What did you do with your Grenadier today?

Logsplitter said:

Yes I’m thinking protection for the oil cooler lines is a must now .

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PC01 said:

Having just fitted the Almont underbody protection I have just had a closer look as to whether they might shield the transmission oil lines.
Whilst I think they offer the sump protection by stopping the prop flail towards it, I am not sure they will have any shielding effect on the oil lines.

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PC01 said:

Having just fitted the Almont underbody protection I have just had a closer look as to whether they might shield the transmission oil lines.
Whilst I think they offer the sump protection by stopping the prop flail towards it, I am not sure they will have any shielding effect on the oil lines.
I am presuming the oil line cut is the one directly above the prop highlighted red.

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Max said:

Went for a timber trail run with the Land Rover Club I am a member of...all dirt roads, easy to medium difficulty with the odd slide due to wet greasy surfaces but in all no big mishaps...17 vehicles in all and considering the 7 hours and over 300klm we escaped with one puncture...first stop a Fire Lookout Tower[154 ft]at Jimna Southeast Queensland, then a lunch stop at an old sawmill, Elginvale Mill which is being preserved and Heritage listed with a caretaker onsite...it simple appears that it was tools down and each tool as band with a punched number on it...fantastic. The rest of the afternoon was traveling to the Brisbane River headwaters and 48 crossings later arrive in the country township of Linville, then home...brilliant

The Defender in front of my Grenadier at the Fire Tower has the BMW turbo diesel ZF gearbox conversion and goes hard
The old Leyland with solid rubber tyres just sitting there still badged up...love it

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Tom D said:

This is where proper parts exploded diagrams would be nice! The ones we were promised about 2 years ago…

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bigleonski said:

I did much of that run a few weeks ago @Max. Would be keen to know if the off track river run you did across the station was more than just the run along “Louisavale Rd” from Monsildale to Linville which follows the creek, or if there were more tracks to cover in the area.

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chtucker said:

Probably the first Grenadier on the beach in Grayland, Washington

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PNW_IG said:

@chtucker I was there July 29th. Great day!

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Catpaw4x4 said:

I'm thinking this issue could be initiated by a low /dry fluid level in the transfer case? My front seal is being replaced at the moment. My independent mechanic identified the issue and I had ~5k miles with 99.9% on asphalt. Poor quality manufacturing in my opinion. Ineos would not authorize a complete replacement of box - only replacement/repair of seals. Perhaps that is better ???
Welcome all feedback as I am learning! Being a vet, i know leaky vessels result in bad things in the pet.
Cheers!

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255/85 said:

I would think the issue is unrelated to the transfer box per se as the the failure was outside its confines. That means power was being transferred from the engine/transmission through the front prop shaft to the front axle assembly and it was the prop shaft that failed - In essence the most easily serviced part of the front drive train. The prop shaft potentially acted like a fuse. It would have been much more catastrophic had the front differential failed or, curse Crom, one of the outer CV's in the swivels. The question is "Is there something else going on in the front end that is not allowing power to be transferred unimpeded to the wheels or was the failure a manufacturing/assembly error?".

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Logsplitter said:

I get what you’re saying but the “fuse”shouldn’t blow pootling around town at 35mph. Apart from some use offroad on my travels this vehicle doesn’t get worked hard as I drive with empathy for the vehicle. Never had a speeding point in my life either. This is definitely a manufacturing or installation fault although trying to prove either when the C- clip is broken or missing would be difficult. I am led to believe this is where the failure happened.
Because of low speed I managed to stop quickly so limiting damage.

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255/85 said:

I hope you didn't think I was impugning your reputation. Certainly you are an accomplished world traveller and I am humbled by your adventures. You also obviously know your way around a vehicle. But from my very distant perspective I wonder if the failure of the driveshaft was cumulative rather than the result of a manufacturing defect - i.e wear from the total miles driven meaning the CV joint is underspec'd - or the result of some other failure in the system that resulted in the "blown fuse". If the latter is the cause then another CV failure should be expected sooner rather than later. Pootling in and of itself shouldn't cause anything worse than a traffic jam.

It does look like there is some drive shaft containment afforded by the Matzker skid plates so that's nice.

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