The gear box had a 3rd/4th synchro spring fail about six months ago. The symptoms were immediately recognisable, having suffered the same failure in 2004, that resulting gearbox rebuild triggering the rebuild of the whole vehicle. The symptoms then were the complete jamming of the synchro unit, locking out 3rd and 4th. This time around, […]
August 2013 Update
There hasn’t been much going on recently – I’ve been working too much and other things have been taking up the money anyway. The rebuilt head has cut down enormously on the oil loss suffered since I built up the Tdi engine in 2008. It’s hard to say whether it is still using any – […]
109 Engine Mounting
The combination of the 200Tdi engine on Defender mountings and the axle upgrade lead to an unforeseen clash, literally. Â Under heavy braking, the front UJ of the front prop shaft was hitting the right hand side engine mounting. Â This came about because of two reasons: firstly, the Defender mounting hangs very low to clear the […]
Gear Box OK
The gear box is now working correctly, and not before time. Â It has been a very severe source of frustration! Â The main shaft splines are a bit worn, and i suspect the overdrive coupling’s corresponding splines are also similarly affected, giving a small amount of backlash. Â It’ll be alright for a few years yet, but […]
Gear Box, Again
I stripped and rebuilt the gear box with new bearings for the main shaft and the back of the lay shaft – they all looked fine, but the main shaft rear bearing (the big one) had a small amount more play than its new replacement. I refitted the old primary pinion that hadn’t been jumping […]
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