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| Dinnu Member Since: 24 Dec 2019 Location: Lija Posts: 3424   
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Unfortunately the transfer boxes on Pumas do not seem to last as long as they did on the predecessors.
There could be several reasons to why. The Puma has very high cyclic loads, and perhaps made worse by the thicker, hence stiffer half shafts. The oil leak from the front (if by front you mean the face where it mates with the gearbox adaptor housing) is generally caused by the intermediate shaft O ring that looses its ability to seal as it sets to a squarish profile over time. However there is also a possibility that the hole for the intermediate shaft in the aluminium casing to go oval and a new O ring would not solve the leak. But there are also upgrades for that - just google "LT230 sleeve casing" either by getting a modified casing, or getting just the sleeve and modifying your case and installing locally. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing 2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black |
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30th Jul 2022 6:08am |
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| Honeyman Member Since: 02 May 2022 Location: Haarlemmermeer Posts: 58  
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If it’s any consolation, this is what the drain plug on mine looked like yesterday….
 Click image to enlarge 2011MY 130 HCPU: daily driver 1979MY RRC 2-door: on the drive, in the garage & in a shed - all at the same time. |
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30th Jul 2022 9:39am |
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| roamfree Member Since: 19 Jan 2022 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 16  
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My condolences honey man, that looks bad indeed! Guess I was lucky after all 😆
Hope yours will be fine! |
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1st Aug 2022 3:34pm |
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| Honeyman Member Since: 02 May 2022 Location: Haarlemmermeer Posts: 58
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Thanks! It will be fine eventually - made a start at least
Click image to enlarge 2011MY 130 HCPU: daily driver 1979MY RRC 2-door: on the drive, in the garage & in a shed - all at the same time. |
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1st Aug 2022 4:50pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6300  
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/\ I think its possible for these things to be fine eventually, after much, time, effort and money.
Assuming of course you set the bar very low as to what fine is  |
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1st Aug 2022 6:37pm |
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| roamfree Member Since: 19 Jan 2022 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 16
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It's been a while! Just as with every Defender there have been countless ups and downs this past one and a half years. All in all I am quite happy with the big black, but there are of course the next problems looming on the horizon. But before we get into the nitty gritty let's enjoy the more pleasurable experiences of 2023:
It starts with travel preparations in May: Click image to enlarge U-Joints in the front were due While it was up on the lift, I noticed that it was leaking from the transfer case... Click image to enlarge Defender on the lift So the front output flange and corresponding seal was changed... Click image to enlarge New front output flange of the transfer case ... that helped a ton, but still the transfer case is not 100% dry. A bigger journey was upcoming so fluids were in order: Click image to enlarge changing the front diff oil, and violating the new diff guard in the process Since we wanted to drive in convoy, a radio was needed. But where to place the antenna? I didn't want to do any drilling... so a custom mount was to be fabricated: Click image to enlarge custom antenna mount in the making Click image to enlarge finaly product and freshly mounted antenna And on the journey went: Click image to enlarge western alps 1 Click image to enlarge western alps 2 Click image to enlarge Denmark Click image to enlarge Norway And of course it wouldn't be a defender without a water leak, what a way to start 2024! Click image to enlarge leak 1 But I don't think it was this clean since August, so thats something I guess 
Click image to enlarge leak 2 Currently dismounted the rack since I have some corrosion on the alpines and was thinking of tackling it. But I might wait till summer honestly... Click image to enlarge a clean Defender in the city I gotta say though, I kind of love the clean aesthetic of the defender without the roof rack. |
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19th Feb 2024 9:08pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10784
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Thank you for your update and the pics on " big black " great your still enjoying defender life and it wouldn't be the same if you were not tinkering on it
Hope you get the water leaks sorted this year  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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19th Feb 2024 9:26pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20447 
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Looks good! first time I’ve seen your thread, there is always something to do with a Defender, the works never ends.
No Guts, No Glory.
🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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19th Feb 2024 11:05pm |
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| Waka56 Member Since: 08 Nov 2023 Location: Hamburg Posts: 162
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Nice big black! Got a big white recently, which needs a fair bit of work. Might see you around in Hamburg
 Making my Defender great again. (Or trying to at least xD) |
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21st Mar 2024 6:41pm |
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| roamfree Member Since: 19 Jan 2022 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 16
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Thanks folks!
The water leak indeed seems to be sorted for now @L11CDL. Lets pray that it stays that way, Hamburg is showing itself in its greatest glory again at the moment. However I seem to have some corrosion on the alpines which will need fixing... and thereby possibly needing to respray the whole roof. Guess there's always something, just as you said @custom90! Speaking of things that need fixing: Three weeks ago the ignition switch decided to die, so that needed sorting: Click image to enlarge With the steering wheel off I decided to finally mount that christmas gift and get rid of that ugly Raid logo: Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge The wire-loom for the rear passenger doors was broken and thus my central locking was done for. So that was the next job that I tackled. Click image to enlarge Unsure about the alpines, but besides those I really hope that this is it with major suprises this year. I would love to spend the money on some fine new upgrades instead of repairs for a change
@Waka I'll keep my eyes open! Always happy to connect to other Defender drivers |
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28th Mar 2024 5:16pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10784
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Nice bit of maintenance work your carrying out on the 110
You have to be patient with finding the money to spend on upgrades, that time will come one day for you  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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28th Mar 2024 9:23pm |
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