JDNSW
17th March 2011, 08:27 PM
I have just got the gearbox out of the 110 to fix the oil leak into the bell housing. A lot of work for what is really a minor problem. The oil pump cover is leaking by the looks.
Several things made it more difficult than normal. For a start, I had to remove the auxiliary fuel tank, which occupies the otherwise wasted space behind the transfer case. That is not a particularly easy job. Then I realised that to undo the gearbox mounts the water tank under the driver's feet had to come off.
Around this time I realised that the time I split the fuel return line a couple of years ago has had long term repercussions, The entire underbody got well coated with diesel, and every upward facing surface (tanks, gearbox, chassis rails, cross members etc had a deep deposit of diesel soaked sand, which surprisingly has not washed off even deep wading during the December rains. And falls into your eyes, down your sleeves, in your hair etc when disturbed. Going to have a cleanup while the box is out!
A further complicating factor is that the airconditioner is mounted under the centre cubby box, so it is not feasible to remove the centre panel. This means that the rear section of the transmission tunnel cannot be removed. It is possible to get the box out with this in place - just. But it also makes items like disconnecting the hi-lo lever and the handbrake cable interesting to put it mildly. I spent about an hour just undoing the handbrake cable - the nut had to be undone about three centimetres, and since it is impossible to get a spanner on it, this meant loosening the locknut from the other side of the bracket (where you can get a spanner on it) and then working on the thread with a toothbrush and WD40 until the nut could be turned by fingers - with the arm stuck up next to the transfer box.
When I finally got it out and on the ground, I winched it out to the side - and found that I had to jack the chassis up two inches to fit the bellhousing past the chassis rail (the chassis is sitting on four stands with the wheels just touching the concrete.
Tomorrow I need to go to town in the 2a, but will be back on it on Saturday. Fixing the oil leak won't take long, cleaning up will probably take longer, but I expect putting everything back together will be quicker than pulling it apart. And then there are the additional jobs - there is a bit of play in the front U-joint on the rear prop shaft, so that will get replaced, and the rubber boot on the spline on the front shaft needs replacing, and I plan on new seals front and back on the box. And there will undoubtedly be other problems come up.
John
Several things made it more difficult than normal. For a start, I had to remove the auxiliary fuel tank, which occupies the otherwise wasted space behind the transfer case. That is not a particularly easy job. Then I realised that to undo the gearbox mounts the water tank under the driver's feet had to come off.
Around this time I realised that the time I split the fuel return line a couple of years ago has had long term repercussions, The entire underbody got well coated with diesel, and every upward facing surface (tanks, gearbox, chassis rails, cross members etc had a deep deposit of diesel soaked sand, which surprisingly has not washed off even deep wading during the December rains. And falls into your eyes, down your sleeves, in your hair etc when disturbed. Going to have a cleanup while the box is out!
A further complicating factor is that the airconditioner is mounted under the centre cubby box, so it is not feasible to remove the centre panel. This means that the rear section of the transmission tunnel cannot be removed. It is possible to get the box out with this in place - just. But it also makes items like disconnecting the hi-lo lever and the handbrake cable interesting to put it mildly. I spent about an hour just undoing the handbrake cable - the nut had to be undone about three centimetres, and since it is impossible to get a spanner on it, this meant loosening the locknut from the other side of the bracket (where you can get a spanner on it) and then working on the thread with a toothbrush and WD40 until the nut could be turned by fingers - with the arm stuck up next to the transfer box.
When I finally got it out and on the ground, I winched it out to the side - and found that I had to jack the chassis up two inches to fit the bellhousing past the chassis rail (the chassis is sitting on four stands with the wheels just touching the concrete.
Tomorrow I need to go to town in the 2a, but will be back on it on Saturday. Fixing the oil leak won't take long, cleaning up will probably take longer, but I expect putting everything back together will be quicker than pulling it apart. And then there are the additional jobs - there is a bit of play in the front U-joint on the rear prop shaft, so that will get replaced, and the rubber boot on the spline on the front shaft needs replacing, and I plan on new seals front and back on the box. And there will undoubtedly be other problems come up.
John