Recent content by Thomsonza

Thanks @pb4ugo, good to know

@peesalot thanks for this. After some more reading on a land rover forum with people with similar issues, I'm leaning more towards this option. My thinking here is that I can JB weld and epoxy coat with no drastic change. If it doesn't work out then I'm back to where I was. If it works out then...

MaTTi, how are these holding up? I have pretty big grooves in mine and like your approach.

This may not be the right thread for this, but following on from the above, can someone please tell me if a 1975 front housing (drum brakes) is the same as the 1981 front housing (disc brakes). I can't seem to find any information on this. There seems to be plenty of housings around from earlier...

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I am not in too much of a rush so I will try and find a donor housing for now and start tearing the rest down and cleaning. I guess availability and price will dictate whether I end up with a new front housing or not. If this fails I will go with removing...

Thanks 1969FJ - I feel the same in that I would prefer not to go with JB Weld option and prefer to have a long term solution that I wouldn't have to think about. There are 5 options in my head at the moment: 1 - Leave as is: What would happen if I left this as is and replaced the seals? 2 -...

Hey all, first post and sorry to revive an old thread. This is my first 40 series and have started replacing all essential components as a start, starting with the tie rod ends. Next will be the swivel hubs and mine have a fair bit of wear on them - more than the other pictures I've seen here...