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  • amcordo
    5th Gear
    • Jun 2009
    • 740

    OK, So New Rover...

    Hi everyone!

    So I got my rover! "New" is obviously a lie, but it's a pretty good condition Chevy V8-mod rover. I've a few questions:

    1. Third gear clicks badly. Probably a broken tooth or two. I have the Haynes manual, but have never dissassembled a transmission. In all honesty, should I be scared? About how long would it take two people to take the transmission off the car, take it apart, replace the bad gear and reverse the process (i.e. is this an afternoon job, or should I take a week of vacation?). If I have the part and the Haynes manual would this be an expensive job at a local mechanical shop?

    2. Same thing with leaking oil from the rear transfer case. Oil's coming out the front (the side that hooks into the transmission). Will replaceing whatever gasket or seal that is bad be a horrible ordeal?

    3. The right turn blinker works great, but when I use the left turn signal the flasher must be struggling - it stays lit and only occassionally clicks (flashes). Just a bad flasher?

    I'm bound to have more questions soon - time to read through every thread!

    Tony
  • SafeAirOne
    Overdrive
    • Apr 2008
    • 3435

    #2
    Are you running the original series gearbox behind that V8? IF so, I think you ought to get real used to taking that transmission apart. I don't believe that transmission is rated to handle what any Chevy V8 will put out, hence the broken teeth.
    --Mark

    1973 SIII 109 RHD 2.5NA Diesel

    0-54mph in just under 11.5 minutes
    (9.7 minutes now that she's a 3-door).

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    • bmohan55
      4th Gear
      • Sep 2008
      • 435

      #3
      FWIW, I found that when my blinkers were slow (one was much slower than the other) my battery was weak with a bad cell. New battery & alternator fixed the blinkers.
      04 Disco, Gone-Disco died & so did mine
      '72 S3 88 - Leakey & Squeaky

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      • LaneRover
        Overdrive
        • Oct 2006
        • 1743

        #4
        Originally posted by amcordo

        3. The right turn blinker works great, but when I use the left turn signal the flasher must be struggling - it stays lit and only occassionally clicks (flashes). Just a bad flasher?
        I would check your grounds for the left turn signal lights. There is a jumble of them up near the battery. Make sure they are not corroded, are tight and if need be add another.
        1958 107 SW - Sold to a better home
        1965 109 SW - nearly running well
        1966 88 SW - running but needing attention
        1969 109 P-UP

        http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...2&l=64cfe23aa2

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        • Firemanshort
          2nd Gear
          • Nov 2006
          • 282

          #5
          there is only one flasher that is shared for left and right signals. Your problem is probably a ground issue uniqe to one side.
          Firemanshort
          1980 Stage One
          (Past owner of 1973 Series III - Highlander)

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