Tick Tock, Tick Tock

[Skids]

Firstly a nice car you have there

Having read the recent threads re this car it would appear that it has been stood for much of it's life after the resto ,most probably your journey has been the longest it has ever done since the build and the diff ( if set up correctly when built ) will be quite tight and they are prone to making quite alot of noise , cracking and clunking when the plates slip on corners ,sounds like they have fallen apart at times .
As said above give it another rag about to loosen things up
Cheers
Skids

[Nipper]

As said above give it another rag about to loosen things up

Absolutely . That car deserves to be ragged about

[mk1gaz]

Those diffs sound shite and sound knackered even when they are brand new , lol . Get an ATB diff instead or ear muffs !!!

[richy c]

put some new b373 diff oil in just to be safe, then ignore the noise if it only occurs when the diff has warmed up.you should also be able to feel it .

[RS2000&MEXICO]

diff was built useing a new 3.54 c&p and a new tran,x plate type slipper unit and the diff was sent to tran,x and built by them so should be ok
the car has done around 400 miles since i built it so the rear shoes might need resetting and a clean up but it did have new drums new shoes new cylinders and a new spring kit with new adjusters aswell!. so they may have just locked on or a shoes liner has come off ?????
i'm sure it will be a easy fix.

[Dazzle]

diff was built useing a new 3.54 c&p and a new tran,x plate type slipper unit and the diff was sent to tran,x and built by them so should be ok

You're not reading the replies are you??
They sound like that when warmed up!!!!
We're not saying there is anything wrong with it, it's just the 'nature of the beast'

[Xelr8]

Thanks for all the replies
I'm off for it rolling road tuning tomorrow which will be a 40 Mile Journey so I'll see what happens on the way there.
If that's the way it's meant to be then all well & good
It's just when you're not used to the sound that it makes every sense in your body tells you to stop driving as you're doing some damage somewhere
I'll report back tomorrow

[oveRSteer]

get some pics of her on the rolling road mate

even better, a video if you can

[RS2000&MEXICO]

You're not reading the replies are you??
They sound like that when warmed up!!!!
We're not saying there is anything wrong with it, it's just the 'nature of the beast'

i no that....was just pointing out that the sound his getting didn't sound like the diff but it did if you know what i mean ? anyway i've had diff's fitted with slippers all my escort life but never had a noisy one for some reson????? and when i listened to the noise RRR was making to be truthful
i didnt know what it was but it sounded bad i was thinking a planertery gear had broke

[Xelr8]

Not much time at the mo so I'll just post the Power Graph for now

[Xelr8]

Forgot to add that was on Regular Unleaded so may be a few more bhp on V Power

[oveRSteer]

not bad at all that

what specs the engine???

[lee bishop]

Yes it has a Trans X Plate type LSD
So are you saying that it'll be OK?
Because it was making a hell of a racket, a horrible clicking / crunching noise

Same thing fitted to my twink, bleedin orrible but it's how they roll. People think your crappy old ford is falling apart

[grum]

Same thing fitted to my twink, bleedin orrible but it's how they roll. People think my crappy old ford is falling apart

[RS2000&MEXICO]

not bad at all that

what specs the engine???

it is a 2.1 harris pinto stage 3 bv head forged pistons cossy rods on 45's
the rest is normal stuff that you would do to a 2.1 very good power fro 45's would be better on 48's but more undrivable!