> Yawn. Come on. Its not an F-16 or Ferrari for crying out loud. I said
>I've had NO problems over the last year with tranny/OD reliability since
>tightening the nut "incorrectly"
You are quite right. Series Land Rovers are not precision machines.
They are very simple machines for what they do. For the most part,
components are seriously overbuilt for their intended use.
A series Land Rover will keep going with a lot of missing, wrong or
incorrectly assembled parts. One of the things I love about them is that
they are marvels of simplistic over design engineering. Even though
some assemblies such as it's 1932 Rover passenger car gearbox is way
under strength for it's Land Rover application it is still simple.
Unlike with most cars, you can just put parts sorta together and expect
them to function. They can be repaired in the boonies with little more
than a screw driver and a crescent wrench using whatever parts are at
hand. It doesn't take a lot to fix them to the point where they can limp
home.
During the 23 years I have owned The Green Rover I have broken an
incredible collection of parts and she has always made it home under her
own power. Considering what I have broken, I'm in awe of that feat.
So yes I do agree with you. You can kludge a series Land Rover together
and expect it to run. And the parts used don't even have to be assembled
correctly and the darn things will still run. Pretty amazing.
My Land Rover has the wrong engine and gearbox and it runs just fine.
But I am one of those people who are anal retentive about proper assembly
and using parts that are both correct for their intended use and in very
good or better condition.
The fact that I take pride in a properly assembled Land Rover hybrid
whose parts are in good working condition is one of my personal hangups
that doesn't need to be shared by every other Land Rover owner.
I know some people who take a great deal of pride in the fact that their
Land Rover still runs in spite of its condition. Still others that take
a great deal of pride in such things as engineering a way to keep the
high low range shifter from rattling when the less than two dollar anti
rattle spring falls out. The challenge of designing an alternate method
of keeping the lever from rattling is to them at lot more interesting
than just replacing the spring. Heck I take a great deal of pride in
coming up with a different power plant that allows my Land Rover to
safely climb steeper grades.
So my apologies in trying to force you and others into the kind of Land
Rover maintenance I feel a personal need to perform. There are many ways
to maintain and enjoy a Land Rover.
SO please accept my apologies and maintain your own Land Rover in a way
that makes you happiest. Just excuse my postings on the subject as those
of an old lady with a torque wrench and compression gauge fetish.
TeriAnn Wakeman If you send me direct mail, please
Santa Cruz, California start the subject line with TW -
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