Thread: Vin/chassis help

Originally Posted by NiteMare

i wasn't interested in parts names, i was just passing on a tiny bit of information i have from my limited knowledge/experience of landrovers iusing the terms/names that i and just about anyone in the UK that talks old Series landrovers refer to them as (the dealers also sell replacement dumbirons as replacement dumbirons)

you Aussies refer to axles as diffs from what i can make out, over here the diff is just the centre with the gears in it, and the diff is then fitted into the axle, there's no doubt other parts that take a little thinking about...

it's all just names that sometimes need clarifying between locations

we'll not get into the terminology that the Americans use

aloominum

Actually the parts catalogue refers to axle assemblies. I don't think anyone over here is confused about what is a diff or what is a halfshaft. When you think about it an axle housing is merely a different name for what could also be called a differential housing. It makes no sense however to talk about a Rover axle or a Salisbury axle! The diff is the functional part so pragmatically its a salisbury diff assembly.

Now don't get me started on bulkhead, nowhere in any Rover manual does it mention the word yet Brits are always correcting our firewall terminology.

Tilts is another.

Then aeroplanes have wings and boats have fenders, we're happy having mudguards on our Land Rovers.

Ahh. Thanks Mark. It went there on a test. I'll fix it. Hopefully, all can now see it.