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Quick fix: Oil leak from the rear differential
There comes a time in a Land Rover's life where it starts to drop oil. My 1993 200tdi will have dropped litres of fluid in its lifetime, so this latest spill is nothing new....
There comes a time in a Land Rover's life where it starts to drop oil. My 1993 200tdi will have dropped litres of fluid in its lifetime, so this latest spill is nothing new....
During my time in Belize, I kept a detailed log of all works and problems that occured whilst supporting the jungle expeditions. Below is the history of one of the vehicles over the first 6 years of its life. I'm sharing this because it was an expedition work horse, spending about half of its life off road, did 120,000km in 3 years and was well maintained....
The Salisbury axle on a Defender 110 was used through the Series era until 2002. It has a reputation of being very strong, but also not very DIY friendly, as the pinion is part of the axle casing and the diff carrier removed by needing to spread the axle casing apart. So to replace the differential you would effectively need an entire new axle....
Having cleaned the door down and sent it off to the body shop, it came back gleaming in Chawton White for the cost of £100. Putting the door back together is mostly straightforward...