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it's a rotating speed dependant vibration though, not sure how a ball joint on the a-frame could cause that, but will get it fixed this week. starting to hate driving this car now, every journey is another headache. the wipers packed up on me at 2am last night. had to hand dry the windscreen...

right so had a good check of all the parts i can. seems that if i rock the car using my bodyweight on the rear prop there is a slight clonk from the a frame mounts. the a frame ball joint was an advisory in the MOT but passed. could this be the source of all the trouble? both props have zero...

i was having that nightmare for 14 hours of driving on sunday. was permanetly looking for places to stop or best direction to try and stear in the event of loss of control. but just this week the garage replaced the rear UJs and the front prop is new. going to stick my head under it in a while...

well it made the drive but wow did it vibrate around the 45-55mph point. worst at 50. it's got worse over the corse of the day and the return journey on motorways at 60-65 seems to have taken their toll. before the drive the vibration was less and only at 50, now it spans at least 10mph of the...

well the saga continues.. so with all the fixes on this poor thing now it is still vibrating in a bad way around the 50mph+ point. but can feel it at lower speeds just nowhere near as bad. so far: both props been changed or UJs fitted new rear shocks new rear wheel bearings and oil seals new...

well no play with my hands and body weight on the prob but the garage did find enough play to think it worth changing the UJs on the rear prop, although not an MOT fail part. The poor thing has failed it's MOT with a fairly long list. left front oil seal left rear oil seal and wheel bearing -...

as stated, checked the rear prop and there is no play, front is new?

right so the need to do a long 800mile drive forced me to get this job finished and see how the old landy is. changed both rear shocks, right rear wheel bearing and stub axel and all oil seals, topped up rear diff oil, checked rear prop off car and seems fine. fitted new front prop and greased...

just had the same vibration problem on mine that had been getting worse at the end of the winter. turned out to be the front prop UJs. removed the front prop and it drove much better. the rear prop has a tiny bit of movement in it that also vibrates a bit but no where near what the front prop...

thank you all! got a new wing asembly from ebay. light, grill, rad, bull bars and some plastics all ordered and in the post. found it had an oil cooler on it too that had ripped open, got a cheap core from ebay. going to get the spanners out in a few weeks once we've done the round trip...

Brighton area in the UK but anywhere that will deliver is fine as also drive to the southwest a lot, local parts (near Gap, France) are stupidly high even second hard. ebay, might be a good call. had some hassle using them in the past though. thanks!

Hey all, My mate has crashed his 110 and local prices for parts are coming in at well over €2k! (the french are just mental for car part prices). So trying to save him as much money as possible, where would be best to look for these parts? Ordering from the UK is no problem as we often drive...

So is this a doable DIY repair for the rear prop? or does it need presses or other special tools?

Hey all, So got under the landy and found what all the new noises were and exactly where the problem was coming from. turned out the thing i heard break the other day was the UJ! Test drove it without the front prop and all was well. The rear prop does have a small amount of play in the 2...

Hey all, Just getting back to using the old girl after the various leaks it had over the winter. Been driving much more modern cars for a couple of months but there are a few sounds the 90 is making that I'd like to investigate. On very slight throttle while moving or much more so off...

BB Could you expand on that a little for me please? Once it's all chocked and out of gear, what is the test to be done? thanks.

Good info people, thanks! the movement in the front prop was where it's got the extension inside it that allows to it extend and shorten, there is a few mm of movement between the innner and outer parts if i put my body weight behind it. will try removing the front prop to check. never...

Hey all, car: 90 defender 1993 200tdi 5 speed After a recent journey down the motorway the gearbox/transferbox started to whine quite a lot and there was a fair bit of vibration. Fearing the worst I left the motorway and used the back roads for the rest of the journey. The lower speeds stopped...

Thanks for that! The cable adjustment was out of desperation, I'll sort it now I know where to find the adjuster. Thanks again.

hey all, just done a clutch change on my landy and some other jobs that needed doing before the MOT. one of the jobs was to adjust the handbrake so it will hold the car on a hill. seeing as it had to be messed with while doing the clutch i left it till now. i was reading around the site and...