Thanks Tom.

I just took a peak at my front axle. I see the fill hole for the swivel joint, but I don't see a drain hole, or a "level" hole as I saw in the video you posted.

Just checked the code on my CEL, p0420, I guess I'll have to replace the cats as well.

 

Not all D1's have a drain/level hole. Just cram about a liter of oil in the swivel. Grease if your seals aren't good.

 

Sounds easy. I am going to remove some shims as well from the locator pin to see if I can tighten up the swivel bearings. I guess what you guys are saying is that there should be a seal in place, from the factory that separates the swivel lube, from the differential lube.

About the bad cat code.. I came across this thread where a guy modified his 02's to trick the ECM into thinking the cats were still good:
P0420, P0430 - '04 Dii Hse - Land Rover Forums : Land Rover and Range Rover Forum

 

sorry to piggyback on this? but what was the cutoff for grease/oil from the factory? pretty sure mine has grease, there are two "genuine land rover swivel grease has been applied" stickers under the hood on my truck. Can I just buy more of if and slam it in there without servicing the whole thing?

 

Yes you can

 

If you have the small drain plug it looks like this Drain Plug - Swivel Housing (Part # 236070 ) - Land Rover swivel ***** & parts from Atlantic British


RE: " I am going to remove some shims as well from the locator pin to see if I can tighten up the swivel bearings" This is not going to end well. Your next post will be "Why do I have DEATH WOBBLE???" SEARCH it.


And this vid answers a $hitload of questions and show the seals(1:16 is the stub axle seal)

 

Actually pulling a shim or two usually helps death wobble.

 

" Actually pulling a shim or two usually helps death wobble " On a truck w 200K miles I hope so. I say just pull this B$ apart and fix it right... & be done with it. I think you would agree this is more labor/time than it is money to set this problem straight.

 

That video is perfect! Awesome information here. I want to thank each of you for taking the time to help me out.
cheers!

 

Since I only have a fill plug, and no drain or level, that should mean my came with grease. According to the video, and since oil drained out, I either have a bad axle seal.. or grease sort of turns into oil after being in a CV joint for 200k.