Hi all,
Picked up a pretty reasonably priced 200Tdi, 91, 125k, the engine has been looked after well, runs very quiet (quieter than our 300tdi disco) starts on 1st turn, no oil leaks.. yes no oil leaks on engine
But the rest of the car not been looked after so well, just a bit of rust on bulkhead, and a bit on rear cross member, chassis is excellent, inside full of rubbish, straw, hay.. blah blah blah. But i bought the 90 as a bit of a project so tatty didnt matter.
But.. and there is always a but, gear/transfer box has a leak. Also when driving along transmission is fine, smoothish and quiet but if your over 50mph and lift off to coast there is a horrid rattly noise!! untill everything tightens up again and starts to slow down. Also if you knock it out of gear it rattles untill your under 50 - 40 ish. Doesnt do it at all below 40 and in low range. Rear A frame ball joint seems ok, not sure if hand brake drum is catching, but if it was you would hear it all the time no matter what speed wouldnt you ?
There is quite a bit of play in the props and the front one does make a rattle, (a lot more play than in our 98 disco 40k mile). I disconnected the front prop from transfer box and gave it some more wobbling backwards and forwards and the drivers side hub seems to be making the noise not the diff.
Firstly I think Ill take off front prop shaft go for a quick drive see if its still there, then do same with rear. But if its still there is it worth stripping the hub to look at the CV joint ? or get the diffs out first to see if they excessively worn ? or do all the cheap things first, replace all bushes on radial arms etc...
cheers Dan
Picked up a pretty reasonably priced 200Tdi, 91, 125k, the engine has been looked after well, runs very quiet (quieter than our 300tdi disco) starts on 1st turn, no oil leaks.. yes no oil leaks on engine
But the rest of the car not been looked after so well, just a bit of rust on bulkhead, and a bit on rear cross member, chassis is excellent, inside full of rubbish, straw, hay.. blah blah blah. But i bought the 90 as a bit of a project so tatty didnt matter.
But.. and there is always a but, gear/transfer box has a leak. Also when driving along transmission is fine, smoothish and quiet but if your over 50mph and lift off to coast there is a horrid rattly noise!! untill everything tightens up again and starts to slow down. Also if you knock it out of gear it rattles untill your under 50 - 40 ish. Doesnt do it at all below 40 and in low range. Rear A frame ball joint seems ok, not sure if hand brake drum is catching, but if it was you would hear it all the time no matter what speed wouldnt you ?
There is quite a bit of play in the props and the front one does make a rattle, (a lot more play than in our 98 disco 40k mile). I disconnected the front prop from transfer box and gave it some more wobbling backwards and forwards and the drivers side hub seems to be making the noise not the diff.
Firstly I think Ill take off front prop shaft go for a quick drive see if its still there, then do same with rear. But if its still there is it worth stripping the hub to look at the CV joint ? or get the diffs out first to see if they excessively worn ? or do all the cheap things first, replace all bushes on radial arms etc...
cheers Dan
