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New seal going in.
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New seal retainer and dust seal.
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All secured with the circlip.
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Just need to find a supplier for my speedy sleeves to fit the shaft and then it is game on.
This is merely an experiment for me to see if it is possible to actually make a semi-permanent solution to the leaky power steering boxes, but the seal cannot be fitted as per the norm of fitting to the shaft and then re-assembling because it will not pass through the roller bearings in the housing, true enough I could replace the roller bearings and fit new bearings to the shaft then the sleeve but the cost of new needle roller bearings is colossal!! So in order for this to work the seal will have to be fitted from the outside going in, basically the shaft will be fitted and the sleave then knocked up the shaft under the lip of the seal, who knows if it will work??? Other option which I found out today is possible is to have the shaft built up and turned down by an engineer in Houthalen.Peter Puma schreef:Just out of curiosity, how are you planning to fit the sealing sleeve ?
Any examples out there ?
That is correct Peter, there is in reality no need to even remove the road wheel, it is simply a case of top and bottom shock mounts and the four nuts securing the turret to the spring cup, see this picture here.Peter Puma schreef:I'm left with one question here and it is about the removal of the turret.
With the axle down in its lowest position and with the turret removed I would guess that one can take out the shock without using the spring compression tool, correct ?
Yeah, well, the whole Discovery thing is a mystery to me, I mean, I can look at a similar aged Defender and it has been to the moon and back but they are looking for in excess of €5/6,000Peter Puma schreef:So ? who's right then![]()
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Either way, you're doing a fantastic job here with things that many of us would not be able to do or would have given up already a long time ago
Many of us who have BTDT could have told you this.dieseldog schreef:this was supposed to be a quick bit of wiring and a few patches welded in, who would have thought it would turn into this
I started off with a €3,500 budget to get a Discovery and get it on the road in a tidy order, kind of went a bit over the top.
€1200 Discovery.
€860 tyres
€750 winch and bumper
€375 repair panels
€160 replacement blower motor
€480 power steering box
€450 new shocks all round
€85 steering damper
€300 Discs and pads all round
€40 HD drive flanges (to stop oil leaking from front stub shafts)
€145 replacement oils, fluids and filters
€165 polybush kit
€80 genuine part headlamps (old stock from an independent supplier)
€130 seals, gaskets and sealants(hylomar and silicones for engineering purposes)
€80 miscellaneous second hand trims and interior parts
€320 new batteries(main starter and second aux battery)
€125 various electrical parts, components and cables
€200 welding wire and gas
€75 cutting and grinding consumables
€240 primers, paints, stone chip etc.
€100 on vinyl to re-trim dash
€140 complete new exhaust system
Think I'm up to date there.
total €6180![]()
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+ another €450 in tests and garage fees to enable getting to the test as it had to go on special trade plates and I cannot take it on those.
Oh my!!!
Not even started the mods and upgrades yet![]()
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