Thread: Defender 1995, 110, 300tdi Front Diff Whine/ Noise.

Just for the record my front diff which is a locker came from a D2 and went into both my Deefers Tdi and Td5 , Then it went into a D1 and now Back into a d2

Well I can speak to the power of this forum now! With the help of some research, timely and accurate advice, I was able to diagnose a problem, source parts, (with an idea of what I should be paying) and to get my problem sorted within a month(27th to the 26th!)

Thanks for the internet and thanks to people in here who helped by replying to this thread!! I put an add on gumtree asking for a diff centre from a defender, d1 or d2 and set the price at $200 (as suggested here) I had several replies, but had a seond hand front diff centre, within a week or two, (from a d2 with 220k). I then contacted my local landrover spares person in Tas, (British 4wd – ((they are an amazing wealth of knowledge and very helpful)) who mailed me out everything needed for the changeover. I then contacted the local mechanic, who has no experience with landrovers but heaps of old school know-how and expertise through working on mine vehicles. He then goes ahead and does the job in a few hours.

Now, here’s the good bit, and how the forum has saved me the big bucks. When he had the old diff centre out on the bench, he reports: there doesn’t appear to be anything wrong with it, and even considers putting it back in; to look elsewhere for the cause of the whine. He sees the flange from the d2 centre looks slightly different, (see pics earlier in the thread) and gives me a call to check. At this point, having trusted in the information given here, I order to go ahead with the replacement centre. - Had he and I, not had the information gained from this forum, he may well have put that old centre back in and gone too look elsewhere; clocking up the labour hours and cost.

Later that night, it’s time to pick up the defender. The mechanic is nowhere to be seen, but the the old bus is parked out the front, (turns out he is on a job to tow a vehicle from underground) -hasn’t even road tested my defender yet..

So, I take her for a drive, sound is gone! I can hear wonderful things now, like the radio, or the lovely whir of mud tyres. I can hear a whole range of beautiful rattles inside the cabin again! Air Raid Siren Diff Defeated!

Originally Posted by Landy Red

Well I can speak to the power of this forum now! With the help of some research and timely and accurate advice, I was able to diagnose the problem source the parts (with an idea of what I should be paying) and to get my problem sorted! Thanks for the internet and thanks to people in here who helped and replied to this thread!! I put an add on gumtree asking for a diff centre from a defender, d1 or d2 and I set the price at $200 (as that’s what was suggested here) I had a few replies and had one within a week or two (a centre from a d2, with 220k). I then contacted my local landrover spares person in Tas, (British 4wd – they are an amazing wealth of knowledge and very helpful) who mailed me out everything needed for the changeover. I then dropped into the local mechanic who has no experience with landrovers (but heaps of old school know-how and expertise working on mine trucks.) he then goes ahead and does the job in a few hours.
Now, here’s the good bit and how the forum has saved me the big bucks. When he had the old diff centre out on the bench there doesn’t appear to be anything wrong with it, and he even said he considered putting it back in and looking elsewhere for the cause of the whine. (Because the flange from the d2 centre looks slightly different -see pics earlier in the thread.) He gives me a call, but I’ve trusted I the information given here, and he goes ahead and puts the replacement centre in. Had he and I not had the information gained from this forum he may well have put that old centre back in and gone and looked elsewhere clocking up the labour hours and cost.

I pick up the defender that evening and he is nowhere to be seen (turns out he is on a tow mission to tow a vehicle from underground, and he hasn’t even road tested my defender yet…..Luckily he has left the keys in and parked outside the shed so I take her for a drive, sound is gone! I can hear wonderful things now, like the radio, or the lovely whir of mud tyres. I can hear a whole range of beautiful rattles inside the cabin again! Air Raid Siren Diff Defeated!

Good outcome
Don`t feel too warm and fuzzy too soon as sometimes there is not as easy solution