OOOPS!! I didnt want to do that...

[joker777]

oooh! looks like you had fun ;-)

[gnasha]

now i no what the diff protector is for it to actualy hold the axel togeather when it goes bang and there me thinking it stops out side stuf getting in not inside getting out :lol:

[Range Rover Blues]

Sort of a bib really :(biglaugh):

[DPG]

hi muky kid its been a DIFFerent day today a craking one,but when you get stuck in you really get stuck in. just to let you know todays photos are on my gallery.check the one off you in the quary are they orbs around you man i think somone is haunting you :twisted:  :twisted:

Yeah Chapel gate :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  

[DPG]

Sort of a bib really :(biglaugh):

Don't know about a bib a nappy at one point :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[muky-kid.]

:lol: Ill be back. But not on Chapel...  

[Andy the Landy]

hi muky kid just got in,one hell of a day i think next time just take andy the landy to the coal pit there are no gates there he must of got fed up with opening and shuting the gates today,and carrying stones and waffle boards.but what teamwork,all got home minus one rear diff and now we can all laugh about it.

 :lol: Didnt mind opening and shutting the gates - Muky had even put a nice bit of carpet in the passenger footwell to wipe my muddy boots on :twisted: .Not having done much serious laning till yesterday it was certainly a steep learning curve, but very enjoyable and great to see the professional teamwork in recovery when the poop hits the fan When are we going again [-o<

[DPG]

Any time andy   sonner you get yours back on the road the better its more fun driving than been a passenger but until then your always welcome as a passenger plus my lads are fed up of opening & shuting gates  :lol: don't now about the professional bit more like a fluke :oops:
Its a shame that happend but its just one of them things :roll: it would of been nice to take you over the top and down the steps we will do that next time weather premiting :twisted:

[macca]

im up for that again but this time come down the way and up the steps.
you know me just going to go for it,as mike would say.

[macca]

:shock: What started of as a nice gentle Sunday laning trip soon turned into the rescue of a lifetime. I wont go into detail... (Ill let my mates do that    ). But heres a pic of whats left of my rear diff.. :lol: :lol:

Lets just say im not going up Chapel Gate ever again ever and i mean never. :lol:

get back in there and do it again i will not hear that kind of talk of you giving up like that :o   :roll:

 :lol: O.H and the hole episode was caught on video. AN HOURS WORTH! First i got stuck, then macca got stuck... well ill let them explane. :D

[Andy the Landy]

Any time andy  

Sorted :D    Bits for chassis being ordered this week \:D/  Paddocks have no chassis legs in stock though  Will have a shop around :D

[Wanderer]

My QT Diff guard kept the bits in when mine went although it still holed the diff casing.
It shattered the carrier and released the pins that came out like bullets.

It's all down to hitting the loud pedal with no grip and then a wheel gets some grip and BANG!
Either the halfshafts go, the diff goes or something happens to the trailing arms and prop.
Cue Bev......

Ed

[Wanderer]

http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/Wanderer/gallery/Diff%20damage has my photos.

Ed

[coffee boy]

looks like plenty of fun went into making a hole that size  :D  :D

[Xtremeteam]

well after replacing the 8th diff thats tried that escape route & welded the hole up it does get rather boring  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[muky-kid.]

:shock: What started of as a nice gentle Sunday laning trip soon turned into the rescue of a lifetime. I wont go into detail... (Ill let my mates do that    ). But heres a pic of whats left of my rear diff.. :lol: :lol:

Lets just say im not going up Chapel Gate ever again ever and i mean never. :lol:

get back in there and do it again i will not hear that kind of talk of you giving up like that :o   :roll:

 :lol: O.H and the hole episode was caught on video. AN HOURS WORTH! First i got stuck, then macca got stuck... well ill let them explane. :D

 :? Ithink next time well go down it as pointed out by Wayfinder, much easyier apparently, tricky in any direction i think.

[Andy the Landy]

:? Ithink next time well go down it as pointed out by Wayfinder, much easyier apparently, tricky in any direction i think.

 :lol: So it aint put you off then :lol:  In the words of 'Arnie' 'I'll be Back' :twisted:

[muky-kid.]

