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(Message started by: python9 on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 10:52am)

Title: diff problem 24v
Post by python9 on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 10:52am

hi i got a diff for 24v and a garage is fitting it he just phoned to tell me its not limited slip diff and that the mounting that hold the diff up is differant to the one its in the car is there anywhere on the diff that tells what the ratio is my car is a 1997 24v could the diff i got be from earlier 24v and can the mounting be changed over okau upadte the diff is from a pre 96 24v and is an open diff not lsd but has tc would my car work okay with it till i can source the proper diff with lsd

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by scorpio_man on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 1:37pm

hi there

there was/is, afair, a small difference in where 'older' diffs bolts on to. highlander might remember more about it.

BTW, NO scorpio has a LSD diff. best remind your garage that they're working on a scorpio, not a Granada! ;)

hth

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by python9 on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 2:12pm

can the mounting from my diff be fitted to the diff thats going in

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by martin_rowe on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 2:13pm

You can just swap over the rear diff housing to convert between the two types, and correct should not have LSD.

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by python9 on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 2:22pm

so the housing from a 199724v diff can be swapped onto the pre 96 diff

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by python9 on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 6:09pm

update my cossie now has the diff fitted and she runs a dream now ;D no thumping noise the inside of the original diff was a real mess broken teeth off crown wheel and and other gears the damage was very extensive cost £75 for the diff and £160 to have it fitted

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by Highlander on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 7:35pm

£160!! I'm in the wrong business!! ;D

Yep they are all interchangeable, the backplates have either the early single mount or the later double mounts

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by python9 on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 8:53pm

i thought 160 for fitting was a good price

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by matt1987 on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 9:47pm

i work for nissan (i know) we change navara diffs in less than 10 mins 4 bolts pull out push it in 4 bolts done.

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by Highlander on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 10:13pm

Depends on the hourly rate i suppose :)

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by python9 on Dec 3^rd, 2008, 11:34pm

maybe so for a nissan but not for a scorpio exhaust down from cats to start the the prop shaft and few other things you wont do a scorpio diff in 10 mins no way

time taken 4 hours total diff oil diff seals for prop shaf and drive shafts diff removal and fitting £160

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by martin_rowe on Dec 4^th, 2008, 8:38am

4 hrs a bit strong, no more than 2 for the job.

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by python9 on Dec 4^th, 2008, 1:19pm

well to tell you the truth i was thinking it would have been more but iam not grumbbling at £160 what would i have been at ford i can only guess

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by scorpio_man on Dec 4^th, 2008, 1:53pm

hi there

you need to remember that a lot of the smaller garages are on Christmas rate for a the whole of December! }{

a fair price is one that you're happy enough with. :)

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by python9 on Dec 4^th, 2008, 7:56pm

on 12/04/08 at 13:53:43, scorpio_man wrote:

hi there

you need to remember that a lot of the smaller garages are on Christmas rate for a the whole of December! }{

a fair price is one that you're happy enough with. :)

yep fair comment and i was very happy with the price i paid i thought it would be more but there you go i got a suprise when i was told 160 and my car is back running for the first time since i took it over the border over 2 weeks ago and i went on run today in her and she is a dream to drive no problems except my handbrake warning light wont go out when the handbrake is released but i will have look at it when i do the service tomorrow

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by Highlander on Dec 4^th, 2008, 8:54pm

brake fluid level ?

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by python9 on Dec 4^th, 2008, 9:56pm

brake fliud level is fine at max mark thats the first thing i checked

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by scorpio_man on Dec 5^th, 2008, 8:12am

hi there

it'll just be the micro switch at the handbrake.

i have the same issue. i just need to tap the handbrake and it goes off until the next bump. ::)

hth

Title: Re: diff problem 24v
Post by python9 on Dec 5^th, 2008, 8:41am

is it behind the handbrake