Recent content by roedmose

Just the final update.... Sunshine and spring is here and car has been test driven for the first time. Gear lever shifts precise and smooth. No wrong noises - everything works perfectly...:) Only problem is the current gas prices :eek: /Frank

Update on this issue : I read a similar entry at the rover 75 forum : A very unusual P6. - Page 2 - The 75 and ZT Owners Club Forums ; quote :"During the rebuild the bit with the most pain was setting the preload on the layshaft and machining a shim down to get the desired value". Giving the...

A small update on this issue - and some advice needed. I have repaired the oil pump and changed bearings and seals and I am now in the process of mating the 2 defect gearboxes to one functioning by taking the best parts from each one - hopefully :) After pressing in the tappered roller bearings...

A short follow up on this issue..... To recap I have a manual P6 gearbox that contained many small steel balls of unknown origin - and therefore extremely noisy. Somebody here locally mentioned that these steel balls look like the ones used for "shot peening" which is used to make gearbox...

The measurements on mine is 50.0 mm, 29.3 mm and 8.5 mm respectively. Probably the same as on the LT77 - or at least surely modifiable to fit - should anyone ever come in the situation..... /Frank

I finally found the time to drill out the alloy rivets and separating the oil pump. To my surprise it looks to be in surprisingly good shape and I also did not find any of these foreign objects (steel balls) inside it. The car has very low milage and the pump shows very little wear and no harm...

I use one of those small inspection cameras with a small color screen and a long fibre "neck". One can even record the video for later viewing on a tv-set or a computer. I can see - pretty clear - the fibre disc from both input and output. Thanks for the info - as it has internal gears I will...

The gearbox has now been flushed with brake cleaner, blown with compressed air and swiped with powerful magneto until no further alien objects have showed themselves. I did not take the mainshaft apart as this will require reshimming etc - so I have a fear that some steel balls are still hiding...

Hi all. My 3500S has been haunted with gearbox problems during my entire ownership. I started with a gearbox that was extremely noisy- and this was replaced with a gearbox that jumped out of reverse. Last winter this was replaces with gearbox number 3 - that turned out to have a high...