So today was my day off. I mainly just wanted to start this thread to further explain my pride in this vehicle.

From 11 A.M. until 6:30 tonight I've been underneath the Rover. I dropped my oil pan today and cleaned up my pick up line and screen. It was around 25 degrees all day long. But, I managed my time and simply enjoyed using my hands and solving a few problems. I hummed the entire time and really found out the benefits of an impact wrench! As I type here, exhausted, I thought I'd brag how unique our Land Rovers are. They yearn for attention, we devote it, and they return to us further enjoyable driving and outstanding off road ability. I love my truck. The more I work on it the more pride I instill in it, as we can all say.

 

In your opinion, could the screen be cleaned off with something like a bottle brush shoved in the oil drain without removing the pan?

 

No way. The pan is actually two levels with only a small hole separating conjoining the two. Unless you had a spare pan you could look at while trying to maneuver a brush in there, it'd be nearly impossible IMO.

Also, even if you did brush it off, where would all that soot you brushed off go? Wouldn't it eventually just end up back in the screen?

 

You'ld have to wash it out with solvent or keroscene spray. Did your's look like this?

 

Drop the pan, remove the pick-up tube, scrub and spray the crap out of pick up tube, reassemble. I use Chemtool B12 and a wire brush. Careful, it will dissolve a hole to China.

 

Indeed, it did.

My pan was rather prestine, no metal shavings at all. I just scraped and degreased the edge along with scraping the bottom pan of its 1/8" of sludge.

I heard never to use metal on the gaskets, but as long as you're careful it's no problem.

 

First time I dropped mine, I found a piece of spark plug wire

 

that's impressive and cute Honda.

 

Cute?

 

Yeah....just joking about all the pride stuff. Impressive on the work, cute on all the love for the vehicle. Mine is a mess and I always look at her the same way.