MattWij
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The Nav has been flogged pretty hard in the last 4 months doing a 11,000KM trip, doing several days of towing other cars long distance on trailers, spending several days in -7 degrees and various other 1000K+ trips. All its seen is basic Oil+ Filter changes and now there is a pile of maintenance issues....
Fuel leak, speakers stopped working, turbo pipe leak, exhaust hitting the cab, front bearings are gone, brakes are terrible, suspected diff problems, tonneau cover rails broken off, drivers window gets stuck, battery system issues....
UGHH, anyway, I figured I should get started on the 3 biggens and work my way down.
* I suspect the front bearings are about shot as I get whirring noises from the front which gets worse on cornering.
Are the front bearings a terribly difficult job? I am on a bit of a budget so I'm looking at just getting a left and right set from ebay for cheap. Should that be OK? I have all the tools breaker bar etc.
* I never thought about it until recently, I suspect the Limited slip diff has not worked for the entire time I have had the car. When I first got the car it was a freaking death trap as it was incredibly easy to get one wheel peel and go sideways. At the time I put it down to shitty tyres, but the car still does it even with decent BFG A/T KO2's
I also have been stuck with just one wheel spinning in the mud and the other stationary. I'm assuming the LSD should kick on in that type of scenario? I had not lifted a wheel so I'm assuming that should have allowed for clutch action?
How can I check if my LSD is working correctly? Did all D40's come with LSDs?
If it turns out the thing is buggered, am I better of repairing it and sticking with the LSD or putting in an auto lokka? Air/E-Lockers are out of the question in terms of budget, even longer term that money needs to go elsewhere.
* The brakes on my Nav are STUFFED. But The brake master cylinder is new, all new fluid, all new braided steel brake lines etc but braking performance is still woeful. The car doesn't even carry weight so they are not under excessive stress. My 26 year old Pajero has superior stopping power and great pedal feel even with green goo for brake fluid and about 10 years of neglect.
Are there any bolt on improvements I can make to the braking system? I bought new slotted discs a while ago but they didn't fit, I never got to getting the right ones as I don't know if it will make any difference. Once the rear drums get wet the car becomes downright dangerous.
Any help and advice appreciated, I'd like to do as much of this work myself as the bank account is still seething over my travel expenses from earlier this year.
Fuel leak, speakers stopped working, turbo pipe leak, exhaust hitting the cab, front bearings are gone, brakes are terrible, suspected diff problems, tonneau cover rails broken off, drivers window gets stuck, battery system issues....
UGHH, anyway, I figured I should get started on the 3 biggens and work my way down.
* I suspect the front bearings are about shot as I get whirring noises from the front which gets worse on cornering.
Are the front bearings a terribly difficult job? I am on a bit of a budget so I'm looking at just getting a left and right set from ebay for cheap. Should that be OK? I have all the tools breaker bar etc.
* I never thought about it until recently, I suspect the Limited slip diff has not worked for the entire time I have had the car. When I first got the car it was a freaking death trap as it was incredibly easy to get one wheel peel and go sideways. At the time I put it down to shitty tyres, but the car still does it even with decent BFG A/T KO2's
I also have been stuck with just one wheel spinning in the mud and the other stationary. I'm assuming the LSD should kick on in that type of scenario? I had not lifted a wheel so I'm assuming that should have allowed for clutch action?
How can I check if my LSD is working correctly? Did all D40's come with LSDs?
If it turns out the thing is buggered, am I better of repairing it and sticking with the LSD or putting in an auto lokka? Air/E-Lockers are out of the question in terms of budget, even longer term that money needs to go elsewhere.
* The brakes on my Nav are STUFFED. But The brake master cylinder is new, all new fluid, all new braided steel brake lines etc but braking performance is still woeful. The car doesn't even carry weight so they are not under excessive stress. My 26 year old Pajero has superior stopping power and great pedal feel even with green goo for brake fluid and about 10 years of neglect.
Are there any bolt on improvements I can make to the braking system? I bought new slotted discs a while ago but they didn't fit, I never got to getting the right ones as I don't know if it will make any difference. Once the rear drums get wet the car becomes downright dangerous.
Any help and advice appreciated, I'd like to do as much of this work myself as the bank account is still seething over my travel expenses from earlier this year.
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