Thread: Show stoppers and Tilt Tray Tantrums

Idler pulley bearing.

No noises at all, it just locked the engine up.

For all the world I thought it was a polling starter motor after trying to jump it and swapping the batteries around. The mech that picked me up reckoned I'd hydrauliced the engine in a flooded creek.
As soon as we started pulling covers off I spotted the swarf. Bingo.

D2 on flatbed once. Cow flat and very dead.

That will do it every time

Nearly 40 years ago I hit a cow between Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing, No flat tops those days.
I put the fan through the radiator and caved in the front of my HR sedan.
It took me 2 days on the side of the road to effect some bodgy repairs and with the help of a replacement radiator I sourced from a wreak at the community at Fitzroy Crossing (Not HR) I limped into Broom minus a bonnet 6 days after the prang.

If I was to hit a cow in my D2 without a bullbar it would be Game Over, The older cars were so much simpler to effect a running repair on.

Originally Posted by trout1105

If I was to hit a cow in my D2 without a bullbar it would be Game Over, The older cars were so much simpler to effect a running repair on.

Interestingly when I dropped into the smash repairs last week to get the Disco assessed the bloke there reckoned he'd rather take stuff on in the Disco than a new Hilux/Ranger/D-Max/et al.

I think it's to meet the new crash standards, but he said a simple prang deforms the chassis rails and it's game over, they crumple badly and it's major work to repair, or they are a write off.

Touch wood Charlie my D2 has yet to see a flat top.

And we've just got back from a 3week, 7000km lap up the great central road to Alice Springs, down through the Gawler Ranges and back across the nullabour. Except for a smashed windscreen replaced yesterday, a scuff from a parking bollard and the rear door sticking briefly on a couple of occasions there were no problems.

Replaced the Shocks and front springs and he went to the mechanic for his annual visit with the instruction to have a better than usual look over before we left. But nothing required attention which was great.

I'm planning a write up when I can get a couple of spare hours, so stay tuned.

Cheers
Steve

If you're so inclined.... replace the bonnet cable. BEFORE it breaks
Oil cooler line has seen both of mine on a flatbed. First one had unscrewed itself, I'm assuming this latest one has crapped a line. Viscous fan bearing seized and ate the belt although that was a flat tow. Faulty fuel gauge had me out of fuel and not realise it.

Shredded the rubber prop shaft/diff coupling after pulling a Troopy out of trouble. Coupling may have been fitted incorrectly. Luckily at very low speed so no further damage from the flailing shaft.

Bolted shaft directly to diff and crawled out of steep mountainous trails.

Cruised at 80kph for 30kms and all was well. So well I forgot about it. That's when the pinion bearing let go.

Trailered home. Now I carry a spare coupling.

None. Always got me home.

I've had the normal dramas with my D2 such as leaky manifold, air bag replacement, power steering pump failure etc in over 10 years of ownership. But not once ever on a tilt tray to date.

See you all on this thread next week when I'm being punished for bragging by the Landy gods 😂

Thanks team

I am putting the list together and will post it up somewhere in a month or so

You can't plan for cow or Roo flatenning. Except maybe follow close behind a truck or someone else and let them clear the way