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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5889   
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Ray, looking good. On the seals, I just put on some HD flanges and have noticed some oil around the hub and splashed on the wheel. Just one side, all clearly coming from the area of the flange cap, but do you think this is what it could be? Is it a DIY job? Monsieur Le Grenadier I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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15th Jul 2020 7:33am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772  
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Hi, I’d check if there’s just oil on the flange side, I have hd flanges on already and was hoping that was the problem. Unfortunately I took the wheel off and it’s coming out at the axel end, with lots of oil on the back of the disc working it’s way to the front via the calliper
 I’ve cleaned it all off with brake cleaner and parked it up till it goes in on Friday for both sides Axle seals doing just in case.  If yours is just on the flange side then you might not have tightened the nut on the new flange up enough (when I first got mine on I didn’t tighten one of mine enough and the nut escaped through the centre cap at some unknown time while driving and it took a while to find a replacement) your best getting it checked sooner than later as oil on the brakes is not good especially in the hills you live in. If oil is just around the flange you could fit a new gasket as well just to be safe which IMO is a diy job, just a few bolts. Ray
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15th Jul 2020 10:19am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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As I haven’t been driving her this week waiting to go into the garage I thought I’d tidy a few things up I’d been meaning to do. I gave It a wash, put the trim back in from fitting the new scenelight, cleaned up the oil from the leaking axle and striped some old wires out that I’d run to the back.......... all was going well I thought until I had to drop the kids off at school today before dropping the car off at the garage for the work doing. That feels odd I thought as the brake pedal went to the floor
 unfortunately I was half way around the trip when this happened so no leaving it at home to sort later. My first thought was that the fluid at the back must be brake fluid from a split pipe and not the axle seal I thought it was, so pull over and get one of the kids to pump the pedal, nothing squirting out at the axle end  then I noticed dripping from underneath the drivers door area!!! I’d only gohe and cut through my own brake line while cutting the cable ties for the wires I’d stripped out  it was a very slow drive to the garage and a lot of blushing as I explained. Ray
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16th Jul 2020 1:04pm |
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| ginjez Member Since: 18 Sep 2011 Location: huddersfield Posts: 1767 
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Spotted down at Parkside today
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16th Jul 2020 10:16pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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I don’t think Mick was happy with my embarrassing blunder as he was busy and had squeezed me in for the axle seals doing
 Ray
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16th Jul 2020 11:58pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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I wired up my aftermarket heated seat loom to the genuine switches in the dash today. I kept switching the aftermarket switches on and not noticing till I was getting very hot in the nice weather we had a few weeks back, so now I switch them on with the genuine dash switches (which will be much harder to knock accidentally) and the aftermarket switches are used to switch between the heat settings. No more hot seat for me unless it’s cold outside
 This week I’ve been continuing the prep and painting of the chassis too when it hasn’t been raining, but that may have to be put on hold for a while as the forecast doesn’t look good
Edit: I also got it back from the garage with working brakes and no more leaks from the rear axle! That was an expensive mistake!! Ray
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22nd Jul 2020 10:29pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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Hopefully any more mistakes won’t be as expensive I’ll be glad when all the chassis cleaning, painting and waxing is done too as I’m getting bored of being filthy and gritty every day doing the rear axle today. Ray
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25th Jul 2020 4:52pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10940
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You must be near the end now of getting dirty Ray
 Clayton.
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. |
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27th Jul 2020 8:31pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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I’m doing it all in sections and doing the wife’s dc too so I’ve got at least another week in total but trying to fit in around weather and kids and when the wife isn’t at work to do hers is dragging everything out quite a bit
Ray
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27th Jul 2020 10:53pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10940
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Didn't realise you was doing the DC as well, no wonder your getting bored of doing it, i wish you all the best on getting it done sooner rather than later
Clayton.
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. |
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27th Jul 2020 11:17pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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A few more bits arrived today for the ongoing chassis clean up.
 Click image to enlarge Ray My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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4th Aug 2020 2:40pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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A bit more turned up. New metal a bar top mounts (instead of the rubbish plastic Landrover ones) just in case I decide to fit the a bar. Service items as it’s getting to that time of year again and bulkhead hinge bracket gaskets and fitting kit for when the windscreen surround gets painted.
Click image to enlarge Also new screen to go in when the paint is done because I can still see the repaired stone chip and it annoys me 
Click image to enlarge Ray My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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5th Aug 2020 12:54pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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Well those bits look a little worse for wear!
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Lots of sanding cleaning prepping and painting later and we have this. Click image to enlarge New ones of these Click image to enlarge And a rubbish pic as I didn’t finish putting it back together till just after midnight so I wasn’t taking the wheel back off for a picture today
Click image to enlarge It took ages to do with all the fiddly nooks and crannies to sand and clean and I still have the other side to do but I’m getting close to the finish now. Ray
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9th Aug 2020 2:21pm |
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| LandymanStefan Member Since: 30 Aug 2017 Location: Surrey Posts: 881 
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Looks mint. I want to give mine this sort of treatment.
Was it dinitrolled before? |
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10th Aug 2020 1:36pm |
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