rbonnett
05-26-2009, 10:08 AM
After 15 years of ordinary cars, I finally have another Rover. '64 109 - 2.25 petrol. I bought it assuming I'd have plenty of chances to get greasy (isn't that half the fun?). Anyway, here's the first of I'm sure many bits of advice I'll need:
I did drive it around for 45 minutes when I first looked at it. No issues except for soft brakes. Ran in 2 and 4WD - no startling noises or clunking that I noticed. I didn't even think to try low range though. After, I crawled around underneath and under the bonnet - no obvious leaking or fresh looking fluids.
Sunday I picked it up and drove 250 miles home - the only problem I had is a slow drip where the gas filler mates onto the filler pipe from the tank. After I got home I was underneath again and noticed fresh lubricant all over the bottom of the oil pan, the whole length of the front prop shaft and the bottom of the cross member under the transfer case. The tranny and TC themselves were clean. There was quite a bit of oil, not enough to be dripping but i was beading up and very fresh.
I checked levels in the engine, both diffs, tranny and XC. All seemed fine, but it must be coming from somewhere. Something posessed me to check the prop shafts. The rear shaft has no play or wiggle at all. The front shaft has no play side-to-side or back-to-front. However, it does have play rotating it - maybe 5 degrees or so. Also, the rubber boot on the front shaft is just 2 bits of rubber under the clamps - the middle is just totally gone.
Before I go overboard and start taking everything apart, I wanted to get some advice on probable causes for this. Again, there were not any noises in 4WD that weren't there without it during my test drive. I'm going to do a 4WD test again this evening, when I have someone to help get it home just in case...
Any ideas?
Thanks
I did drive it around for 45 minutes when I first looked at it. No issues except for soft brakes. Ran in 2 and 4WD - no startling noises or clunking that I noticed. I didn't even think to try low range though. After, I crawled around underneath and under the bonnet - no obvious leaking or fresh looking fluids.
Sunday I picked it up and drove 250 miles home - the only problem I had is a slow drip where the gas filler mates onto the filler pipe from the tank. After I got home I was underneath again and noticed fresh lubricant all over the bottom of the oil pan, the whole length of the front prop shaft and the bottom of the cross member under the transfer case. The tranny and TC themselves were clean. There was quite a bit of oil, not enough to be dripping but i was beading up and very fresh.
I checked levels in the engine, both diffs, tranny and XC. All seemed fine, but it must be coming from somewhere. Something posessed me to check the prop shafts. The rear shaft has no play or wiggle at all. The front shaft has no play side-to-side or back-to-front. However, it does have play rotating it - maybe 5 degrees or so. Also, the rubber boot on the front shaft is just 2 bits of rubber under the clamps - the middle is just totally gone.
Before I go overboard and start taking everything apart, I wanted to get some advice on probable causes for this. Again, there were not any noises in 4WD that weren't there without it during my test drive. I'm going to do a 4WD test again this evening, when I have someone to help get it home just in case...
Any ideas?
Thanks