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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
there was a loud clunk and jolt from the rear diff
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JayKay Member Since: 31 Dec 2016 Location: Humber Posts: 10 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I have diagnosed the problem area, which is fine, but I am trying to preempt the potential cause, options and costs.
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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lost cause then as £500 is a good towing bill and never going to cover the repair of major components on one of these. My EGR valve done on the cheap was £500. If the diff needs replacing search on here what others have paid out to ensure no one loads your claim. You could ask Bell Engineering what a exchange diff currently costs and also ask cost of fitting. Once armed with that info you have a yardstick if it needs diff work to hold the price in the right area.
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Have you checked that it's not a problem with the parking brake shoes coming loose or something like that? Mine used to go clunk sometimes when I had not driven the car for a few days and they would stick when I reversed and then let go. If a spring or one of the locating pins has broken you could get this sort of symptom. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Good point dorsetfreelander, I tend not to think about that due to having the EPB system.
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
"you would need £5,000 to keep going"
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Yorky Bob Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4561 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Not quite true as all our cars over the last 15 years traded out have all been in A1 condition |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The point I was trying to make is that I doubt if modern cars will last as long as the older ones, not so much because of rust or mechanical wear but rather that it will become harder to find someone with the right diagnostic equipment to pinpoint faults. Add to that the difficulty of obtaining spares so that they can pass the emissions tests and so on. I saw someone yesterday looking for a Mazda MX5 on Autotrader with a budget of less than £3k and there were lots of 02 reg cars available and I wondered how a 15 year old FL2 would fare eventually? I guess that the Mazda would be a lot simpler to maintain and emissions tests would be less arduous. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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a100ian Member Since: 02 Oct 2016 Location: UK Posts: 171 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I have also had the brake clunk noise but in my case it soon went away once the wheels had freed. |
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