StallionSteve
Member
Hi,
Went to se a 1998 Xedi with 100k on the clock at the weekend
It obviously has some trammission problems. as the propshaft bearing had gone completely but the guy said it's had a new rear diff and IRD, (never mentioned the VCU). so sounded really bad driving it as the propshaft banged about just with it ticking over in 1st.
according to the seller the "clutch had gone, possibly the gearbox!"
the clutch peddle was right to the floor and with a quick poke around i noticed it was a slave cylinder problem.....
aircon works as does the sunroof!
So.. a few discussions later (plus a bit or risk analysis!!) we settled on a price of £275 and i'm the proud owner of the "Nearly Free"lander.
went to pick it up with my dads freelander 2 and a trailer, looked good on the road, quite fitting.. was fun getting it on the trailer too.. start it in gear, point at the trailer and go!:crazy_driver: (hopes dad measured the ramps right!)
up first time no problem
Ok so first thing was assess the damage! rear prop off and out off we go for a drive, round the farm..
first impressions.. its quiet! no grinding IRD noise.. phew! got it upto 50mph through all the gears and gearbox is good too..
Next have the clutch hydralics off. it's pretty obvious the problem, the brake slave cylinder bracket has corroded, cracked and given way, the cylinder is actally all in tact, but out of fluid.. with no way to bleed it. it's buy a complete one. (unless anyone on here has a sneaky way?)
check the clutch lever isn't siezed. (wooden pole and hammer through the wheel arch) it's springy not solid
more good news!
So i've started getting a list together of all the parts i'll need and jobs to do.
so far i have:
New/Recon VCU. any recomendations? are recon ones ok?
new propshaft bearings.
New clutch hydralics
full service
Cam belts.
Drivers door lock needs some looking at (works but a bit loose)
1 set of bearmach rocksliders.
Drive it!
Thought i'd just pop on here a few pics of whats going on with it, so you can see the progress. There's plenty of videos and pics of step by step/how to's so not going to be one of those but just more for interest really.
Update:
I've got the prop off, and gonna change the UJ's whilst im there 1 is a bit tight. (Photos to follow)
Does anyone else have anything else I should add to the list for 100k L series? :biggrin1:
Steve
Went to se a 1998 Xedi with 100k on the clock at the weekend
It obviously has some trammission problems. as the propshaft bearing had gone completely but the guy said it's had a new rear diff and IRD, (never mentioned the VCU). so sounded really bad driving it as the propshaft banged about just with it ticking over in 1st.
according to the seller the "clutch had gone, possibly the gearbox!"
the clutch peddle was right to the floor and with a quick poke around i noticed it was a slave cylinder problem.....
aircon works as does the sunroof!
So.. a few discussions later (plus a bit or risk analysis!!) we settled on a price of £275 and i'm the proud owner of the "Nearly Free"lander.
went to pick it up with my dads freelander 2 and a trailer, looked good on the road, quite fitting.. was fun getting it on the trailer too.. start it in gear, point at the trailer and go!:crazy_driver: (hopes dad measured the ramps right!)
up first time no problem
Ok so first thing was assess the damage! rear prop off and out off we go for a drive, round the farm..
first impressions.. its quiet! no grinding IRD noise.. phew! got it upto 50mph through all the gears and gearbox is good too..
Next have the clutch hydralics off. it's pretty obvious the problem, the brake slave cylinder bracket has corroded, cracked and given way, the cylinder is actally all in tact, but out of fluid.. with no way to bleed it. it's buy a complete one. (unless anyone on here has a sneaky way?)
check the clutch lever isn't siezed. (wooden pole and hammer through the wheel arch) it's springy not solid
more good news!
So i've started getting a list together of all the parts i'll need and jobs to do.
so far i have:
New/Recon VCU. any recomendations? are recon ones ok?
new propshaft bearings.
New clutch hydralics
full service
Cam belts.
Drivers door lock needs some looking at (works but a bit loose)
1 set of bearmach rocksliders.
Drive it!
Thought i'd just pop on here a few pics of whats going on with it, so you can see the progress. There's plenty of videos and pics of step by step/how to's so not going to be one of those but just more for interest really.
Update:
I've got the prop off, and gonna change the UJ's whilst im there 1 is a bit tight. (Photos to follow)
Does anyone else have anything else I should add to the list for 100k L series? :biggrin1:
Steve