I recently bought another 90 TD5 (sigh...) which apart from an annoying vibration, I'm very happy with. It's got a low mileage but was used by the previous owner for some offroading, accessing hilly land. It came with very big MT's and now I've changed them to AT's I've realised the MT's were hiding the vibration, being 'knobbly' on the road. The vibration starts at 18mph right up and feels like driving over a finely corrugated road. It seems worse and also gives off a whining noise under acceleration. I've recently had the Ashcroft transfer gears fitted and I assume Ashcrofts did their usual good job so I don't suspect the transfer box. With the t.box in neutral there is no vibration at all going up through the gears, so I feel it's definitely drivetrain related and it also does it freewheeling down my long drive with both boxes in neutral. When I bought the 90, it had a new front propshaft and two of the bolts on the front drive flange were damaged, indicating to me that the original propshaft had been terminally damaged. Was anything else damaged...? Yesterday I started to get a 'chinking' noise from the main gearbox (maybe) in neutral or in gear with the clutch depressed, during gearchanges at times. It drives okay otherwise. There's no play in the UJ's and no up & down play if the propshafts are pushed/pulled. I'm at a bit of a loss diagnosing these things and can only think of getting to the LR dealer (arrrgghhh!) to see if they can pinpoint it. It has new, good quality tyres. Any (sensible!!) ideas, unrelated to its colour (!!), welcome..
I wondered if the 'corrugated road' effect could be caused by a missing or broken tooth, maybe in the diff or main gearbox....
E.F. MBE (for services to old Land Rovers)
I wondered if the 'corrugated road' effect could be caused by a missing or broken tooth, maybe in the diff or main gearbox....
E.F. MBE (for services to old Land Rovers)