L110CDL wrote:

All great work being carried out there on Miffy

I bet there was more than " balls " said at the time, it's a real pain when things like that happen, my upbeat reading your work dropped when i saw the pic

As for the intercooler " leak " i had that on Millie's Allisport intercooler, first time with the supporting brackets, metal was to thin, not strong enough built and then i got a hole in a different place and i said that enough is enough, it was made before they gave a lifetime warranty I did try to see if i could get a replacement from them as there not cheap, it was a NO from them, so i made my mind up not to buy another one from them as i didn't like them " cornering " the market, so i did some home work and got a different make, it's been all good since fitted, about 2+ years so far

It is not the first time that I have heard about Allisport intercoolers splitting along the welds or leaking. I think I will have a go at plugging the weak. What is the worst that can happen

It is a funny thing but "balls" features fairly regularly in my Land Rover vocabulary

geobloke wrote:

Well you're full of optimism Clayton I did clean off the area with some brake cleaner the other evening. There is no obvious hole, so it is a very small weep. I think I will observe and see what happens for now.

That will be the best bet to observe the " weep "

I just find it great finding old pics that you forget you had, all the memories come flooding back, O happy days  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.


Clayton.

L110CDL wrote:

geobloke wrote:

Well you're full of optimism Clayton I did clean off the area with some brake cleaner the other evening. There is no obvious hole, so it is a very small weep. I think I will observe and see what happens for now.

That will be the best bet to observe the " weep "

I just find it great finding old pics that you forget you had, all the memories come flooding back, O happy days

Observe the weep or observe and weep

You are not wrong about old photos... Or old videos... https://youtu.be/X9vSyR7l8oA

This is that red 90 having a great time setting out trials at what was then the Anglesey Offroad centre. Hell of a time

geobloke wrote:

Well, this morning I had a visitor Thankfully it was excossack and it was great to finally meet you John. Hope your day on the HAM went well.

John very kindly offloaded one of his large vices with me which is going to come in handy when I fit the ATB to the rear diff and a host of other jobs that require more than two hands to do.

What we also did was check his 110s front half shaft end play as he is experiencing some clicking from the front at full lock and although it is probably the CV getting tired I offered to check the end play whilst he was here. For context his 110 has covered nearly 250k miles and they are likely to be the original half shafts and CVs. Pretty incredible really. I am thrilled as I got to use my new DTI and I am happy to say it works

The results are as follows;

OS = 0.07mm

NS = 0.59mm

The results: the OS end play is 0.01mm too tight and the NS is a minimum of 0.41mm too loose

The end play should be between 0.08 and 0.18mm to allow lubrication of the brass bushing on the stub axle and the external edge of the CV joint. Too little play and the parts will not be lubricated adequately and if there is too much play the CV can impact on the brass bushing and the internal axle oil seal will migrate over the half shaft possibly wearing the seal quicker.

So, the moral of the story is get out there and check your CV end play. They do change over time and it is a very very simple DIY job to do if you have a DTI. I suppose you could do it with feeler gauges as well mind.



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Always nice to see multiple Landrovers playing happily together in this natural environment.
Likewise, always nice to read about their owners playing nice together too - great to be able to help each other