define your idea off a recovery point. over xmas i watch 5 winches on one recovery point on a nissan patrol removing it from soft sand. i know that's a little extreme for most but i would not put a lot of trust in the light recovery points on the rover outside of miner tows

a tow ball is a no no , can you use the shackled hitch that goes inside the tow hitch on the car . if you have the goose neck type tow bar off coarse you can not use that. that will fix the rear .

it sounds like a inlet manifold leak , get a spray bottle and spray around the valley cover area and any other area under vacuum, it will squeal even more if you find it, it could also be something like a restricted pcv valve or split hose. as for the bearings in the alternator just use a screw driver to the ear and prod around anything that you think can make a noise. as others have stated it could also be head gasket , if you have trouble getting up under the manifolds tape a piece of wire to the tube so you dont burn your self

that must be the evaporation rate..... if it was a whiskey barrel you would call it the angels share.

75 /140 grade oil is fine in the diffs , don't use it in manual gearboxes, they will not go in to gear

in lo range along a 10km beach 36L to the 100km , that's the highest i have seen it . some times as low as 15L to the 100

my rover has side steps (after market type) and i use mine to get in . i also have springs and 50mm lift from standard
PS i have also nearly ripped them both off on rocks , they have scares . i have also wondered if the original side steps with all the plastic molding hold dirt and go rusty?

a little bit of history on my rovers , i purchased a 83 classic in 1991 and had it on the west coast beaches within 24hrs . i then drove this rover until about 4 yrs ago ( i still have it )1.2 million kms later it still goes today . this vehicle has done possibly 100 000 kms on beaches and it has never been pressure washed under the car whilst in my possession. i only ever used the garden hose and a good flood of water to remove the sand and mud . the reason for this is the wax dip it received on assembly , hot water and pressure blast it off and they go rusty . i know of others that pressure cleaned theirs and they went rusty on the outer sides of the frame where it was pressure washed? the reason i removed the car from the road was because the tail gate almost fell off, hinges rusted off, passenger door has all but fell off and the drivers side window has feel out off the frame etc etc but underbody is still today rust free
the p38 is the same no pressure or hot water under the car and all is as it was when i purchased it .

i do a lot off beach work and i use under car body paint ( basically its tar) on my beach vehicles . on the rover i use nothing and i don't pressure clean the frame either or use hot water under the car as these wash of the wax coating the vehicles come with

any name brand filter with a NRV. if you don't know the name or it has two names one in chinese , put it back on the shelf

when fuel pumps sit fore a long time they tend to bind up (seize that is ). remove the pump and physically turn the rotor if possible or buy a new one ?
sorry its not what you want to here. apply power directly to the pump even reverse the wires and try to free up the pump.

what did i do to my rangy , i drove the legs of it along sandy cape beach , this beach is notorious for claiming 4wds, almost consumed a patrol the day we went down, it took 5 4wds with winches to extract from the sand , he was lucky . being the first vehicle on the beach the next day after a big storm it was nasty. a 10 km beach that took 14 km to get off, locked in low and go go go , had a hell of a day, fun all round.

i get to go first for a change , the sun came up 4 hours ago its 10 o'clock hear and definitely not snowing, a sunny day for us.
make sure you over indulge and don't forget to drink to much and play with the kids, as that's what they really wont . best wishes to all

MERRY CHRISTMAS
to all and a happy new year...

good choice.

you guessed right , its sunny a little windy today , also a little smokey in NSW QLD but nice in Tassie
haven't done anything to rover of late , being a good girl . might give her a wash.

have you tried turning the key that fits the lock and push the buttons on the other at the same time to sinc up fob or dose the fob need to be in contact with the car

their is a pin in the fob for the key , the blade is removable, knock out the pin and swap keys over. another option?

i think oldshep56 has hit the nail on the head .... unless you want to spend some money ?white smoke is steam so its leaking water in their somewhere, so heads off also some plugs and leads maybe desirable . a compression test will confirm this.

no i haven't dismantled an ac pump but i believe the seals are teflon similar to those in power steering pumps