dmcsweeney
Active Member
Hi all,
While I do believe modern cars have come along way in terms of reliability, I quickly learning what a pain in the a** they can be when they go wrong. I'm just home from a nightmare evening in the workshop with my every day car, a Jag X-type diesel. It all started 2 weeks ago, on Friday evening as I rushed back from work to try and get my white P6 ready for a show. I spent a few days fretting about getting the Rover ready as it hadn't had a long run in 2 years, and had probably only covered about 10 miles in the last 12 months due to work commitments. I left work and had difficulty changing down at the first junction. It got progressively worse so I pulled over and checked the clutch fluid and gear selector cables. I drove on, and as I climbed a hill I decided to change down and see what happened. Bang :cry: . I rolled onto the narrow hard shoulder, no drive in any gear, just a horrible grating noise. It was too dangerous to root around too much so I called the AA. The patrol man arrived and stuck it in gear as I watched. It looked like the nearside CV had broken (a common X-type issue, and I'd noticed play in the shaft at the last service) so they recovered it to the workshop. I stripped the whole front end down, including dropping the sub frame and replaced both drives (both well shot), anti roll bar bushes and both front wishbones. While it was down I decided I'd re bush the rear end as well. I fitted the front wheels so I could move the jacking beam to the rear, only to find that I could rotate the wheels with the car in gear, accompanied by a horrible tearing sound. Fitted the wheels, tried every gear, lots of noise, no drive. Bye bye gearbox :cry: . The last time I had the box out it took me a few days, involving taking half the car apart, I feel like crying. Why can't it be as easy as a P6 box swap??
BTW the P6 didn't miss a beat all the way to the show and back, and has continued to run like a dream since :roll: .
Rant over :twisted: .
Regards,
Dave
While I do believe modern cars have come along way in terms of reliability, I quickly learning what a pain in the a** they can be when they go wrong. I'm just home from a nightmare evening in the workshop with my every day car, a Jag X-type diesel. It all started 2 weeks ago, on Friday evening as I rushed back from work to try and get my white P6 ready for a show. I spent a few days fretting about getting the Rover ready as it hadn't had a long run in 2 years, and had probably only covered about 10 miles in the last 12 months due to work commitments. I left work and had difficulty changing down at the first junction. It got progressively worse so I pulled over and checked the clutch fluid and gear selector cables. I drove on, and as I climbed a hill I decided to change down and see what happened. Bang :cry: . I rolled onto the narrow hard shoulder, no drive in any gear, just a horrible grating noise. It was too dangerous to root around too much so I called the AA. The patrol man arrived and stuck it in gear as I watched. It looked like the nearside CV had broken (a common X-type issue, and I'd noticed play in the shaft at the last service) so they recovered it to the workshop. I stripped the whole front end down, including dropping the sub frame and replaced both drives (both well shot), anti roll bar bushes and both front wishbones. While it was down I decided I'd re bush the rear end as well. I fitted the front wheels so I could move the jacking beam to the rear, only to find that I could rotate the wheels with the car in gear, accompanied by a horrible tearing sound. Fitted the wheels, tried every gear, lots of noise, no drive. Bye bye gearbox :cry: . The last time I had the box out it took me a few days, involving taking half the car apart, I feel like crying. Why can't it be as easy as a P6 box swap??
BTW the P6 didn't miss a beat all the way to the show and back, and has continued to run like a dream since :roll: .
Rant over :twisted: .
Regards,
Dave
Replacing it with a conventional type will solve the problem, but it will knock eight bells out of the gearbox due to the extra vibrations being transmitted.
