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DIY Breather Extensions

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strapping young lad:
hehe

well i would rather be over cautious than worry too much bout it as i worry enough about the car as it is!

karloss:
Better safe than sorry. Ask any sorry person.   :roll:  :oops:

strapping young lad:
yeh i know

im sorry enough as it is.. buying the bloody thing!  heheh

its happened to me before though, i'd bought a front diff guard from qt then hadnt bothered to fit it before going to whitworth..

now ive a dent in my diff pan!  :evil:

chris9119:
Regarding wading plugs, be sure to remove and drain the bell housing.

I didn't with mine and now I'm a sorry persons (as well as sad).

My crank main seal leaked a little and filled the bell housing, a little.

The oil mixed with the clutch (2500 miles old) and the rest is history.

After learning all this, I thought  :!:  that I'd leave it out and still go through water. If the bell housing don't air lock, then water gets in and travels along a shaft into the gear box. If being an idiot, you don't know much mechanical stuff, the gear box oil becomes waterey. There you are driving along wondering why your gear box tunnel is getting hot (water boiling) and it getting harder to change gear, the hotter it gets.

Now I have syncro problems in 2nd & 3rd and will need to get the box overhauled by those nice people at Ashcroft (feel a reduction coming on - hopefully)

Chris

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