oils and additives ,,advice please.

[scruffy]

Hi Team,
Today i took the family for an outing to Captain Cooks cottage ,from Coburg,,
On the way home selecting down to third was not possible and evem into second more difficult.
My neighbour is a 4x4 mech. so he changes the oil and more importantly gets rid of the old oil,but he puts in Morrey's oil additive,
I'm thinking of having the oil's all changed else where on the sly,neighbour's ok as a mate to drink with.
While i'm asking i've had another mech. tell me the valves are too tight due to not enough noise,now my mate adjusted the valves too and claims the noise theory is rubbish.
Someone here please fix up these delemas for me,
thanks Team,
and cheers
Scruffy

[bazzle]

Additves "may" help. Sounds more like a tight clutch.

Valves... Adj to the vehicle spec not by noise...

What sort of Nissan is it?

Bazzle

[scruffy]

Hi Baz,
GQ 89 lwb tb42,,,
had a new clutch put in it not too long ago,,

noticed an odd shudder as i reversed out this mornin,,
neighbour taking it for a drive tomorrow ,
i took it out this evenning when cool and could select down into third this time,but today was no way and it's not as if i drove very far 10km,
thanks again,,
Scruffy

[scruffy]

new clutch was about 12 months ago,,
went back after 2000k's i think for adjustment,
wonder if they have another???

hopefully not much,

scruffy

[Area54]

Sounds like a clutch pedal free play adjustment.

Also check your passenger side engine mount (might be torn) - may cause the shudder/thump.

[scruffy]

G'day Area54,

just got it back from next door and my mate said,,ooops too much free play in the peddle,gave an adjustment and he's happy,
speaking of LHS engine mount yeah we changed them last week as the LHS was broken,,

Friday saw a new radiator in the truck,kewl runnin.


Scruffy

[Area54]

The engine mounts also have a captive block arrangement, there are small protrusions on the mount extensions that can contact each other and cause a thudding sound when reversing (hard to explain the design - i'll see if I can dig up some pics) I ended up trimming a small amount off the end of the protrusion.

Theory with these is that if an engine mount totally separates, the engine will not move out from these captive holders.

Did you use genuine engine mounts (pricey, yes, but the best for the job, as the aftermarket ones seem a little hard)

[scruffy]

just took it for a drive myself ,a short one but the peddle is much futher up now,neighbour and i having a beer later he'll show me what he did,after the wife gets home from work to look after jnr,:-)
i can do all this on my Lada Niva so it's just learning whats what.

re engine mounts,,no we went for the cheaper non gen.,,thanks for the explanation on the mounts,,i've been up and down some hills around Bright with a broken one,,i'm guessing that with the new mounts and front castor bushings the corragations might be different now,
i did read your post on bolting the two broken parts together but had already bought the new ones.
my truck's coming along ok getting more confident with it's reliabillity as i continue to spend,;-)
unlike the Niva,which just started braking drive line parts,
all happy here,overhall starter motor and alternator next on my maintenance list,
thanks for your speedy help and advice
cheers all have a great x-mass,,
keep up the good posts ,great info!
Scruffy