Thread: It's a write off....

Originally Posted by Shamo

Apparently into the breather lines, there are two of them that come from ontop of the gearbox up into the engine bay, i am thinking of extending them up onto the height of my snorkel from now on!!

Shamo

ah !, yes i wondered about that, as i just replaced a box in my d1 i got to check them out and see where they normally sit. Taking them up higher, perhaps inside a snorkel sounds like a good idea, infact there's someone selling kits or the like for your diff breathers which include an air filter as well! if im not mistaken.

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i think for the cost of just extending those black hoses, it would be well worth it, and something ill be looking into, especially after hearing your story.

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Diff Breather Kit

You're driving hard or on the brakes going down hill. Everything is hot and what's at the bottom of most hills - Water. The sudden cool down can suck up to 1 litre of water into your diffs through the diff or chassis mounted breather. Or worse, if the breather is blocked (when did you last check it) the water will be sucked in through the bearings and swivel housing. You can not beat the laws of physics... From there it's all bad for your diffs axles, cvs, bearings, etc etc...

Also, no vehicles have filters on the breathers. This means the air sucked in (even without water present) is likely to be dusty. You don't want dirty air in your engine - why are the diff gears any different? This breather kit has filters to ensure the air that gets to your expensive diff gears is clean and dry.

This is what the competition boys do. Run a kit such as this to extend the breathing point to high up the firewall or higher if your rig permits. Some utes have them up on the roll bars.

Being flexible it does not break. It is soft enough to stretch a bit and withstand sticks and rocks under the vehicle.

Installation requires no special tools and takes about 15 minutes for the 2 lines. There is enough material supplied to do both front and rear diffs for conventional wagon size rigs. If you have an especially long or extraordinary application please let me know so I can allow for the extra length. The one kit suits all.

Here's a water tip. If you stop in a river for a look see avoid leaving your foot on the brake and allow the rig to move a bit. The discs cool rapidly in the cold water but the bit of disc trapped by the brake pad stays hot. With part of the disc being cold and the other part staying hot causes the disc to warp or even crack....

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-----Original Message-----

Subject: diff breathers

hi,

would your diff breathers be suitable for use on gearbox/tc breather lines
??

thankyou, Hayden.

Hi Hayden

The diff breathers are ok for gearbox/transfer case lines. Best idea is to
fabricate a t-piece into the same line as diff breather to utilize 1 kit,
rather than buy 2.

Regards
Brent Roberts
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Originally Posted by Shamo

... so i will be recieving a pay out for the vehicle between 5 and 7 grand and they said that i can buy the wreck back (im hoping that it will be under a grand)...

so can you explain how you got insurance to cover this ?? what was the damage cause listed as

Mind you, dont think vehicles are meant to double for subs

Good luck with it all Shamo, 6k is good at any rate even if you dont get back the vehicle.

After having a D1 & now a D2, get the 2!! I had V8 on gas now TD5 with long range tank & a few other bits, SLS, ACE 7 seats, dual battery, snorkel. I just love it, especially the extra space. I suppose it all depends what you want from it now, I have 2 small kids so when I go away, I need/love the extra space.
Dave.

Originally Posted by haydent

so can you explain how you got insurance to cover this ?? what was the damage cause listed as

As in what i told them? They cover it for anything i do to it anywhere in Australia, so they didnt mind when i said i drove it through a creek on a 4wd track :P

Shamo