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Main Section => Welcome to our virtual Pub Meeting ... => Topic started by: Marky Harvey on May 20, 2021, 10:30:11 PM
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Hi
Wondered if there’s a table on the forum of the lubricant volumes?
TIA
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Its in the owner's handbook and also in the workshop manual.
Copy of the 1965 owner's manual extract attached.
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It's on the forum in the service section, and we have the manuals on the website and a useful table of lubricants here:-
Lubricants (http://www.series2club.co.uk/members_pages/oils.php?Sentry_loginTkn=L7jNrdDsmfmygmwcyqpg)
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Whereabouts in the workshop manual is it?
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It's on the forum in the service section, and we have the manuals on the website and a useful table of lubricants here:-
Lubricants (http://www.series2club.co.uk/members_pages/oils.php?Sentry_loginTkn=L7jNrdDsmfmygmwcyqpg)
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That just took me back to the forum login page.
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The link works if you login to the members section of the web site - then follow the link.
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The link works if you login to the members section of the web site - then follow the link.
Might be an iPad issue as it doesn’t keep me logged in even if I’ve checked the keep me logged in box.
Thanks
Mark
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OK
Login to the members section.
Then "Workshop"
Then "General Maintenance"
Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Select "Oils & Lubrication"
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OK
Login to the members section.
Then "Workshop"
Then "General Maintenance"
Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Select "Oils & Lubrication"
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Thankyou
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be quicker to open the pages of your manual / handbook and look in the index perhaps :-X
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be quicker to open the pages of your manual / handbook and look in the index perhaps :-X
Thankyou for your input but I couldn’t find it in the workshop manual. Also, it wouldn’t have any advice about modern equivalents.
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.... Also, it wouldn’t have any advice about modern equivalents.
What, litres?
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OK
Have a look in the Series 3 Workshop Manual.
Lubricants start at page 48.
Work through the section and at the end it gives the specification and recommended brand of oil.
Modern oil specs tend to surpass and be "better" than the OE oils of the day.
My best advice would be to sit down with a cuppa when you have some spare time :coffee and browse through some manuals.
There's lots of useful information in these, especially at the front in the routine maintenance sections.
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Google search " convert pints to litres " will work wonders in this modern age :tiphat
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This Parody account is getting beyond a joke.
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This Parody account is getting beyond a joke.
While on the topic of volumes, when filling the diff does one fill until the lube comes out the bung hole.
Assuming of course the axle is on level ground.
John
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While on the topic of volumes, when filling the diff does one fill until the lube comes out the bung hole.
Assuming of course the axle is on level ground.
John
Yes.
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Wherever ep 90 is used on a series , one generally fills till it overflows , a twenty litre drum is cost effective and will do 2 or 3 full services ,
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What lubricants to use for a Series 2 Land Rover is not rocket science.
Engine - use a 20W50 multigrade oil. If you want to spend more money then use one of the "special" blended and labelled for classic cars if you like.
Gearbox/transmission box - use EP90 to spec GL4. Now there's a lot of squit and hype banded about GL4 vs GL5 (a new spec with a different formulation) There's no hard evidence that GL5 oil will dissolve your gearbox contents away. But as GL4 is readily available at the similar price, why not use GL4 ???
Nowadays there is a multigrade EP80W90 commonly available. Use this to get a slight benefit in a lighter viscosity for cold conditions and still have all the properties at running temperatures. These oils tend to be at GL5 spec.
Some people like to use a heavier oil in the steering box and swivels - to prevent leakage and give a "firmer" feel.
Others like to use the CV liquid grease in the swivel housing - along with all the controversy as to whether the top swivel pin gets enough lubrication, with or without FWH.
Nobody has a definitive answer - except you won't cause any problems if you use EP90 as Land Rover specified.
As for grease - you won't go wrong if you use a good HMP (high melting point) as specified for wheel bearings and ball joints and UJs.
Which brand you use is your choice.
As mentioned ^^^ buying in bulk saves you money.
The S2C have discounts with various oil suppliers.
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