Busted Differential
About a mile later I got a very satisfying crunch sound. “I guess its broken now,” I thought to myself.
About a mile later I got a very satisfying crunch sound. “I guess its broken now,” I thought to myself.
Here is what will pass for a how-to video on the CV Joint and axle seal replacement. I had trouble videoing it with greasy hands. I also had trouble because the phone ran out of disk space. That let to some choppy video and you didn’t get to see the assembly. What I do hope[…]
Sorry for the post drought lately. I finally have a new job and haven’t had much time to do much of anything Land Rover. I ordered a CV joint and some other bits to sort out the axle problem that I referred to in Front Half Shaft Oil-Seal Failure. I thought they’d be in[…]
How many of you remember this commercial?
So the problem I’m having is exactly like that commercial, except that it’s not delicious, I haven’t bumped into a cute girl, and there’s no creepy old man helping solve the problem, there isn’t a happy ending, and it’s 2014 not 1982.
You got swivel housing grease in my differential oil!
No you got differential oil in my swivel housing grease!
I can’t remember if I had blogged about getting an in the floor tornado shelter. In any event I did. I had ulterior motive. And the picture at left demonstrates it. It made a perfect oil change pit. I am standing on the floor of the shelter. Every thing was in reach. Once I drained[…]
Busy, busy weekend.Lets start by saying this was a three day weekend. Meaning in America we had a federal holiday that gave us an extra day off. Labor Day. With that in mind labor was indeed what I did this weekend. This weekend also kicked off the 2010 College Football season. For those of you[…]
[Queue the theme song]The Good, I started on the rear brakes last night.The Bad, I can’t finish the project.The Ugly, I found a broken axle half shaft. As you can see in this picture the rear brakes on the Range Rover are looking pretty knackered. I love that word “knackered”. In this context I’m using[…]