Series 3 County restoration

Eat · Sep 28, 2015

Got to the MOT station and drove their fine handed the keys to the tester he goes out and short time later returns says sorry mate no clutch. Managed to bleed the slave cylinder and get it home and today changed the master cylinder but still no clutch. Turns out the flexi hose has given up so more work tomorrow.

honolulujoe · Sep 28, 2015

bugger

Blackburn · Sep 29, 2015

It will all be worth it in the end hope the retest goes ok mate you deserve it after all the effort you have put in.

Jam1 · Sep 29, 2015

Eat said:
Got to the MOT station and drove their fine handed the keys to the tester he goes out and short time later returns says sorry mate no clutch. Managed to bleed the slave cylinder and get it home and today changed the master cylinder but still no clutch. Turns out the flexi hose has given up so more work tomorrow.

The flexi let go on my 90 during a conversation with my son which went "stick your head under there and when I pump the peddle you look for where the fluid is leaking from" ......he wasn't happy and I tried my best not to laugh too much ...poor little sod

Eat · Sep 29, 2015

new flexi fitted and clutch working again try for MOT in the next few days and lets hope it passes

Eat · Sep 30, 2015

its a PASS
bit of a whine when I decelerate from the rear diff any ideas ???

jamesmartin · Sep 30, 2015

Eat said:
its a PASS
bit of a whine when I decelerate from the rear diff any ideas ???

pinion bearings wearing

Eat · Sep 30, 2015

thanks James what's the best way to check it

jamesmartin · Sep 30, 2015

feel for any play in the diff flange, obvioulys it rotates but in shouldnt have any up/down sideways or in /out

Blackburn · Sep 30, 2015

Congrats on the MOT.

Eat · Oct 1, 2015

thanks for comments
back seats in now
had a look at the diff seams ok no play in the pinion

jamesmartin · Oct 1, 2015

Eat said:
thanks for comments
back seats in now
had a look at the diff seams ok no play in the pinion

there doesnt have to be play for bearing o whine there will be eventually ,remove rear prop and run on the front

Eat · Oct 1, 2015

cheers James
will give it a go
going to use it for a while and see if anything else goes wrong first it has plenty of oil in the diff so would think it will last

honolulujoe · Oct 2, 2015

well done on the mot

Eat · Oct 3, 2015

put grease in the uj joints and seems a little better but I think James has diagnosed the problem its the pinion bearing
saying that drove very well felt quite responsive steering good and quite light
do you need to take the diff off to replace the bearing

Eat · Oct 15, 2015

repaired the back door panel with new hardboard just not able to pinion bearing for a few weeks

Eat · Nov 4, 2015

Hi
Can anyone tell me which antifreeze (colour) to use in the series 3 it has none at the moment ?
Cheers

divie · Nov 4, 2015

Blue antifreeze, the pink stuff is for later engines with steel headgasket composition.

Eat · Nov 5, 2015

replaced the gearbox mounts today they must have been original next is the engine mounts. hope it sorts the thumping when reversing.

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