What did you do on your Perentie Today.

What an absolute pain in the ass. Putting that drop arm kit in is a nightmare. I had to clean out the rusty "housing" of the arm. Then i had to hammer in the balljoint upper seat. Then of course i had to hold up the ball joint centre part while i assembled the lower parts with plenty of grease. Then to hard bit. Getting the circlip on. So with a bottle jack, a 6" socket extension, a brick, a shifter and punch under one end of the brick, to get the angle right, i got the cover in and located the circlip, or so i thought. The bloody clip came back at me at a rate of knots and it all dropped out on the ground. Grrr. So i lined it all up again and this time i made sure the circlip was seated in its groove. All good. Now the rubber boot. Hmmm. After some fiddling around i got it on with lots of grease under it. Hooked it all up. Good. Now to fill the diff and swivel housings up with oil. The left swivel had about half a litre in it but the right one was almost dry. Me thinks i may have a leak. The diff had been drained but i got some more out of it. Didnt like the sparkles in the old oil. Time will tell.

Cheers Rod.

Wheels on after oil and see if she drives. Ohh gotta tighten panhard bolts first.[emoji2]

Ok oil in, wheels on, off the stands and on the ground. Tightened the panhard rod bolts, thanks John, and see if it moves. Success. It lives. The Bush Pig lives. Well almost. Seems the clutch hydraulics are bypassing. Bit of a pump and it works. But hold it in too long and she creeps. Just another repair to do. Hmmm, will it ever end??

Cheers Rod

Continuing saga of the Bush pig. The clutch master cylinder is stuffed. Its bypassing. I think the PO must have rested his foot on the clutch while driving. The first 10 mm of stroke does nothing then it works but it creeps when depressed. So pedal out, master out. Got a new one now just gotta fit it. Bit hot out in the sun. Might fit it later. This FFR is gonna be like a new one by the time im finished fixing it.

Cheers Rod

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Originally Posted by 67hardtop

Ok got the diff fitted today..

Just gotta check and change the oils and then fit the drop arm kit...not done it b4. Then on with the wheels and back on the ground. I might take the maxidrive flanges off and refit the originals. Thats tomorrow...maybe...im buggered.

Cheers Rod

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I prefer the HD Flanges because they hold oil, unlike the dust caps on the original flanges.

If you still decide to get rid of them I'll trade you :D

Ive still got the standard flanges. Thanks for the offer tho.

Ok clutch master in. Pedal back in. Bled and functioning very well. Drove it a few feet forward and backwards. Cant get out of the driveway coz the Piglet 109 stage 1 diesel is behind it. Things are looking up a bit.

Cheers Rod

Well done Rod, your patience must be wearing a bit thin by now!!!

After some, "light offroading" today, I decided it was time to drain the sump in my No 5 trailer. Discovered it takes about 5L... about the same as the empty bottle I found floating around inside.

PS: the wife is currently threatening to kill me because I'm washing oil affected objects in the washing machine...https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...017/12/329.jpg

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Originally Posted by 67hardtop

That chinaman is really getting back at me now. Ive discovered that the left front axle is broken inside the diff. I cant get it out. Ive tried reversing the drive flange after removing the hub and stub axle. No good the cv just came off. So ive removed the swivel housing and it wont come off the axle coz there is a step in the axle. So ive tried using the swivel housing as a slide hammer. The axle wont come out of the diff. Now im really stuffed. I dont know what to do if i cant get this ****ing axle out!!!!

Cheers Rod

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I had the same issue, I paid someone to fix it. They removed the entire housing and completely disassembled it.

My front right half shaft busted half way down and twisted off in the diff spider gear.

As I'm normally gentle (except for today), I suspect army abuse prior to my ownership.

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Originally Posted by dranoweb

After some, "light offroading" today, I decided it was time to drain the sump in my No 5 trailer. Discovered it takes about 5L... about the same as the empty bottle I found floating around inside.

Been there, done that - only the locker in the back of the 2a does not have a drain - kitty litter is very helpful!

PS: the wife is currently threatening to kill me because I'm washing oil affected objects in the washing machine...

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Dishwasher does a better job on car parts.

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Originally Posted by Bearman

Well done Rod, your patience must be wearing a bit thin by now!!!

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Not yet Brian, but im getting a bit antsie coz I really want to drive it. Next is pulling the fuel tank out to find out whats wrong with it. The PO has fitted a big rectangular tank in the back behind the drivers seat and cut a flap in the canvas to get to the filler cap. The fuel tank in it looks like it came out of the 109, its painted pink, and the tank that was in it is damaged as well, its got the "safe fording depth" stencils painted on it, so he put the truck tank in. When I found the cost of a replacement tank, I know why the truck tank[emoji47].
Looks like the brackets are loose as well so ill wait till its not so hot in the sunshine b4 I look at a solution.

Cheers Rod