Disco rear diff. :¬( (Was U.J. )

Depends on use, driving manner and regularity of service, especially fluids.

You pays your money and takes your chance.

Of course I'd steer clear of the place you sent it too in future and look for somewhere that knows Landrovers and charges a reasonable rate. That said I'm assuming they got a new diff for that price. Nowt wrong with fitting a known good second hand unit.

I seem to recall that getting the prop flange off on later diffs presents problems.. but again if replacing it with a known good item then there is no need.

I rebuilt the pinion input bearing on my 101 on the front sailsbury, probably one of the most difficult items I've replaced purely down to the process of setting it up right. That said it's not hard , just time consuming to do. A rear Diff is much simpler to remove and should be swappable in a matter of hours even on the driveway on a bad day.

As for should you get shut and get another.... think of the depreciation word and balance that against the cost of spending another grand in 6 months (hopefully not!). The Wallet is probably still in recoil, I'd think it's a case of act in haste repent at leisure.

Lee D

I _used_ to take it to a landrover specialist, but his change in business practice went from a £30/hour pair of specialists/enthusiasts to a £60/hour "specialist" charging top whack for trainees to do the work. The final string being when the front brake pipe split in town dumping all the fluid and leaving me to get home by handbrake. This was just a week after the trainee had replaced the front disks!

So even great specialists can go off to the dark side thinking they can charge a little less than the franchise dealers because they are LR specialists.

The depreciation or lack of is one of my main reasons for keeping it, but as it's one of our "business" vehicles repairs and depreciation are a business expense so it's all swings & roundabouts really. This also means it still gets serviced at 6000 intervals and most of it's mileage has been top gear motorway stuff as we bought it 3 yrs old with 90k on the clock.

I like having the old bus as I don't get nagged for filling it up with all sorts of building remains and rubble etc, or taking it down the occasional "track" ;¬)

Just contemplating using 30% SVO to help it get a tick in the green issues box, something I wouldn't really think of doing on a newer vehicle (Duty to be paid of course)

Guess I'll just ponder until the next big bill comes in. :¬)

Cheers Pete

On or around Thu, 17 May 2007 09:24:30 GMT, "Pet @

In general, I think they last longer, but then again, you can't tell if it's been serviced properly or what the motor's been used for, unless you've owned it since new.

theoretically, the diff oil should be changed every 24000 miles, but it rarely is.

the auto box is generally pretty bomb proof. One failure is the "A" clutch, which, if it goes, means you lose all forward gears. It still reverses fine though :-) Again, servicing and use make a lot of difference, if it's been looked after and run light, it should be OK for quite a few miles yet.

It had full dealer service from new and I've have full service history since then.

It's never really been used for any heavy towing, more Motorway bashing than anything, occasionaly loaded up with lots of heavy weights but for most of it's life it's 70+ m/way stuff with the abillity to pull the fully loaded trailer off our very steep drive.

Thanks for the replies.

Pete

It's a not a hard job, heavy yes, but not hard. You'll get a good diff for less than a ton on ebay. Christ man, do it yourself!

Save mega bucks.

:¬(

Too late I'm afraid. perhaps next time.