It decided not to wait and parted company with the rear diff as I was driving into town this morning. Thank goodness for 4wd as I was able to limp round to a safe place to await recovery.
Actually it was not that bad as all that was needed was to remove the propshaft in order drive home safely in front wheel drive, which means I can at least drive somewhere to get it sorted tommorrow.
I had a long drive coming up on Tuesday so I suppose it is better it happend today rather than when I needed to get somewhere important..
Unfortunatley though the throttle linkage came adrift as well, maybe the vibration, is there supposed to be a circlip or something that holds the bit that comes from the carb to long shaft thingy.? I have fastened it up with copper wire to prevent it happening again. Would the circlip be easily available for the proper repair?
I am guessing all that excess vibration from the propshaft may have loosened a few other things, so where ought I to check ?
Larry series 3 109 2.25 petrol