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Post by bobdragon12 on Jul 26, 2013 12:29:55 GMT 1
Whilst sat on the side of some random road I the middle of france awaiting the breakdown service ( insert rude word) one of my newly gasketed halfshaft has sprung a leak and I only had a small amount of 80/90 I had no choice to call tje RAC . I have all the tools so I asked them if they could get me the oil as this would be far cheaper for them tham any recovery cost . Been waiting an hour had a phone call to say they would be another hour and the have 80 / 120 but it needs a machine to put it in !!!! I have a feeling that this is not translating well . Anyway whats the worst that can happen if I put 10w40 in the diff ? Apart fron this little issue the gan has well
Sent from my GT-I9100 using proboards
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Post by bobdragon12 on Jul 26, 2013 13:12:11 GMT 1
Believe it or not a nice little french man has just dropped off 2ltrs of oil at a good price of 13euro . Just waiting for the instant gasket to tuffen up . Should not take long in this heat Sent from my GT-I9100 using proboards
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Post by muttleymk2 on Jul 26, 2013 17:47:40 GMT 1
Halfshaft leaks look worse than they are, it wont have lost too much oil. Spud has been leaking for months and I keep cleaning his wheels but when I took the diff level plug out I could still touch the oil with my finger!!
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Post by FredTransit on Jul 26, 2013 17:58:20 GMT 1
Agree with Mutters, and would like to add you are doing well with the French, they never even lifted the bonnet for me in 24 hours!!
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Post by bobdragon12 on Jul 26, 2013 18:49:31 GMT 1
It was a lot of oil it took a litre to fill . Anyway here now van did well todo 460 miles down into france
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Post by FredTransit on Jul 26, 2013 19:01:21 GMT 1
hmmm you prob did the best thing then!
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Post by irishtransit on Jul 26, 2013 20:08:11 GMT 1
glad ya made it now you can enjoy ya holiday.
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Post by bobdragon12 on Jul 26, 2013 20:48:17 GMT 1
glad ya made it now you can enjoy ya holiday. Beer in hand
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Post by muttleymk2 on Jul 26, 2013 23:12:55 GMT 1
Damn, there's no jealous icon
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Post by bobdragon12 on Aug 2, 2013 2:12:32 GMT 1
Well the old beast did a 460 mile dash across france today and drove lovely . My other halfshaft has started to leak but going to limp it along the southe from newhaven to the IOW . Just got to wait for the dieppe ferry. All I all a nice little holiday
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Post by FredTransit on Aug 2, 2013 9:42:41 GMT 1
Glad to hear it! Wheres me post card?
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Post by dodgerover on Aug 2, 2013 11:11:52 GMT 1
Its weird both sides starting to leak, were you working on them before you set off?
Its probably been hotter here than where you've been!
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Post by bobdragon12 on Aug 2, 2013 12:27:13 GMT 1
I changed both gaskets before I left so I was a little upset for both to fail . Any way it has limped back to Portsmouth weeping a little just need to get it back onto the isle of wight . Decided im going to draw up the gasket on CAD and cut it out on my CNC at work . If it goes well I will Offee them to forum members at cost
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Post by muttleymk2 on Aug 2, 2013 22:30:49 GMT 1
Gaskets? I never use 'em just torque them bolts up with a dab of Hylomar
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Post by bobdragon12 on Aug 12, 2013 7:42:43 GMT 1
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