New to me chim

[mike-v2tmf]

bought a 1999 4.0 chim and want to know the best way to go about replacing the clutch ............and where is the radio aerial please

[latham91]

Depending on how hands on you are the clutch is do-able (I did mine myself and I'm no mechanic!).
I did it off axle stands but basically involves removing exhaust, prop shaft, disconnect gear stick linkage from above (involves taking off the centre console etc), drop the gear box - it's heavy so made up a wooden cradle and supported off trolley jack) and then you can get to the clutch bits and replace as required (I refaced the flywheel and pressure plate and reused them), new spigot and thrust bearings and strengthened the fork arm. Best to whip the flywheel off while you're at it and replace the rear crank oil seal.... took me several weekends but I work very slowly! - Search this forum for relevant threads since there's plenty of info on here on how to do it - cost me £100 in parts...

...or you could go to a garage and pay hundreds....

[mike-v2tmf]

latham91 said:

Depending on how hands on you are the clutch is do-able (I did mine myself and I'm no mechanic!).
I did it off axle stands but basically involves removing exhaust, prop shaft, disconnect gear stick linkage from above (involves taking off the centre console etc), drop the gear box - it's heavy so made up a wooden cradle and supported off trolley jack) and then you can get to the clutch bits and replace as required (I refaced the flywheel and pressure plate and reused them), new spigot and thrust bearings and strengthened the fork arm. Best to whip the flywheel off while you're at it and replace the rear crank oil seal.... took me several weekends but I work very slowly! - Search this forum for relevant threads since there's plenty of info on here on how to do it - cost me £100 in parts...

...or you could go to a garage and pay hundreds....

Thank you , I'll be doing it myself now any idea hw the radio receives a signal , mine just hisses static noise

[trev4]

The radio's never work very well the Arial is routed around the windscreen, I replaced mine with a dab radio and a screen Arial it works much better.

[mike-v2tmf]

trev4 said:

The radio's never work very well the Arial is routed around the windscreen, I replaced mine with a dab radio and a screen Arial it works much better.

Thanks Trev

[trev4]

If you do go for a dab radio a good earth is essential I connected a wire to the copper strip that is designed to earth on the metal screen surround, obviously not going to work on a fibreglass car and connected it to the battery earth.

[Steve_D]

Have seen FM antenna mounted either on top of the fuel tank or in the space above the tank effectively directly under hoop that is the back of the hood. These had been fitted to replace the antenna around the windscreen.

Steve

[mk1fan]

latham91 said:

...or you could go to a garage and pay hundreds....

And drive it those weekends

[mike-v2tmf]

Steve_D said:

Have seen FM antenna mounted either on top of the fuel tank or in the space above the tank effectively directly under hoop that is the back of the hood. These had been fitted to replace the antenna around the windscreen.

Steve

Steve could you explain this a bit clearer please.........it might be the fix I'm looking for