last week or so I've noticed a rattle from my saff 4x4's gearbox.It goes when you put your foot ont he clutch,so I reckon it's clutch release bearing or lay shaft bearing,thing is, it had a gearbox rebuild and new clutch by a ford main dealer about 4 months ago.The car is completely standard and is not driven hard,so is it normal for these parts to be wearing so quickly or have I had a bodge job done?

 

they do always sound a bit rattly - get the oil changed and see how it goes..

 

Cheers mate,whats the top bollocks oil to use cos I want it to last.

 

only oil you should use in them is called mt75

 

yep, castrol do some specifically for the mt75 called 'FMT' around 6 quid a litre and you need 1.3 litres in the box. while u are ate it, drai the transfer boxa aswell, this holds only 0.5 litre of dexron III ATF fluid.

 

Top man

 

I had this problem on my 2wd, its because there was vibration on the input shaft causing the release bearing to break up, the possible cause was a sheared dowel on the flywheel as i noticed a burn mark on the flywheel in the area of the sheared dowel, i presumed this was the problem as it seemed the most obvious but the problem is that i changed so much during the change including new box, clutch, spigot bearing, clutch arm pivot, machined flywheel with new dowels that i couldn't be that sure what the problem was but the sheared dowel seemed the obvious explanation

 

Thanks for the help lads,by the way, wheres the best place to get run of the mill service bits for the cossie (dizzy cap, plug leads etc) cos I'm sure my local ford dealer is ripping me off.

 

woodford gargae -rsoc dicount, all parts in stock and genuine ford stuff at good prices - 01803 863958, speak to simon. does cometic stuff aswell