I had no idea that you suffered from multiple sclerosis - I'm very sorry indeed to hear that. I think you did a good job of explaining that. I confess that I made tea and then sat down thinking: "this man has set himself a pretty challenge - let's see how he does". Using the Lego was a good idea, but there were pitfalls. I liked the idea of using a jump lead and a welding rod to sort out problems in the bush - I had always assumed you need an array of 12v batteries to weld. I enjoy, while watching your videos on this 4WD, trying to spot differences between the Perentie and the Land Rovers with which I'm more familiar.
Most of my videos come about from having to explain something to people over and over again, or being unable to find that information in the wild. As for MS, I get treated monthly at oncology with tysabri. I tend not to make it a huge deal because the topic attracts snake oil salesmen. the welding thing was a bit of a joke, but yes you can "sort of weld" with thin maintenance rods if desperate. In truth I hate working on vehicles, but I try to do preventative maintenance wherever possible to make sure I don't have to do things in the field. it's a survival skill for me, not a passion lol.
A handy little trick I made up was to well a universal join socket onto my mechanical screw jack I bought at wreckers and add a long rod with a socket onto it to fit the uni so I could jack up with my cordless drill it will jack up is around 5 seconds definitely be handy for you with the MS leave you with more energy and it feel safer than hrdaulic jacks which seem to give me 1 year and 1 use before the weather destroys them when I need them most
@@radaraacf i have hydraulic bottle jacks. Uni joint not an option. I'm looking into air jacks instead. I get 10+ years out of a hydraulic. I don't leave them in the weather
By "pitfalls", I meant that I wasn't quite sure whether you'd thoroughly got across the fact that rear wheels describe a smaller arc than front wheels, which is what makes the centre diff necessary. I had a Series III, and it therefore had no centre diff, but instead ran in 2WD on sealed roads. This meant that one had to select 4WD when crossing challenging terrain and remember to go back to 2WD upon regaining the road, or risk drive train carnage. Then we got the new full-time 4WD drivetrain. I had this in my Range Rover. One still had to remember to lock the centre diff before attempting gnarly stuff, and to unlock it afterwards or suffer the consequences. It's tempting, then, to wonder why Land Rover bothered; fortunately we have an answer. The drive train was originally developed for use in the Range Rover. As this was to be a luxury vehicle, Charles Spencer King, the chief designer, said that he didn't want to put a huge Salisbury military rear axle under it. The Salisbury was the only design available which could handle the power and torque of the Buick-derived V8 when the vehicle was in 2WD, and apparently Spen King felt that its considerable mass would lead to too much unsprung weight when the vehicle was travelling at speed on rough surfaces. His solution was to split the drive between the two axle's, allowing the rear axle to be more lightly designed. This is my understanding of the matter - I'm very much open to correction!
The 4x4 indeed has the Salisbury diff in the rear. Much of this drivetrain comes from the V8 mods, as the Isuzu 4BD1 has some fairly difficult to control torque impulses. They opted for the LT95 4 speed truck box in them, a lot of people try to put R380's in them and find the lifespan isn't that great. I am, as I've said before, not an expert or land rover historian. I do mechanics as a survival skill, not because I like working on vehicles. - very much the opposite.
Thanks showing me how this works mate 💯
Nice to see you drop by. many thanks.
I had no idea that you suffered from multiple sclerosis - I'm very sorry indeed to hear that.
I think you did a good job of explaining that. I confess that I made tea and then sat down thinking: "this man has set himself a pretty challenge - let's see how he does".
Using the Lego was a good idea, but there were pitfalls. I liked the idea of using a jump lead and a welding rod to sort out problems in the bush - I had always assumed you need an array of 12v batteries to weld.
I enjoy, while watching your videos on this 4WD, trying to spot differences between the Perentie and the Land Rovers with which I'm more familiar.
Most of my videos come about from having to explain something to people over and over again, or being unable to find that information in the wild.
As for MS, I get treated monthly at oncology with tysabri. I tend not to make it a huge deal because the topic attracts snake oil salesmen.
the welding thing was a bit of a joke, but yes you can "sort of weld" with thin maintenance rods if desperate.
In truth I hate working on vehicles, but I try to do preventative maintenance wherever possible to make sure I don't have to do things in the field.
it's a survival skill for me, not a passion lol.
You can weld with 12v but you really want 24V minimum for getting anything reasonably trustable from what videos I seen
@@radaraacf I kind of want to try it...
@@radaraacf people missed the dry sense of humor and reference to 5 minute craft video.
A handy little trick I made up was to well a universal join socket onto my mechanical screw jack I bought at wreckers and add a long rod with a socket onto it to fit the uni so I could jack up with my cordless drill it will jack up is around 5 seconds definitely be handy for you with the MS leave you with more energy and it feel safer than hrdaulic jacks which seem to give me 1 year and 1 use before the weather destroys them when I need them most
@@radaraacf i have hydraulic bottle jacks. Uni joint not an option. I'm looking into air jacks instead.
I get 10+ years out of a hydraulic. I don't leave them in the weather
Looks like a diff seal and wheel bearings for the next video
Yeah I have them all in a box ready to go. I paid someone to do the 6x6 bearings, not really well equipped to do wheel bearings in my workshop.
By "pitfalls", I meant that I wasn't quite sure whether you'd thoroughly got across the fact that rear wheels describe a smaller arc than front wheels, which is what makes the centre diff necessary.
I had a Series III, and it therefore had no centre diff, but instead ran in 2WD on sealed roads. This meant that one had to select 4WD when crossing challenging terrain and remember to go back to 2WD upon regaining the road, or risk drive train carnage.
Then we got the new full-time 4WD drivetrain. I had this in my Range Rover. One still had to remember to lock the centre diff before attempting gnarly stuff, and to unlock it afterwards or suffer the consequences. It's tempting, then, to wonder why Land Rover bothered; fortunately we have an answer. The drive train was originally developed for use in the Range Rover. As this was to be a luxury vehicle, Charles Spencer King, the chief designer, said that he didn't want to put a huge Salisbury military rear axle under it. The Salisbury was the only design available which could handle the power and torque of the Buick-derived V8 when the vehicle was in 2WD, and apparently Spen King felt that its considerable mass would lead to too much unsprung weight when the vehicle was travelling at speed on rough surfaces. His solution was to split the drive between the two axle's, allowing the rear axle to be more lightly designed.
This is my understanding of the matter - I'm very much open to correction!
The 4x4 indeed has the Salisbury diff in the rear.
Much of this drivetrain comes from the V8 mods, as the Isuzu 4BD1 has some fairly difficult to control torque impulses.
They opted for the LT95 4 speed truck box in them, a lot of people try to put R380's in them and find the lifespan isn't that great.
I am, as I've said before, not an expert or land rover historian. I do mechanics as a survival skill, not because I like working on vehicles. - very much the opposite.
@@TheAussieRepairGuy Ha ha - well put!
Tinker Man Mick. Should he come with a warning?
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The both of us probably should lol.
@TinkerManMick 🤣🤣 looking forward to catching up with you, mate! See you soon.