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Originally Posted by ChestersDad

Now I've typed this - please forgive the diversion in advance.....

Several decades of auto design before the 75 my old Land Rover had a 'harmonic damper' fitted to the front axle and effectively smoothed out some severe vibration from there and also as similar to the 75 a crank damper.
I have seen one of these axles damper (a big circular lump of metal on a flex mount) mounted to the side of a 300tdi (pre common rail and by definition a source of drastic vibration) and the axle 'damper' did its job on the side of the engine!

Probably others too (in addition to the over worked mounts) to given that its power lump was really rattly to quite effective give these inevitable vibrations and easy way out (so to speak).


Harmonic dampers work is the short verson.....

So to those who know - is there not one of these dampers on the diesel steering column somewhere that may be missing on Mike's car, loose or warn out?

Some of the diesels have an extra solid weight welded on the top linkage
which connects the drivers side Hydramount to the secondary rubber mount bolted to the inner wing. I assume it is some sort of harmonic
damper?