Yeah, a long way from most places! Thank you for your offer though!
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There is a bit of rust to deal with on the bottom of both doors; is there anything I should be aware of when removing the door skins?
Looking at doing my own harness, as I can do modifications as I like (and as it's fairly unlikely I'll be selling the car anytime soon, I'm not too worried about ****ing off the 'next guy' :whistling:).
As the fellow we got the car from had already started cleaning up the electrics, ie. he ripped about 95% of the wiring out completely, I don't have anything to go off. So, does anyone happen to have a picture of the back of their late 2a diesel dash panel, with wiring?
Thanks heaps,
Luca [smilebigeye]
Gearbox and transfer case came out today. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c6a52a5ef2.jpg
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You can see the “new” clutch and pressure plate that the guy who sold it put in (new old stock I guess.....).
Stripping down the transfer case and front output shaft to investigate the an issue with 4WD occasionally sticking slightly, we found the bronze bush on the output shaft is stuck on (stopping the selector dog and high range selector shaft from coming out).
Anyone got any ideas on how to replace said bush?
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Luca
Gearbox stripping hit a bit of a dead end due to that 'special nut' on the mainshaft :thumbsdown:
from reading a bunch of other gearbox strip down records it seems they are usually finger tight or slightly tighter at most... no such luck for us: we ended up having to heat it up until it was very (very) hot, then whilst my grandfather stoically held the mainshaft from spinning I slammed the teeth of the nut with out biggest cold chisel... eventually it started to move little by little.
but, having defeated the pesky nut, the rest of the strip down went swimmingly. There appears to be very little wear on any of the gears... and I suspect it hasn't really seen a lot of use (or many oil changes for that matter).
Unsure if we should replace any of the bearings... they have all cleaned up very nicely, but me and my non existent mechanical knowledge have wouldn't know a good/bad bearing from a bar of soap!
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The only other issue we ran into is that nasty 2nd/3rd bronze bush that has the habit of shredding itself apart:
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now... to buy the two piece-pre broken version, or the original one piece version...?
Luca
Hi, well done, they come apart quite easy once you get inside them.
When you order a new bush ( I used a two piece) you’ll still need to adjust the length whichever you use. get a couple of the circlip rings as they can go airborne and disappear.
As to bearings, it’s worth pricing them up and making a decision. They are not a big cost and non of them are hard to replace.
Yes, have heard one needs to order multiple split ring things - nasty buggers to get off though!
Very cheap it seems - but paddocks don't have any OEM bearings; the other aftermarket bearings I ordered are pretty rubbish. Did you get new aftermarket bearings? if so, did you find them acceptable?
Also is it recommended to replace the little bimetal thrust washers? (part no. 521328) Attachment 169194
Luca
Also if someone around ACT/Far South Coast has a passenger side door top in OK condition that they'd be willing to sell me... I wouldn't say no! [biggrin]