well i prefer princes but i suppose any small tom puree will do :lolyawn:
well i prefer princes but i suppose any small tom puree will do :lolyawn:
Got a nearside LSD driveshaft (long spline type, as with Pauls, above) from GTSChris, it's not cheap - but it's cheaper and easier than trying a new diff .... I'm off to pick it up tomorrow. Hopefully should have it fitted tomorrow evening in time to give the car a run out on saturday.
Will update the thread with my progress.
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1993 Porsche 911 Turbo : almost standard ;)
1974 Ford Escort mk1 : wide-arched + Vauxhall XE 16v on carbs
ex-owner of UK mk1.5 conversion #3 : white & black Eurosport kit, rev1 3SGTE, ct26a, gone but not forgotten :cry:
good luck john,i hope this sorts it out mate.
Right, the judges have voted, the results are in.....
Picked up an LSD driveshaft from gtschris up in bedlington this afternoon and it is now fitted.
The result is....
:D
Much, much improved different action! Yay! You can now definitely feel the clutch plates working as you move forwards/reverse with lock on. The banging and locking is now very reduced compared to before. All noises from the short side have gone.. however there is still a 'bumping' from the long side although it's a lot less violent than previously - this tends to happen more pulling away from a junction and much, much less while manouevering the car forward/backward/round corners/up onto the curb etc..
Conclusion? I don't think there is anything wrong with the diff at all - it works nicely and has a nice feel to it; more aggressive than the later type (you can certainly feel it working more so than other types). It's definitely driveshaft-based as the symptoms have dissappeared from one side (which was previously the worst), but remain to a lesser extent on the other.
Overall it's now a very driveable car - Paul will confirm that it was awful before; something you wouldn't like to drive and would feel uncomfortable doing so.
Last edited by MegatronUK; 06-01-2006 at 20:52.
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1993 Porsche 911 Turbo : almost standard ;)
1974 Ford Escort mk1 : wide-arched + Vauxhall XE 16v on carbs
ex-owner of UK mk1.5 conversion #3 : white & black Eurosport kit, rev1 3SGTE, ct26a, gone but not forgotten :cry:
Good news indeed, so these rev LSDs we have are ok then? :righton:
Yeah, nice action! :D
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1993 Porsche 911 Turbo : almost standard ;)
1974 Ford Escort mk1 : wide-arched + Vauxhall XE 16v on carbs
ex-owner of UK mk1.5 conversion #3 : white & black Eurosport kit, rev1 3SGTE, ct26a, gone but not forgotten :cry:
nice john good to see its coming together mate
"A tattoo is an artificial pigmentation of the skin performed by a prick with a needle" .. sailor jerry Hawaii 1973
must be pleased after the pita thats been. i dont know much about ls diffs, do you prefer with then?
......in the bluecorner , fighting out of japan....
megatron -just in case that isnt the answer there is a rev3 g/box and shafts on imoc
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26602
thats superb news john,over the moon for you....the guy that sold you that gearbox with shafts needs shooting for saying it all came from the same car,which it clearly didnt!
The remaining noise you have...id hazard a guess that thats the standard noise people are describing with certain LSD's....many many mk2 owners have used the non LSD supported shaft on an LSD box without issue,look at me im using a camry V6 shaft....id be very surprised if the noise went away completely with a LSD supported shaft as theres very little difference in them.
Anyway great news! can i have my gearbox back please? lol
Oh whats your plans for the spare shaft you got? can i buy that off you for its balls?
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