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Thread: What did you do on your Defender today ? (well, this week anyway)

  1. 20th September 2025, 06:35 PM #721
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    Got mine back (again) from the repair shop a week or so ago, the vast increase in torque from the new motor lunched the jack shaft between the gearbox and Transfer case. I'm now the proud owner of a LOF replacement shaft and while they had the transfer case out they replaced it with the rebuilt unit with the ashcroft centre LSD that I had done and didn't much want to fit. Thanks to the Series Workshop in Canberra for fitting me in and doing your usual excellent work. That Ranger Super duty is looking cheaper every day but I'm sure it wont have the "charm" of a Defender . Anyway, it made it out to the farm successfully today and has been doing commuter duties this week as well.

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  2. 22nd September 2025, 07:38 PM #722
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    Engine stripped.

    I got the engine into the shed and stripped it down, a stuck #1 & #2 piston were persuaded out with a bit of lumberjacking and the BIG hammer. Years of sitting with a bad head gasket and just a little water on top of the pistons was enough to seal it right up and grow a good crust on the bores. Tomorrow the search begins to find a local shop to bathe (coolant galleries are chockablock with snots) and inspect the block before I go though the joy of gathering new bits. Crankshaft and camshaft look in great shape at this stage. Hoping all is well as the planned swap engine has more than twice the kms as this one... and will be the final rites on my trusty old disco.
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  3. 3rd November 2025, 01:08 PM #723
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    Gearbox and transfer case oil changes on '90. Couldn't get grease into the propshaft nipples so have ordered the grease gun attachments recommended on here.
    Also the combination to get at the transfer case filler plug much easier next time.
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  4. 3rd November 2025, 02:52 PM #724
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    I migrated all the Huntsmen to another vehicle. The users of which are many and half of them arachnophobes.
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    LS engine and 6L80e are in. Engineer signed off on the engine/transmission mounts, clearances etc. Approval to move onto stage 2 (the rest of the build). The hard part that is my cross the bear begins. FWIW, the engine looks a treat in the engine bay. Like it should have been there from factory.
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