Oh cripes... something is awry !

[VladTepes]

Oh fiddlesticks !

Who was the low life bugger who won that $250 M.R.Automotive voucher at the Defender day out on Sunday?

I could REALLY use that right about now.

I was driving home from work and heard a very unpleasant whining noise. I coincided with a Nissan Navara pulling alongside, and it was besise me for a fair while. Then it drove off and the noise remained :eek:

Definitely from the front of the car, almost certainly transmission / driveline related. Engine is fine pleny of oil - noise only evident when car in motion.

Pulled off next exit. Had a close look. I think it's the front diff. There's plenty of oil on the rear of the housing, but none on the front. fill and drain plugs are in place as they should be. Hmmm.

Anyway the car is sitting outside of M.R. Automotive as we speak ( read ? )

Where's the "bugger" emoticon....





Discuss,

[justinc]

Oh fiddlesticks !

Who was the low life bugger who won that $250 M.R.Automotive voucher at the Defender day out on Sunday?

I could REALLY use that right about now.

I was driving home from work and heard a very unpleasant whining noise. I coincided with a Nissan Navara pulling alongside, and it was besise me for a fair while. Then it drove off and the noise remained :eek:

Definitely from the front of the car, almost certainly transmission / driveline related. Engine is fine pleny of oil - noise only evident when car in motion.

Pulled off next exit. Had a close look. I think it's the front diff. There's plenty of oil on the rear of the housing, but none on the front. fill and drain plugs are in place as they should be. Hmmm.

Anyway the car is sitting outside of M.R. Automotive as we speak ( read ? )

Where's the "bugger" emoticon....





Discuss,

Hmm, Not good:(. I had a Def 110 recently where it had developed a leak from around the front diff mounting flange, ALL the nuts were loose:o

JC

[BigJon]

JC, I used to regularly tighten diff centre bolts on Discos and Defenders in Alice. It was just about a service item to check them. Corrugations were the problem I think.

[justinc]

JC, I used to regularly tighten diff centre bolts on Discos and Defenders in Alice. It was just about a service item to check them. Corrugations were the problem I think.

Agreed, I have done heaps on D2's etc too. Just mentioned that one in particular because it was sooo bad. It will require removal and resealing at the next service if it hasn't stopped dripping:( Jon, did you ever see many rear ones come loose? All of mine seem to be fronts...

JC

[The ho har's]

hmmm fiddlesticks...now that is a new word for **** this bloody diff;):D

Mrs hh:angel:

[VladTepes]

Something like that.

Would anyone who has a vehicle at M.R. this week please ring them and say

"I'm in no hurry for my vehicle please fix Michael's ute first".

Thanks :lol:

[weeds]

Something like that.

Would anyone who has a vehicle at M.R. this week please ring them and say

"I'm in no hurry for my vehicle please fix Michael's ute first".

Thanks :lol:

i believe richards 300tdi LSE is in there all week taking up all the floor space

[rwlse]

Yes. Won a $200.00 voucher from M R And booked it in

[VladTepes]

Cool - I'll tell 'em not to fix yours.... :lol:

I'd like that Rangie of yours mate.........


I've just heard that I won't be able to get the truck fixed until at least next week they are so busy. bugger bugger bugger.

[justinc]

Cool - I'll tell 'em not to fix yours.... :lol:

I'd like that Rangie of yours mate.........


I've just heard that I won't be able to get the truck fixed until at least next week they are so busy. bugger bugger bugger.

...BUT if the LSE has 24 spline diffs,IE if it is a softdash, then the front diff will fit the Vlad Defender....see where I am going here???

:twisted:

JC

[cewilson]

It's not the dust shield for the seal loose by any chance? I've had it happen a few times and it makes a hell of a racket :)

[VladTepes]

ha ha JC I like the way you think !

cewilson.. dust shield ? seal ?

[Captain_Rightfoot]

ha ha JC I like the way you think !

cewilson.. dust shield ? seal ?

I think he means the brake dust shield. I've heard one that's come loose and it is very noisy :eek:

[PAT303]

Yeh they do make a hell of a noise,mine came loose last weekend. Pat

[VladTepes]

You know there might be something in that.
Here's the tale.

MR Auto had a look at it and dn; yoiu know it they took it for a drive and aside from a vibration in the engine bay, nothing resembling the symptoms I described.

They checked the oils in diffs, tcase and g/box - all OK, right levels, not chunks of metal.

The noise under the bonnet? That turned out to be the fact there was some sort of a bracket missing, apparently it holds the fuel filter housing or something?

Anyway as they couldn't find it I picked it up again and drove it for 45 minutes this arvo (taking the dog to hydrotherapy :lol: ) - problem not evident !

I'm thinking now that it may have been something caught in the braking system of one of the front wheels (most likey the drivers side). If so, then by some tiny chance it has cleared itself between being loaded onto the flatbed and dropped off at MR. One in a million chance I reckon.

Anyway it SEEMS to be OK so let's hope that's the case.

Cheers

[cewilson]

Also the one of the transfer case itself - where the front output shaft is. There's another steel/aluminium dust shield for the seal - if it comes loose it'll spin around with the shaft - it's an unmistakable noise once you've heard it once.

[BigJon]

Agreed, I have done heaps on D2's etc too. Just mentioned that one in particular because it was sooo bad. It will require removal and resealing at the next service if it hasn't stopped dripping:( Jon, did you ever see many rear ones come loose? All of mine seem to be fronts...

JC

Sory JC, only just saw this.

Plenty of rears as well as fronts.

[steveG]

Also the one of the transfer case itself - where the front output shaft is. There's another steel/aluminium dust shield for the seal - if it comes loose it'll spin around with the shaft - it's an unmistakable noise once you've heard it once.

I've had that one too.
Definitely a unique noise, but on mine it was more a jangly noise like someone rolling some old bearing cups in a tin can. Definitely wasn't anything like the whining noise in the original post.

Steve