Forum is pretty quite as most club members are at Lincomb having fun. Really wish I was there.
Anyway..................... thought I'd update my thread.
Yesterday morning I got a few bits done before work.
First job was fitting the clips on the cambelt cover.
Cleaned all the swarf and chunks of metal out of the rear axle next.
Telescopic magnet worked well.
The TJM torch proved very useful again.
Found a magnetic tipped screw driver also worked well at getting the swarf out of the tighter spots.
Loads of metal came out in the drained oil.
I pushed a rag down the axle to clean all the old oil and any swarf out.
Picked up the freshly built diff this morning.
Then set off for Geelong, pronounced J-long.
Satnav took me through the city, so thought I'd take a few pics.
One of Melbourne's main land marks, Flinders Street train station.
Another thing Melbourne is known for, its vintage trams.
Australia invented the ute (car derived pick up truck) and the police use them a lot.
I actually ended up in the back of one once.
Got to the guys house and had a good chat with him, nice chap.
Bought both props for $60 (£40).
Got back and unwrapped the diff.
Evidence of the use of engineers blue, used to setup the ring and pinion.
Hed done a great job routing the air line, very neat.
Diff in.
Connected the airline.
Tested the rear air locker was working OK, which it wasnt.
The compressor kept running after flicking the locker switch, where as normally it stops. It had been doing this intermittently for a while now.
Kept the compressor running and jumped underneath for a look. Quickly spotted the air hose was split and leaking.
Fortunately I'd left a bit of slack in the hose when I fitted it, so was able to cut out the damaged section and reconnect it.
Fitted the rear prop.
Came to fit the front one and after looking at the 2 props I picked up, there was still a UJ without a grease nipple on the new front prop. This time it was the axle end though and not the transferbox end like mine.
So decided to fit the rear one on the front. So I'm now running LJ70 rear props on the front and back.
Oil seals next for the rear half shafts.
Genuine of course.
I didn't take anymore pics as I was in a rush trying to get the job finished before it got dark. But I cleaned up the ends of the axle, applied fresh silicon, slid the half shafts in and bolted them in place. Reconnected the brakes and bled them, then filled the diff with fresh oil and checked the oil level in the gearbox and transferbox.
I put the 35"s on the back, and then drove it round to the workshop ready to be cleaned and have the other 35"s put on the front.
No pics of it cleaned and with all the 35"s on as it got dark.
Tomorrow I need to give it a more thorougher clean, and re bleed the brakes as they feel spongy. Thinking I might have to change all the brake fluid, after I cooked the brakes.
Really pleased with the job Ian did rebuilding the diff.
The guy really seems to know his stuff and is very confident that hes built it perfectly.
He said that they put a special coating on the new ring and pinions, and to run it for 500km (300 miles) then change the oil. Then do 1000km and change the oil again. He said it will probably come out quite grey and dirty looking.
When I've got some more money, I'm going to get him to fit the front locker for me with all new bearings.