:D O.H yeah, ill be back, fitting an other diff this weekend so ill be going to Whitworth Quarry after all. As for Chapel, ill do it again but from the other direction and in better weather.... :lol:  :lol:

[ibexman]

Ouch - that looks painful :(

chapel gate has really got bad recently.  i went up it a couple of weeks ago and it was much worse than i went with Range rover blues in late january.

i'm not convinced that coming down it would be any easier - down right scary on that nasty side slope bit.  perhaps i'd better go and try it :shock:

did you do roych?

regards

dom

[DPG]

Ouch - that looks painful :(

chapel gate has really got bad recently.  i went up it a couple of weeks ago and it was much worse than i went with Range rover blues in late january.

i'm not convinced that coming down it would be any easier - down right scary on that nasty side slope bit.  perhaps i'd better go and try it :shock:

did you do roych?

regards

dom

No we didn't make it to the roych by the time we got mucky out it was to late hows it holding up along there now and if you go on chapel see if you can find mucky's diff :lol:  :lol:

[LOULA]

looks like you had a good laugh even if you did break it, never mind
muky kid look forward to seeing you at bala

will have to let me know the ordance map numbers so me and stanton boy can give it a try  :D

[ibexman]

Roych aint the lane it used to be thats for sure :(
It's holding up very well, no sign off deterioration yet :(

Had an epic up there 3 weeks ago in the snowdrifts - foolishly decided to do it and spent a few hours going a 100 feet through 6 foot snow drifts.  Lots of digging, winching, and setting up ground anchors (which weren't holding for more than 10 ft)
Still it was good fun and we did it :lol:
regards

dom

[muky-kid.]

Hi all, ive just spent most of the day and DPGs welding skills, fixing the rear diff and diff pan on the Rangie. Everything went to plan the Pan was welded up after removeing the bust diff ( o.h and it was well mashed ) couldnt be bothered getting a new one and DPG said it would not be a problem to weld from the inside as it was good clean metal ( quality of the metal was a bit naff typical Range Rover B/L metal )
After DPG had welded up the pan i finnished it of on the outside with plenty of sealant over the welded bits, which has done the trick no leaks. The i put the rear prop back on, then put the rear halfshafts back in put fresh diff oil in and took it for a test drive up and down the yard at DPGs garrage. :D  :D  The replacement diff came from what we think is an early Disco Front Unit, we noticed there was hardly any ware and tare on the Crown or the Pinion and so whilst test driveing it there is no backlash in the rear what so ever  :D BRILLIANT  :D  So heres a tip for you, if you need to replace either diff in your Classic Rangie or Early Disco use a Disco front diff as they seem to be a lot better for ware and tare etc, proberbly due because the Front diffs are not under as much pressure as the rears...
Anyway i gave it a wash fitted new C.B but as me and DPG were about to leave we noticed the front radious arm bushes have gone    I only fitted new ones 6 months ago.    Must have done it on Chapel Gate on Sunday, cheap and nasty spurious ones, :(  didnt last long.
 :roll: So my job for tomorrow is to get a set of new ones and fit them, and theres me looking forward to an easy day.... :lol:
 :( I did take some pics of the Diff work. But ive deleted them by mistake trying to put them on my P.C  :(

[macca]

nice one back on the road,right back to chapel gate and sort the lane out and we'll try it again.

[karloss]

That cool 90 is a Series 2a

Which bit exactly? The steering wheel?

[macca]

That cool 90 is a Series 2a

Which bit exactly? The steering wheel?

[karloss]

.that 90 you got looks smart is it a tdi?

Eerr, no, it's a bit like yours really. The chassis is 1997 300 tdi, the body panels are all from different vehicles, seats are ford, steering wheel from larkspeed, axles are range rover, the list goes on, the engine is the original TD. 180,000 miles and overdue a rebuild now!!!
Not sure at what point it stops being A 1990 90(or a 19whatever series 2) and starts being something else!! :lol:

[hobbit]

Depends who you tell I suppose

[muddyweb]

Not sure at what point it stops being A 1990 90(or a 19whatever series 2) and starts being something else!! :lol:

Technically, a long time ago...  Should be on a Q plate really.

[hobbit]

Mind you Karl, I think you should rename it Bertie, as in Bassets licqurice allsorts!