Thread: HELP! Noisy TDi 300

Originally Posted by Jock The Rock

DB the Defenders have a different steering setup to a Disco or Rangie. A Bilstein damper will work well in a Disco or Rangie but not in a Defender

I think this has something to do with the fact a standard damper doesn't auto extend, wheras a Bilstein does. Therefore it pushs the wheel to the right

I posted a thread up on it a while ago.

lardy, when you put the Tough Dog in; did it extend or retract by itself at all?

Cliffy: Congrats on getting the thing alive again


Jock: I said a tough dog RTC not a bilstein
I fitted mine under recommendation from discowhite who had one fitted to his defender for sometime with out any problems. by all means you can explain to me why it wont work on a defender rather than a disco...

Hmmm...timing cover rear gasket removed as it was suspected to be faulty (low oil pressure at idle). Looked OK. Now gotta check the pump for scoring and or the relief spring and plunger for damage........ooooo soooooo close.
Hopefully still looking good for the weekend othwise the Disco will be doing the Collie run!

How dya go Cliffy?
Did she make it back to life ?
I got to commend you for your stead fast attitude and not letting the bugger beat you even when the whole thing was ****ing you off.
your persivearance has paid off and i guess depending how you look at it apart from the time put in, you kinda did get a cheap-er defender.

cheers for the offer on the damper i will get back to you on it ....can't help thinking there is a reason for it pulling left, and will take it too perth fourby centre to get them to have a go at it see if it can be remedied, if not i'll give you a hoy cheers bud.

I will know if all is well Tues. Got to the "fire it up stage" and the batt was dead (mechanic speak for we ddin't get it all done before 5PM Friday as promised). All the pump components looked AOK. The cover however was "loose" i.e. screws not tight at all. This may have been allowing the pump to bypass. So I will post the outcome friday nite!
Sounds like steering geometry to me on your bus. I'd guess that, while steering true before the RTC damper was fitted, it has been messed around with. Might have to get you steering reset by some one who knows what they are doing. If that fails by all means have mine!

how did you go Cliffy she all up and running mate ?
I got the steering damper sorted was my bad needed love all good now, least it don't pull any more.
I think Sith in Jandakot might be interested in your damper, but i am not sure that is his issue ....see wa aurions when you get 5 mins regards Andy

Well, the latest update is that the motor is back in and sounds and runs great. Plenty of power but the oil pressure seems a bit low still but better than before. Spent 6 hours putting in the front shocks and steering damper as top studs and nuts had rusted past the point of spanner removal. Took the beast for a spin staight after (4am) to test drive and dump some scrap at work and found the clutch pedal almost went to the floor before it operated!
So it looks like the master cylinder will be coming out tomorrow and will be rekitted. I REALLY hope it's not the clutch fork worn thru!!
New front shocks really fixed the ride though.
The old steering damper is OK so Sith can have it!

Cliffy
I have seen when timing belts replaced if the cam is 1 tooth out its noisy but still runs.

WOKO.
Yeah, one of my original thoughts but it was basically melted pistons.
Clutch master cyl. out tonite just for laughs