justinc
2nd April 2012, 05:34 PM
Hmmm, this has been an interesting job. I had an EAS leak to find, fuel pump and timing belts to check/ replace so I decided to remove the body to do the clutch so I could get to the other bits (Especially that darn fuel pump belt).
It then transpires that 'Oh, the belts were actually done last year' when I rang the service centre up north for a history, so 'bother' thought I, oh well body is off in 3 hours so no sweat, we'll do the clutch job and flywheel etc etc and it all went without a hitch, EXCEPT... this vehicle must've been in some salty conditions, because all of the exhaust studs and nuts and turbo support bracket studs and nuts were rusted. Solid. They were staying put.:(
there was also some wiring issues as at some point the vehicle had I guess been involved in some sort of accident, as the compressor loom where it is plugged in behind the LH inner guard had been joined together and hardwired, instead of multiplugged so a cutting I had to go, and rejoin later, but by far the worst example was the Main body earth strap stud and nut under the RHF guard liner it was corroded and actually broke out of the guard when I tried to undo it, this is a critical earthing point and will cause all sorts of horror if it fails or looses its earthing capabilities during use. We made a new strap, then bolted it securely through the actual guard in another place.
Removing the trans, fitting new flywheel, clutch slave and reassembling trans, Realigning and refitting the body so far has taken a further 6 hours, so my estimate of around 10 isn't far off.
I have now got a copy of LR's destructions on trans removal, without body removed, and it doesn't look too horrific at all except that without being able to remove those brackets and exhaust crossover pipe etc it would've been a nightmare:eek:
All in all an illuminating experience into D3 design, and I am impressed at the ease of body removal and overall engineering it has taken to build these vehicles:)
JC
It then transpires that 'Oh, the belts were actually done last year' when I rang the service centre up north for a history, so 'bother' thought I, oh well body is off in 3 hours so no sweat, we'll do the clutch job and flywheel etc etc and it all went without a hitch, EXCEPT... this vehicle must've been in some salty conditions, because all of the exhaust studs and nuts and turbo support bracket studs and nuts were rusted. Solid. They were staying put.:(
there was also some wiring issues as at some point the vehicle had I guess been involved in some sort of accident, as the compressor loom where it is plugged in behind the LH inner guard had been joined together and hardwired, instead of multiplugged so a cutting I had to go, and rejoin later, but by far the worst example was the Main body earth strap stud and nut under the RHF guard liner it was corroded and actually broke out of the guard when I tried to undo it, this is a critical earthing point and will cause all sorts of horror if it fails or looses its earthing capabilities during use. We made a new strap, then bolted it securely through the actual guard in another place.
Removing the trans, fitting new flywheel, clutch slave and reassembling trans, Realigning and refitting the body so far has taken a further 6 hours, so my estimate of around 10 isn't far off.
I have now got a copy of LR's destructions on trans removal, without body removed, and it doesn't look too horrific at all except that without being able to remove those brackets and exhaust crossover pipe etc it would've been a nightmare:eek:
All in all an illuminating experience into D3 design, and I am impressed at the ease of body removal and overall engineering it has taken to build these vehicles:)
JC