Truck casualties from The Plain.....

[RodLeach]

Ouch! Sorry to hear its gone wrong again mate

[Woodzie]

The seal? I guess your crank bearings are knackered too then.

I hope not ....the engine appears ok apart from that .....What other symptoms should i look for?

[BUSHWHACKER]

I hope not ....the engine appears ok apart from that .....What other symptoms should i look for?

It may not be the crank seal, have a proper look when you remove the timing belt cover.

[Woodzie]

It may not be the crank seal, have a proper look when you remove the timing belt cover.

Will do ......i start taking it apart tomorrow

[Woodzie]

bump for trev

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

Just a general question - who survived without problems this xmas (lining up the victims for next year)?

[gwh200]

not me !!!!

have come awayto centerparcs for the week.got to services on m11 to find atf dribbling out all over the exhaust,hoping its not shaft seal and its just a pipe/pipe union been knocked or come loose.it does appear to be coming from the right hand/offside of the box.will top up with atf tomorrow and wash it off when i get home and try to find the leak

[The Lovely Boyo]

I replaced the inner and outer (off side) front bearings this morning - and I've still got that awful rumble coming from the front - aarrgh.

And there is now an intermittent noise coming from the back - sounds like a cage full of mice being tortured - and the prop shaft was fully greased before and after The Plain. Whats that then???????????

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

I replaced the inner and outer (off side) front bearings this morning - and I've still got that awful rumble coming from the front - aarrgh.

And there is now an intermittent noise coming from the back - sounds like a cage full of mice being tortured - and the prop shaft was fully greased before and after The Plain. Whats that then???????????

Well the obvious candidates are

UJ joint died
Possibly water in Diff
Rear wheel bearing
Problems with rear brakes

[The Lovely Boyo]

Well the obvious candidates are

UJ joint died
Possibly water in Diff
Rear wheel bearing
Problems with rear brakes

UJ feels fine - but who can tell?

Fitted diff breathers a while back and they are both still in place, intact. I'll drain a little oil out of the diff and see what it looks like. The whole truck has has a hard and very wet year (October Strata anyone?)

Rear wheel bearing = mega

Rear brakes - stripped and cleaned when I took my muds tyres off after The Plain.

[gwh200]

all i did was grease every where,and re your suggestion andrew,attempt to look in the shock boots,but they were clear.its just this leaking atf fluid prob (all up the back of the truck)

[The Lovely Boyo]

all i did was grease every where,and re your suggestion andrew,attempt to look in the shock boots,but they were clear.its just this leaking atf fluid prob (all up the back of the truck)

ATF at the back of the truck - unusual. Mine was leaking so I had the tray off the tranny in the summer. I had to drop the exhaust at the back, and loosen (but not disconnect) the exhaust near the manifold.

I couldn't get the tray off otherwise.

Give it all a good clean, clean the filter, reassemble with lovely new sealant. Hasn't leaked at all since.

EDIT - Just thought - apparently (never seen it) there is a breather on the top of the autobox. Maybe thats leaking and ATF is running along the tranny tunnel????????

[gwh200]

by up the back i mean that the leakis dripping down all over the exhaust and hitting the road and flying up the back of the truck,it seems quite a severe leak!!

[Apache]

The whole truck has has a hard and very wet year (October Strata anyone?)

It was drier in the rivers than it was on our camp that bl00dy night!!!