tiicarrera
New member
Hello all,
Bear with me as I am a new Defender 90 owner having just bought a 1995 Defender NAS a couple of weeks ago. While I'm new to Defenders, I'm not new to classic Euro cars. The Defender is just the latest addition to the collection. I bought the car a couple of weeks ago from BAT and drove it from Tampa to New Orleans without it missing a beat. It has 128K miles. The gearbox was rebuilt a year ago and I have the maintenance records going back to new.
On Friday as I was taking out for a spin, I noticed the "clunking" noise during some tight turns in a parking lot. At first I thought the tires were rubbing on the fender, but then realized that couldn't be. Then about 20 mins later, I was stopped at a red light. Light turned green, put it in first, but had no drive at all. Tried every gear, and the engine only revs. Called tow truck and took it to my local mechanic. Synopsis is it's not the transmission. Probably the Transfer Case. I'm pretty mechanically inclined, but before I pull out the TC and send it to get rebuilt, I want to make sure I have diagnosed the issue completely.
Any other things I should check before I just assume it's the TC? From reading on the interwebs, I understand that a bad CV joint could cause lack of drive as well? Is there a step I could take to definitively rule in (or out) the transfer case? Yes, I made sure the diff gear shift was not knocked out of gear. Any and all help is appreciated!
Bear with me as I am a new Defender 90 owner having just bought a 1995 Defender NAS a couple of weeks ago. While I'm new to Defenders, I'm not new to classic Euro cars. The Defender is just the latest addition to the collection. I bought the car a couple of weeks ago from BAT and drove it from Tampa to New Orleans without it missing a beat. It has 128K miles. The gearbox was rebuilt a year ago and I have the maintenance records going back to new.
On Friday as I was taking out for a spin, I noticed the "clunking" noise during some tight turns in a parking lot. At first I thought the tires were rubbing on the fender, but then realized that couldn't be. Then about 20 mins later, I was stopped at a red light. Light turned green, put it in first, but had no drive at all. Tried every gear, and the engine only revs. Called tow truck and took it to my local mechanic. Synopsis is it's not the transmission. Probably the Transfer Case. I'm pretty mechanically inclined, but before I pull out the TC and send it to get rebuilt, I want to make sure I have diagnosed the issue completely.
Any other things I should check before I just assume it's the TC? From reading on the interwebs, I understand that a bad CV joint could cause lack of drive as well? Is there a step I could take to definitively rule in (or out) the transfer case? Yes, I made sure the diff gear shift was not knocked out of gear. Any and all help is appreciated!