Recent content by murphn

Eureka. Got the disco back up on the ramps the driving in and out of the garage must have turned the shaft and moved the donut into a better place for fitting the remaining two bolts. Still had to persuade them into place with a crow bar and hammer, but they're in and tightened up. Thanks for...

Hi Dooroy, I had to drive the disco out of the garage (as I can't get the door closed with it in there) with only 4 bolts done up so maybe this will give it the backwards and forwards movement you suggest. I'll have a go at undoing the front coupling, fitting the donut bolts first and then...

I have it up on ramps. Is it better to jack it?

No, I unbolted and removed the prop shaft, carefully scribing marks on it to aid reassembly, then fitted the donut, lined up the scribe marks and rebolted the prop shaft at one end. It's when I came to put the second bolt in the donut that I sensed I'd have fun reassembling it. All bolts except...

Hi all, I've had some very valuable repair and maintenance info from this site and hopefully someone has had a similar experiance and can help me this time. Basically I've replaced the rear prop shaft coupling but am having a hell of a job trying to line up the bolt holes to fit the bolts. I've...

I've just had the pleasure of puncturing the auto trans case with a broken prop shaft. Mine happened when just taking off from the traffic lights. Doesn't appear to have damaged anything else though. The case has broken just above the sump pan at the gasket/seal. Does anyone know if this can be...