We'll just wait til Chris's dmf craps itself :)
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We'll just wait til Chris's dmf craps itself :)
That old chess nut really :wallbash:Quote:
Originally Posted by johntins
Horse`s for courses and personal preference honestly mine does me just fine thank you infact every 4WD i have owned has been a manual .
And you know what at the end of the day they both do the same job i have driven autos off road they have some benefits but not enough for my liking :bat:
Oh now my DMF is going to leave me stranded come guys what drugs are you on seriously [bigwhistle]
Never been towed/tilt trayed until the D2, have always been lucky that I've been able to do some sort of fix or had someone able to get some parts back to me, even if it's taken six hours or so, but as I said, there's been a lot of luck involved over that thirty odd years and that's included sheared wheel studs on a Jeep, but the D2 stuck me up.Quote:
Originally Posted by gusthedog
[edit] and that includes repairing broken valve springs, I used to carry ridiculous amounts of tools but I did drop a valve in the 351C in my old F100. That was a show stopper, although there was lots of steam and horrible noises as the valve head and half the stem bounced around inside the chamber I was able to drive the several hundred metres home. [bigwhistle]
I have had problems with my D2 But I have not had to resort to using a tilt tray.
Regular maintenance and preventative maintenance is the way to go I feel, You would be surprised at the number of drivers that simply jump in the car turn the key on to check the fuel and that is the extent of their pre start and off they go.
I agree with the horses for courses and the transmission choice is just a personal preference.Quote:
Horse`s for courses and personal preference honestly mine does me just fine thank you infact every 4WD i have owned has been a manual .
And you know what at the end of the day they both do the same job i have driven autos off road they have some benefits but not enough for my liking :bat:
I have always had a manual transmission in my previous 4WD's But when I got my left arm smashed up in a car prang I had to get an automatic because changing gears for me now is "Problematic" so I bought the auto D2.
I am not sure if it is because the D2 is an inherently better truck But I can now go to the places I used to go in my other manual Toyota/Nissans and the D2 auto does it with ease in the places where my other trucks struggled.
The problem is that preventative maintenance doesn't and can't account for catastrophic failure.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
Yes, preventative maintenance picks up a lot of wear and tear stuff, but sometimes things just fail before their time.
The other thing is how far do you go on a preventative maintenance tack?
Do you actually strip sub assembly's to inspect?
I actually had a customer ask why a fan blade and hub failed recently and why it wasn't picked up in the prenetative maintenance that one of my blokes performed.
It was a fatigue failure of aluminum and it shouldn't have happened, but it did.
There is no way we would've stripped that assembly and inspected the hub in a normal maintenance but that's what the customer expected so I asked how far do we go?
I just look to see if anything is looking "Dodgy" and fix it Or if I notice odd noises that weren't there before I get it seen to instead of ignoring it.Quote:
The other thing is how far do you go on a preventative maintenance tack?
Usually things like the UV joints, Diffs and transmission give some indication that they are on their way out before they Cark it.
A lot of drivers class their vehicles as a 'turn key' , turn the key and expect to drive. Things age, these disco 2's are approaching 18 years old some of them, parts wear out and when they break some people whinge , surely they cant' expect components to last forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
Agreed, But give then a little bit of TLC and look after them they Will last a little bit longer [thumbsupbig]Quote:
these disco 2's are approaching 18 years old some of them, parts wear out and when they break some people whinge , surely they cant' expect components to last forever.
Age, fatigue life and wear and tear are facts of life, but hoses blowing off, pump bolts backing out, etc are just poor QC, regardless of age.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares
O rings failing and bearings dying are not a km/useage thing per se but age related too, eg an O ring or seal will go hard and grease will dry out with age even with little use. eg the fuel cooler O rings and water pump housing O ring. Eventually the elastomer hardens and takes a set and won't maintain the seal. eg my car has only 110,000km but all those O rings are starting to leak. When you look at them they have age hardened.
I'd wager most of the blokes and ladies on here maintain their vehicles pretty well but they still need the odd tow or save. ;)