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Despite what would probably be considered my better judgement, I recently joined the club by purchasing a diesel '64 IIA 109 off of ebay
Click here if you want to give her a look and tell me I paid to much....
The frame and bulkhead are 95% rust free and the engine runs strong. When the rover was advertised, it was listed as having a transmission leak. Finding, through a little research, that leaks on this vintage of rovers are quite common, I didn't pay it much attention and figured a new seal might be the answer. The seller said it had leaked for the year he had it. He had the fluids changed by a rover shop about 6 mths into owning it, and it continued to leak - maybe two quarter sized dots on the driveway after each use. He sugested that it was no big deal - maybe all the transmission needed was a heavier weight fluid, or to just add a little extra fluid every now and then.
I've had the rover for 3 weeks and drove it 6 or 7 times, each for a short 3-5 mile trip. Keeping an eye on the leak, I noticed that it leaked once or twice (a quarter size or so) the first 2-3 times I drove it when it was warm outside. The next 2-3 times (when it was cooler outside) there was no leak. Looking underneath, it is very oily under the flywheel, but the main drips seem to be on the pan for the transfer case. Not being a huge drip, I just drove the rover and hoped it was just a "leak when warm" kind of deal.
I noticed on the 2nd to last drive I took that when I was doing full speed in 4th gear to climb a large hill (w/ everyone else flying by me at 65mph) it smelled like something was burning (clutch?) and if I let off of the gas for a second, the transmission would pop out of 4th and into neutral, and I might have to clutch once or twice to get the engine reving again. The stick would go into 4th with the clutch in, but then didn't rev up to speed, so I had to clutch again to get the engine going to keep me moving (losing precious momentum while those behing me moved over to pass).
The last time I drove the rover it did this again - smelled like clutch burning - popped out of 4th when I let off the gas - and then took a clutch or two to get going again. Then, all of the sudden it got hard to shift into 1st and 2nd (like the clutch wasn't engaging) and then I couldn't get the trans out of gear.
I parked for a while and noticed that with the engine off, I could pull it out of gear and easily move between all of the gears. I turned the engine on, put it in reverse and backed up a little, but it stalled. I pulled the trans out of gear, turned the engine back on, and with the clutch pushed in, was unable to get into any of the 4 forward gears. It would go into reverse, but stalled as soon as I got there (with the clutch pedal in).
I have noticed that there is fluid leaking where the clutch slave unit enters the bell housing and am hoping that is the culprit - is this kind of behavior consistent with a worn out slave unit (the master cylinder looks fine - i haven't checked the fluid level yet, but am going to that this afternoon)?
Could this be the clutch going out as well as the slave unit? Could this somehow be the result of low fluid levels b/c of leaks from the transmission or transfer case - how do I check those levels/where are the fills? I've got a fairey OD unit coming in the mail, but need to figure this out first - any ideas? Any good diagnostic tips?
Click here if you want to give her a look and tell me I paid to much....
The frame and bulkhead are 95% rust free and the engine runs strong. When the rover was advertised, it was listed as having a transmission leak. Finding, through a little research, that leaks on this vintage of rovers are quite common, I didn't pay it much attention and figured a new seal might be the answer. The seller said it had leaked for the year he had it. He had the fluids changed by a rover shop about 6 mths into owning it, and it continued to leak - maybe two quarter sized dots on the driveway after each use. He sugested that it was no big deal - maybe all the transmission needed was a heavier weight fluid, or to just add a little extra fluid every now and then.
I've had the rover for 3 weeks and drove it 6 or 7 times, each for a short 3-5 mile trip. Keeping an eye on the leak, I noticed that it leaked once or twice (a quarter size or so) the first 2-3 times I drove it when it was warm outside. The next 2-3 times (when it was cooler outside) there was no leak. Looking underneath, it is very oily under the flywheel, but the main drips seem to be on the pan for the transfer case. Not being a huge drip, I just drove the rover and hoped it was just a "leak when warm" kind of deal.
I noticed on the 2nd to last drive I took that when I was doing full speed in 4th gear to climb a large hill (w/ everyone else flying by me at 65mph) it smelled like something was burning (clutch?) and if I let off of the gas for a second, the transmission would pop out of 4th and into neutral, and I might have to clutch once or twice to get the engine reving again. The stick would go into 4th with the clutch in, but then didn't rev up to speed, so I had to clutch again to get the engine going to keep me moving (losing precious momentum while those behing me moved over to pass).
The last time I drove the rover it did this again - smelled like clutch burning - popped out of 4th when I let off the gas - and then took a clutch or two to get going again. Then, all of the sudden it got hard to shift into 1st and 2nd (like the clutch wasn't engaging) and then I couldn't get the trans out of gear.
I parked for a while and noticed that with the engine off, I could pull it out of gear and easily move between all of the gears. I turned the engine on, put it in reverse and backed up a little, but it stalled. I pulled the trans out of gear, turned the engine back on, and with the clutch pushed in, was unable to get into any of the 4 forward gears. It would go into reverse, but stalled as soon as I got there (with the clutch pedal in).
I have noticed that there is fluid leaking where the clutch slave unit enters the bell housing and am hoping that is the culprit - is this kind of behavior consistent with a worn out slave unit (the master cylinder looks fine - i haven't checked the fluid level yet, but am going to that this afternoon)?
Could this be the clutch going out as well as the slave unit? Could this somehow be the result of low fluid levels b/c of leaks from the transmission or transfer case - how do I check those levels/where are the fills? I've got a fairey OD unit coming in the mail, but need to figure this out first - any ideas? Any good diagnostic tips?
looks more like a 1974.
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