hmmmm - got to own up to operator error last year, as my 11 year old (at the time) son will happily remind me of every time it's discussed ....

Nick just face it your and landie owner waiting to come out

Not a chance.

Well, there's a couple I'd have ... 101 or a lightweight ... as long as it has a V8

I have a v8

only slightly toasted

She started today for the first time after the fire

all my own work too

Wal wrote:

I have a v8

only slightly toasted

She started today for the first time after the fire

all my own work too

Ace - good work Mark.

Quick update guys... finally managed (with Toby Heasons fine assistance - especially with a recalcitrant bolt... over an hour and lots of tricks to finally release!) to get the gearbox & transfer box out and with Dy's assistance get them to AW Transmissions in Coventry (fine fellows they are too!).

Transfer box is definitely scrap... makes horrible noises as it goes past a sticky part of it's rotation and we got a cupfull of iron fillings in fluid out of it!

It looks like the gearbox output shaft has seen too much action as well so they are both gonna be get the Land Rover equivalent of mouth to mouth and be all shiny for Stoneleigh!

Pick them up Friday... get them back in with a new clutch Saterday/Sunday... buy beers and big curry for yer man Toby and the job as they say... is a good un!

Fingers crossed!

Glad to hear it's getting sorted. Well done guys.

Good to see all the help/advice Frank - and hope all goes well re the repairs

Just heard from Andrew at AW Transmissions in Coventry and my transfer box is scrap... apparently there is supposed to be some fluid in there with all the whirly around parts....

So... it's a shiny new (well... reconditioned) one off the shelf.

The gearbox is worn (bearings, synchromesh, shaft splines etc) so that's getting reconned. Pick everything up Friday... fit Saturday... ready for Stoneleigh!!!

Anyone opened a book yet..?!!!!

Frank, now, why would we want to open a book