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JonFerrao

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Hi Everyone. Just bought a 2002 1.8 Freelander 1 petrol engine. I disconnected the prop today to see if it might get rid of the 3 amigo lights but now the Jeep will not engage front wheel drive. The coupling to the prop from the engine moves and speeds up when the accelerator is pressed and it goes anticlockwise when reverse gear is engaged but the jeep will not move. I thought without the prop shaft the FWD would make the jeep move nothing happens if i engage any gear. Anyone have any ideas as to what i can try next to get it moving. I'll reconnect the prop shaft tomorrow to see if that gets it moving but i still dont understand why the RWD seems to work but not the FWD
 
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JonFerrao said:
Hi Everyone. Just bought a 2002 1.8 Freelander 1 petrol engine. I disconnected the prop today to see if it might get rid of the 3 amigo lights but now the Jeep will not engage front wheel drive. The coupling to the prop from the engine moves and speeds up when the accelerator is pressed and it goes anticlockwise when reverse gear is engaged but the jeep will not move. I thought without the prop shaft the FWD would make the jeep move nothing happens if i engage any gear. Anyone have any ideas as to what i can try next to get it moving. I'll reconnect the prop shaft tomorrow to see if that gets it moving but i still dont understand why the RWD seems to work but not the FWD
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Not got a clue about Freelanders.

I do know you have posted this in the wrong section. So I have reported it, and you should get moved into the Freelander section at some stage.
 
JonFerrao said:
Just bought a 2002 1.8 Freelander 1 petrol engine. I disconnected the prop today to see if it might get rid of the 3 amigo lights but now the Jeep will not engage front wheel drive.
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It's a fault with the spline link through the gearbox. It's probably quite common, but most people wouldn't notice, as the rear is doing all the work.
Removing the propshaft won't effect the 3 lights, as those are an electronic issue, not a mechanical issue.

Oh and it's a Land Rover, not a JEEP!!
 
The IRD is 'driven' by a slpined input shaft from the gearbox. Directly driven from that shaft is the PTO for the propshaft to the rear axle. As the PTO is turning, we know drive is getting into the IRD.

At the end of that input shaft is a differential driving the front axle. Its a 'standard' open diff - so it will send torque to the wheel with least resistance. So somewhere between the diff and 1 of the wheels is broken - meaning there is no resistance and the other wheel will not be driven.

The driveshaft for the RH wheel plugs straight into the output from the diff. This is known to fail due to wear on the inner CV on the driveshaft. The CV wear causes wear on the output support bearing in the IRD and drive can be lost.

The driveshaft for the LH wheel plugs into the gearbox casing. The IRD output is picked up by a short splined shaft that goes through the gearbox to the driveshaft. The splines on this shaft (or output from IRD) are what @Nodge68 is referring to.

Pretty sure the IRD will need to be removed to find the fault - definitely to fix it.

Oh and it's a Land Rover, not a JEEP!!
 
JonFerrao said:
Thanks for that. Sorry not sure what you mean by right forum
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For now I wouldn't worry about which section of the forum, as a beady eyed mod moved it, after it was reported as wrong place:).

Pay more attention to the advice:).

J
 
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