The main gearbox was loosing oil into the transfer box, so I spent Saturday fitting a new main shaft rear seal. This meant removing the prop shaft, hand brake assembly, overdrive, speedo cable, transfer case bottom, transfer box intermediate cluster and oil thrower before access to the seal was possible. The good news is that […]
October 2007 – Tdi Planning
The 109’s still going well, though a small amount of play has appeared again in the steering. It’s well after the steering box – I was able to check that much single handed. I suspect the steering relay pinch bolts have stretched, allowing a small amount of movement between the relay shaft and the two […]
September 07 Update, Tdi on the Horizon
The 109 is still running well, and I have been running it on vegoil for the drive to work. It doesn’t seem to consume any noticeably larger quantity than it did diesel. There is still no detectable performance difference, and the engine is still running smoother, quieter and with less smoke than on diesel. I […]
Filling Up
I just thought you might like to see what 75L of vegoil looks like before dropping it in the fuel tanks! I got this from Tesco, and it woks out at slightly less than half the price of diesel. I still intend to use waste vegoil, but my garage is full of tools an materials […]
Another 500
Well, 500 miles have passed since fitting the Roverdrive, so today I drained the oil from the transfer case, fitted the Rock Mountain transfer box bottom plate and replenished the box with fresh oil. The new bottom plate is thicker and won’t buckle and leak, but it also acts as a radiator to keep the […]
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