10-11-2018, 01:10 PM
(10-11-2018, 12:02 PM)Steve Berg Wrote: When I bought my 1936 Nippy in 1968 while on holiday in England I checked it all over, had a new hood fitted and chassis extensions made to support the notorious Nippy "bum sag", changed the oil, etc. all in preparation for the drive back to Switzerland. My brother undertook this adventure and all went well, and probably rather noisily, until somewhere North of Freiburg in Germany when the transmission gave up. I drove there to carry out the rescue operation and we towed the Nippy all the way to my home near Fribourg in Switzerland. First thing to do prior to dismantling the rear axle was to let the oil out of the differential. But there was no oil - just metal filings and dust. I had omitted to check the oil level in the differential. The pinion looked like this........... The crown wheel teeth looked rather sad too!
Steve
Same thing happened to my Nippy Steve! I drove 250 miles home from uni one Christmas and - not having access to a garage - decided the axle oil was probably alright rather than rolling around in 6" of snow to check it. Incredibly it finally went bang at the brow of the hill 1/2 mile from home and I was able to coast down to our back gate!!