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After a big Sunday at Glentarkie, the car has developed a crunch when pulling away in first gear.
Its in 2H and selector not being moved at all, it sounds like a chain slip on worn teeth and only happens when you first pull away in first gear from standstill, not once the car is moving.
Sounds to me like transfer box but is this a chain driven one?
I don't know much about this but this is from the write up on what to look when buying a jimny:
""Accidently" release the clutch violently when pulling away fast in 1st gear (you know, boy racer spin the wheels style). A loud machine gun noise is a Transfer Box chain so worn its slipping"
Rockwatt to the rescue, just drove it off the ramp and round the corner sounding like a bag of bolts smashing about underneath it, no trip away tomorrow for me
