That's new!! but doesn't sound good!

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Watching it again I'm now convinced that it's affected by/linked to road induced vibration. Not because of a fault in the rotating parts.

It gets worse when you can't hold the camera steady.
 
I can’t really hear anything? Just a nice sounding td5, although as said the gear stick is shaking a bit but some do? Have you checked your down pipe off the manifold?
 
tottot said:
Try the same test you did [ running up through the gears ] with the transfer box in neutral. That gearstick is shaking a lot.
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Thanks @tottot will do... yeah I thought there was a lot of play in the gear stick as well but planned to sort that out when I fit a synchro shift as need a bit more room now I’ve fitted a double din.
 
Discodevon said:
I can’t really hear anything? Just a nice sounding td5, although as said the gear stick is shaking a bit but some do? Have you checked your down pipe off the manifold?
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Definitely worth checking given the state of the rear section of the exhaust. However my daughter (willing passenger) seems to think it was coming more from the handbrake area :confused:
 
Well, the first thing to note is what a posh interior you have. Gear lever gaiter with real stitching and some sort of touch screen panel on the dash centre console.

There seems to be a kind of clattery noise, which I think is what you're concerned about. With my old dual mass flywheel I used to get something similar, for example if I was accelerating hard to join motorway traffic and held it in 4th up to about 60 mph. Once I got to 5th and into overdrive it quietened down a lot. The DMF is full of springs and rattly bits of sheet metal and they get looser and rattlier as they age. How long ago was yours last replaced?

You can usually move the two parts against one another by hand when they're new, so that's not a problem. It's when they actually get loose that it can become a nuisance.
 
Yes, of course clutch noise is often attributed to the release bearing and the bush in the back of the crankshaft that the gearbox shaft goes in, but mine were as good as new. I replaced them, because new ones came in the kit. But in my case I don't think they were the source of the noise.

The handbrake can also be a source of noise, often a squeaking or scraping sound that corresponds to the road speed. Both I and Banks have had this. But that video doesn't sound like handbrake noise to me. Just to eliminate it as a possibility you can try going for a drive (somewhere flat so you won't need the handbrake) without the drum on and see if it's any quieter. But I doubt if it's that.
 
Brown said:
Well, the first thing to note is what a posh interior you have. Gear lever gaiter with real stitching and some sort of touch screen panel on the dash centre console.

There seems to be a kind of clattery noise, which I think is what you're concerned about. With my old dual mass flywheel I used to get something similar, for example if I was accelerating hard to join motorway traffic and held it in 4th up to about 60 mph. Once I got to 5th and into overdrive it quietened down a lot. The DMF is full of springs and rattly bits of sheet metal and they get looser and rattlier as they age. How long ago was yours last replaced?

You can usually move the two parts against one another by hand when they're new, so that's not a problem. It's when they actually get loose that it can become a nuisance.
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Thanks @Brown... a few hours of work have gone into the interior. I’d love to take credit for it but it’s my 12 year old daughter that’s has the creative design license... I just have to pay for it and do the work :p basically she wants it to look like statins off-road wagon on the outside and some kind of high spec Range Rover on the inside :confused: but hey it’s a father and daughter project;)

I still think replacing the clutch and DMF won’t be a bad shout (doubt it has been changed before), a long with the down pipe which is the original, and looks like it’s seen better days, replace the oils and tighten up the play in the gear stick. Then it’s on to some of the other bits like the coolant leak, replacing the hoses, etc. What is it they say... “Land Rover... turning drivers into mechanics for 50 years!” o_O
 
I wouldn’t be getting the clutch and flywheel changed until it starts slipping, if it isn’t broke don’t fix it!

Although the downpipe and the oils on the other hand, look into doing them fairly sharpish, and please don’t go overlooking the grease points like most people do
 
There used to be a wonderful passage in the old Haynes manual for the Series 2 where it discussed whether it was worth rebuilding the transmission. This, apparently, had to be weighed up against the amount of noise and inconvenience the driver was prepared to put up with.
 
Discodevon said:
I wouldn’t be getting the clutch and flywheel changed until it starts slipping, if it isn’t broke don’t fix it!

Although the downpipe and the oils on the other hand, look into doing them fairly sharpish, and please don’t go overlooking the grease points like most people do
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thanks @Discodevon... makes sense and certainly value your advice (and everyone else that has responded) as you guys understand these things better than me... plus it’s always a bonus not having spending money unless absolutely necessary.

Can’t thank you all enough for your help to date and hope as my journey into owning a Defender continues I can repay the compliment ;)
 
Brown said:
There used to be a wonderful passage in the old Haynes manual for the Series 2 where it discussed whether it was worth rebuilding the transmission. This, apparently, had to be weighed up against the amount of noise and inconvenience the driver was prepared to put up with.
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General pretty happy to put up with if you guys think it isn’t anything to be overly worried about. This is my 1st Defender (albeit have owned two Disco’s before and being ex forces have plenty of experience trying to break Defenders with varying degrees of success). I think having found a few things that have been bodged or neglected by the previous owner, I’m now just over sensitive to anything that doesn’t seem the norm... but then I guess there’s the problem... what’s the norm for a Defender :confused:
 
Maggsie8 said:
General pretty happy to put up with if you guys think it isn’t anything to be overly worried about. This is my 1st Defender (albeit have owned two Disco’s before and being ex forces have plenty of experience trying to break Defenders with varying degrees of success). I think having found a few things that have been bodged or neglected by the previous owner, I’m now just over sensitive to anything that doesn’t seem the norm... but then I guess there’s the problem... what’s the norm for a Defender :confused:
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good point and one to remember is there will always be something that needs looking at the the most important thing is to just enjoy having a Defender!!
 
As it's coming up to the 100,000 mile mark, it might still be worth thinking about a clutch and DMF change, as that's about as long as they last. Some people get a little more. Depends on what you do with the car. Long runs on empty motorways in the middle of the night won't wear it out very quickly (unless you drive with your foot on the clutch!) but a lot of creeping along in traffic jams, hill starts and towing will obviously wear it away more quickly.
 
Well I guess that's confirmed it... went to leave for a trip to Bristol this morning and the clutch has GONE!!:mad: No gears with engine running, but can select when off!! Still could have been worse... could have gone on the journey there!
 
Quick and dirty, check the hydraulic level, pump the clutch a could of times and see if the level goes down. . I'm sure someone will be along with better advice soon enough
 
OK... so the fluid level is very low, so going with that for now and replace the master and slave cylinders!! :(
 
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