bob hughes
Luke Skywalker
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Well, I have been experiencing a loud screaming noise, recently, when overtaking other vehicles at speed, otherwise under normal driving conditions all was well. After the last episode I was beginning to convince myself that something was amiss in the gearbox department and contacted Bill Rawles for some advice. He asked a few questions such as which gear- and overdrive or not and suggested that I drop over and see him.
On the way over I checked out the scenarios, all gears and in and out of overdrive where applicable and strangely enough all at 4000 revs. Pound notes (sorry - coins) swam around my eyes. Then I knocked it out of gear and blipped the throttle up to 4000 and there it was again. Ok, so perhaps the box was fine after all.
We opened up the bonnet (hood) and looked in whilst I started her up, at 4000 the noise was there but the engine noise also drowned it out a touch so it was difficult to understand where it was coming from. Eventually we homed in on the dynamo/water pump / fan belt area and decided to change the belt and see what happened, whilst the belt was off we checked the dynamo and the pump for any movement in the bearings - all was fine. Slipped the new belt on and tried it again - everything in the garden was tickety boo again. I felt a bit embarrassed but I must say that I have never experienced a belt slipping only at high revs. Still I guess that you are never too old to learn with these cars.
Bob
On the way over I checked out the scenarios, all gears and in and out of overdrive where applicable and strangely enough all at 4000 revs. Pound notes (sorry - coins) swam around my eyes. Then I knocked it out of gear and blipped the throttle up to 4000 and there it was again. Ok, so perhaps the box was fine after all.
We opened up the bonnet (hood) and looked in whilst I started her up, at 4000 the noise was there but the engine noise also drowned it out a touch so it was difficult to understand where it was coming from. Eventually we homed in on the dynamo/water pump / fan belt area and decided to change the belt and see what happened, whilst the belt was off we checked the dynamo and the pump for any movement in the bearings - all was fine. Slipped the new belt on and tried it again - everything in the garden was tickety boo again. I felt a bit embarrassed but I must say that I have never experienced a belt slipping only at high revs. Still I guess that you are never too old to learn with these cars.
Bob