lurch is whole again......

[DEFENDERZOOK]

yes.....i have finally got the tailshaft and put lurch back together again.....

i even managed to drive him without the centre diff lock.......its been a while.....
he has had the centre diff locked since stockton......


as soon as i fitted and greased the new propshaft.....i washed up......
then went to the servo to fill up the tank.....thats the longest a tank has ever lasted in lurch......
i last filled it up in stockton.......(back then when i broke him....)...hows that for economy.....?

it felt a lot quieter and smoother as a 4wd.....and all the clunks and rattles from underneath stopped as well....

it felt great to drive it again.....



a big thankyou from both lurch and myself goes out to scouse......for organising the new and correct part......

cheers.....and thanks again scouse.......

[George130]

Good to hear.

[DEFENDERZOOK]

i know how you felt......its no fun not being able to drive my favourite toy.....

[noddy]

Kimba was getting worried about Lurch and was going to start sending flowers.....:o :(

Good to hear Zook!

[hiline]

welcome back lurch :D :D

[Wortho]

Fantastic news, had he stayed Fwd for much longer you'd have to of lowerd Lurch and fitted a doof doof stereo and gone cruising, mayby a big blow of valve for the turbo, a really big intercooler out the front and a 6inch exhaust tip.
Thank god he's a 4wd again.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

well, thats both chronics back on the road,,, (well 3 if you count Blackbetty,,,,):D:D

so,, what was different about THIS part?,,,

[Redback]

Good to see Tony, what was the hassle with the shaft.

Oh Pedro, i notice you swanning around on EO lately

Baz.

[Ace]

Good to here tony, so scouse is slowly replacing lurch as well as my disco, he will have shares in all the landies on the forum soon. :D

[Scouse]

Good to here tony, so scouse is slowly replacing lurch as well as my disco, he will have shares in all the landies on the forum soon. :DHe he.
Unfortunately, this was a part freighted in from the UK - my spares stock didn't include an late Defender prop shaft ;) .

Glad to hear all the strange noise have disappeared Tony. It might be worth fitting lock nuts to the prop shaft bolts if they're that hard to get :) .

[DiscoDave]

Glad to hear your fourwheeling again Zook. :thumbsup:

[cal415]

Excellent!! Just in time to come back to Stockton/Wallaroo with us ;)

[lokka]

Sounds good tony it took me 3 weeks of drivengrumpy as a front wheel drive before i had the time to fix her so i know how you feel ...:D :D

So u coming up next week to attack that rock face again :eek: :eek:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Good to see Tony, what was the hassle with the shaft.

Oh Pedro, i notice you swanning around on EO lately

Baz.





who, me?
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[DEFENDERZOOK]

Sounds good tony it took me 3 weeks of drivengrumpy as a front wheel drive before i had the time to fix her so i know how you feel ...:D :D

So u coming up next week to attack that rock face again :eek: :eek:


sorry i hadnt replied sooner....i had been away for the weekend......


what did you end up doing about your diff......and the housing.....?
i dont think i will be coming this time.....i will be working on the saturday...
i need the dollars...!!
still havent fixed the rear radius arm.....i have tracked one down......its $70 dollars second hand......

i want to try and get to roverones for the christmas trip if things work out.....

[DEFENDERZOOK]

well, thats both chronics back on the road,,, (well 3 if you count Blackbetty,,,,):D:D

so,, what was different about THIS part?,,,


it was just different in lenght.....i think it may have been cheaper to just get one made up from scratch....
and a lot less hassle too......


its not as common as the other shafts......they bear the number FTC3905....mine was a FTC4198....
no one seemed to have one.......and even fewer even had a listing of it.....

i think the reason for the different shaft may have been because they went to the rover diff........

[Bytemrk]

Glad to here you are mobile again Tony;)

Mark

[DEFENDERZOOK]

thanks guys......

lurch was always mobile.......as long as the diff stayed locked.....:eek:
but there were plenty of strange noises when changing gears......as the big heavy hand brake drum
would keep spinning when the clutch was pressed...taking up all the backlash in the box and transfer case.....
then flicking back with the next gear and so on.....


it sounded like the entire driveline was falling out.....