Rant

[landroverkeith]

Now then ive loved my disco from the moment the guy took my money and ran off sniggering....

But at this moment in time its really really starting to get right on my very very very lastttttt nerve

few weeks ago heard a rumbling noise from the drivers wheel... knew what it was as ive had this noise 3 times before.... wheel bearing

luckly enough i had over ordered on a bearing kit b4 so i knew i had spares and big rich was very very kind and came around to my house to fix it for me i did do a few bits ... not much but i did some anyway after many hugs and kissess to rich we got it done in time b4 i had to goto work.

I Pulled off the drive and Popp something wasnt right no power and a very funny noise from that big pile of  rubbish under the bonnet  

cam belt.... 5 stripped teeth   new belt new tensor thingys etc but no real damage so far apart to my wallet "oh what a shock"

since picking it up friday its done about 40 miles give or take i suppose
and what do i hear today???    grrrrrrrr sumthing is still grinding and chattering away arghhhh what now????? ive replaced all the wheel bearings now with the other 3 being done within weeks of each other less then 3 years ago? surely they should last longer than that?

ooo lots of steam coming from my ears now hope no one crosses me at work tonight cos i think ill give em the landrovering lot

[bilge rat]

chill mate , i know its difficult but i think its a landy thing . honest. i just fitted a discoparts rear tow set up , found the rear crossmember had gone . so did that got in and the clutch went , did that along with clutch slave, rear main put together now got a real bad leak from the trannsfer box. so thats got to be done. got a fault on me red one not even looked at it . but i know it wont be straight forward, you'll get there. find it strange that all your brgs have gone together, alan.....

[Little Chris]

hi mate so what do you think has gone now as me and big rich say where there's will there's a way and where their is a way their is us!   :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

so dont worry mate let us know asap and we will see what we can do

[Big Rich]

Hi mate

I have wheel bearings on my shelf. I'll come over and help again if you need.

Rich

[skip]

AAH HA! YES i KNEW IT!!!  I'm so happy i'm not the only one who feels like that. :D

I'm actually dreading getting in my disco each morning for the fear of somthing else going wrong or breaking without cause or provocation :? :twisted:

hope you get it sorted ok though.

[SteveGoodz]

that big pile of german rubbish under the bonnet  

Gotta sympathise with ya  :)  but I wonder what engine you've got? Yer sig says 300Tdi which ain't got nuffink to do with them thar Jerries ~ it's a pure Solihull design.

Hope you get your latest problem sorted  :D

[landroverkeith]

that big pile of german rubbish under the bonnet  

Gotta sympathise with ya  :)  but I wonder what engine you've got? Yer sig says 300Tdi which ain't got nuffink to do with them thar Jerries ~ it's a pure Solihull design.

Hope you get your latest problem sorted  :D

made me feel better blaming em.....

[landroverkeith]

hi mate so what do you think has gone now as me and big rich say where there's will there's a way and where their is a way their is us!   :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

so dont worry mate let us know asap and we will see what we can do

God Knows i just now it sounds like metal on metal so im guessing again then yes it could be a bearing again not sure m8

[Evilgoat]

that big pile of german rubbish under the bonnet  

Gotta sympathise with ya  :)  but I wonder what engine you've got? Yer sig says 300Tdi which ain't got nuffink to do with them thar Jerries ~ it's a pure Solihull design.

Hope you get your latest problem sorted  :D

made me feel better blaming em.....

Yes but if it were German it wouldnt break every 30 seconds.

OOPs, hope Serenity didnt hear that.
 :shock:

[minty]

if its any help mate i can ask lee to have a look for you tommorow

[landroverkeith]

that big pile of german rubbish under the bonnet  

Gotta sympathise with ya  :)  but I wonder what engine you've got? Yer sig says 300Tdi which ain't got nuffink to do with them thar Jerries ~ it's a pure Solihull design.

Hope you get your latest problem sorted  :D

made me feel better blaming em.....

Yes but if it were German it wouldnt break every 30 seconds.

OOPs, hope Serenity didnt hear that.
 :shock:

30 seconds???? that long ???? lol

[landroverkeith]

if its any help mate i can ask lee to have a look for you tommorow

Hopefully m8 got big rich coming around soon to have a look  

and then if we cant fix it whos got the marshmallows???

[Big Rich]

Hi mate. Yes I'll pop round. I'm busy all day tomorrow and Saturday but I'll come round after my Advanced driving lesson Sunday.

(I'll bring the bearings and marshmallows :lol: )

Rich

[thermidorthelobster]

Skip, the graphic in your sig is priceless

 :lol:  :twisted:  :lol:  :twisted:

[thermidorthelobster]

In fact I'm STILL giggling about it  :lol:

[Big Rich]

None of us like to admit it but it is a good animation.

 :lol: Rich

[landroverkeith]

cheers rich that`ll be great

[discobaz]

Touch wood, nothing fallen off (yet) only problem I've had in three years is collapsed turbo hose :D

TD5 German???? I thought TD storm range of engines were developed by land rover and TD4 and TD6 (Freelander and range rover engines) were ditched by the germans 'coz they had there own 4 and 6 cyl versions. TD5 survived coz a 6 wouldn't fit engine bay of Disco 2  :?

[landroverkeith]

:roll:  anoraks sheesh lol

[CNorman]

How you treating the truck though!

If your wading and stuff then you should be pulling your bearings out every couple of months and repacking them with grease, think of the mechanics of it, rotating parts, your never going to get a perfect seal. On the front they have a drive flange gasket one side and a rubber seal the other.

Landys are simple to work on in terms of maintinance, grease the props, pack the bearings and drop the fluids often and you wont have a problem.

If you aint treating your truck like that then the bearings are not being fitted correctly.

£150 worh of tools and a haynes manual would probably help out.

[Big Rich]

The seals on the hubs are there to keep EP90 in.

Better get mine greesed again  :oops:

Rich

[Elmo]

Had mine 2 years now 100% reliable in that time have changed one oil pressure sender and a UJ. Best vehicle I have ever owned.

Your mileage may differ :)

[lurch_917]

dont worry to much as three weeks ago my cam belt went at 85mph new top end to engine £450 the week after some toe rag put my rear screen through £60 on inshurance now my clutch is slipping
its true what they say buy a landrover learn to weld and become a mechanic

[johnpirate]

That is so true. I,ve replaced four bearings on mine all after going wading in mudholes .And three times I,ve had to replace stubaxles as the bearing has welded itself to the stub.Running Mud tyres stops you hearing any noises so its always too late when you realise. Mine did it again Saturday morning in Berwick upon Tweed . I live in Oldham 200 miles away.£102 train fair for me and my mate ,£60 in diesel for his Landcruiser to get us back up there, £40 to the guy who ran us for parts and let us use his garage.Dragging another mate down to pick us up from Piccadilly and take us to a garage who stayed around till 9.00pm to wait for us to collect a stub axle.