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Well, Land Rover can't seem to make a gasoline engine that runs. Maybe they figure at least this way you can get home on battery power. Yeah, that makes sense...Land Rover has always been good with electrical systems......:(

Your axles will be in the mail on Monday, Mike. Should I disguise them as something else? Paper weights? Ice breakers? Really strong ski poles? Anything but Land Rover parts, right? jim

Alright, the holidays are over and enough screwin' around. Time to get some work done. Diffs are apart. Original stud holes are welded up and ground down. That surface also has to be notched for the locking mechanism. I also cut the pan off and will weld new ones with check-plugs. No, I'm...

One thing that gives me comfort driving a primitive truck with a mechanical diesel is the ease of diagnosing engine problems and being able to remedy them when they do occur. (Luckily I’ve experienced nothing worse than a clogged pick-up tube in the fuel tank in all my miles with this truck.)...

I've got a couple of these bellhousings left and have offered to build this for the Toyota guys, but interest seems to end at the checkbook. That's probably why the guys at 4X4Labs haven't bothered yet either. Not sure what you're building these days Matt, but if it's something I can help you...

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Sure I could. Do you have a HF42 out of a truck and in your hands? Are they the same dimensions as the HF55? jim

I'm sticking with the drums. It's a NADA 2.6 I started with so it has the same 3" drums as the Stage One. They're a known quantity and I feel they're just fine for my needs. Yes, this truck has Rover style diffs front and rear and will get the same 30-spline/Toyota E-lockers set-up as the 88"...

Thanks Matt. Things had slowed a bit for the holidays but with them over I should be back at it. With the engine/tranny/t-case together and ready I'll start working on the axles. The housings are apart, shafts are here and I've just to order the swivels, brakes, bearing, etc. to get them...

A properly maintained and/or rebuilt Series truck is no more or less capable or reliable than any other similarly maintained vehicle for overland travel. However, I believe a Series truck has some inherent advantages over other trucks for a couple reasons. First of all is simplicity. There...

Talking splines gets confusing...Been there, done that. Yup, both the front and rear wheel bearings run in gear oil. The rear run in the same oil as the differential, the front bearings run in the same oil as the front u-joints. Some guys remove the inner seals and let both swivels and the...

Hi Mike. Greetings from northern Ontario! The newer Rover axles are 24-spline, not 27. You guys might want to try Lucas Hub Oil. It's thicker than 90w but more viscus than CV grease or the like. It's about the same viscosity as their oil stabilizer if you've ever seen that. It really helps...

The cases have some differences, the biggest being the side bearing size. If you find a 24-spline pumpkin the only thing you'll need to install your 4:70 gear set is the spacer ring. I can take a check or Paypal. Email me off-board if you're interested. jim

Yes, it can be done with a spacer ring from ARB (#RD03A). Find yourself a 24-spline coiler (yes, Defender, Rangie, Disco = coiler) diff and throw the spacer and Series gear-set in them. A pretty cheap way out but not a vast improvement in strength.

If you’re not going to be beating on this truck and you’re not going to run a bunch of horsepower, the cheapest way out is leaving it the way it is. Get yourself a fresh set of rear shafts and keep the old ones for spares. In my opinion the ring/pinion and the differential is the weak link...

Seems like there's really a demand for this and I don't understand what the trouble is. Ship me an H41 or an H55F and I'll have a bell housing on the front of it in a week. I don't know the guy and I'm not into Toyota stuff but if I were I'd be all over it. jim

When hell freezes over! :) Those dudes have been promising that adapter for 10 years. Is their website still up? I came this close to bolting a H55F tranny to the back of this engine. I'm sure it could be done and very easily....Just need to have a tranny in front of me for some...

Yup, the pivot is on the opposite side of the bearing instead of being between the slave and bearing like most clutches. Makes for a longer throw but nothing to serious. The tranny case is drilled and taped to 3/8"-24 and hardened cap-screws threaded in from the inside with Loctite. Stainless...

Got the slave mounted and the correct bolts in the bell housing. That's about it. I know, the bleeder is on the bottom. It's the only one I could find that was the right dimensions that I wanted. I'll bleed it backwards. I still have to make the high-low pivot but besides that the...

The front propshaft clearance looks fine. This bellhousing has the same width as the conversion I do with the Rover tranny so I'm set there. If you see the plate between the engine and bellhousing, that plate stays with the Rover tranny too and is the widest part of the engine/tranny. The...