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Morning all
Sorry to have dropped out of sight for the weekend but as Julian knows I
have been sorting out the FPS wheel bearings. Well, after far too much time
spent wrenching the car is now back together. However, the ABS light now
refuses to go out. I did it by the text book, making sure I removed the
sensor before I pulled the Birfield, no damage to any of the wiring or the
sensor that I can see and made sure that I replaced it intact. But the
light still will not go out!!!!! How annoying is that? Julian and I spoke
at length about this and as suggested I have tried to clean off the ABS ring
that goes around the birfield thru the grease hole in the Knuckle but this
has made no difference so I am stumped for the moment. I have pulled the
sensor out cleaned it and checked the external contacts but cannot see why
it does not work. Anyone come across this??
Anyway apart from the ABS problem I now know what a set of knackered Wheel
bearings look like! Funnily enough apart from being nearly grease free I
could have got away with repacking them but as I did have to replace the
inner oil seals I decided to go the whole hog and do it all. I will post a
"blow by blow" later but one thing I did notice was that the reason for the
wheel rocking was that the 54mm lock nuts were loose and the bearings were
almost dry. If I had repacked the bearings and tightened the nuts this
would have cured the rocking. But the knuckle had very little grease and
the oil in the diff was gross so it had to be done!
A quick note to John B.
John I have noticed my tlc vibrates and struggles for fuel on hills when
stopping, it is a fuel issue because once the engine is off you can press
the black cap on the fuel filter and recharge the filter housing which tells
me not enough fuel is getting to the filter at steep angles. On a flat road
the black cap will not move once engine is off so all is well. Is your
vibration a fuel related issue as well??
Julian V.
Heartfelt thanks for all your help and advice.
Catch up in more detail later.
Regards
Simon Hughes
K reg TLC 4.2l TD 156k (stops but only just)
Sorry to have dropped out of sight for the weekend but as Julian knows I
have been sorting out the FPS wheel bearings. Well, after far too much time
spent wrenching the car is now back together. However, the ABS light now
refuses to go out. I did it by the text book, making sure I removed the
sensor before I pulled the Birfield, no damage to any of the wiring or the
sensor that I can see and made sure that I replaced it intact. But the
light still will not go out!!!!! How annoying is that? Julian and I spoke
at length about this and as suggested I have tried to clean off the ABS ring
that goes around the birfield thru the grease hole in the Knuckle but this
has made no difference so I am stumped for the moment. I have pulled the
sensor out cleaned it and checked the external contacts but cannot see why
it does not work. Anyone come across this??
Anyway apart from the ABS problem I now know what a set of knackered Wheel
bearings look like! Funnily enough apart from being nearly grease free I
could have got away with repacking them but as I did have to replace the
inner oil seals I decided to go the whole hog and do it all. I will post a
"blow by blow" later but one thing I did notice was that the reason for the
wheel rocking was that the 54mm lock nuts were loose and the bearings were
almost dry. If I had repacked the bearings and tightened the nuts this
would have cured the rocking. But the knuckle had very little grease and
the oil in the diff was gross so it had to be done!
A quick note to John B.
John I have noticed my tlc vibrates and struggles for fuel on hills when
stopping, it is a fuel issue because once the engine is off you can press
the black cap on the fuel filter and recharge the filter housing which tells
me not enough fuel is getting to the filter at steep angles. On a flat road
the black cap will not move once engine is off so all is well. Is your
vibration a fuel related issue as well??
Julian V.
Heartfelt thanks for all your help and advice.
Catch up in more detail later.
Regards
Simon Hughes
K reg TLC 4.2l TD 156k (stops but only just)