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What did you do to your Disco today?

It may be possible with a bit of ingenuity to replace the bearing.?

A friend of mine has a MB sprinter van he lives in and Ive helped him out a few times with maintenance and repairs.
I investigated a squeal (which he thought was brakes) and found the rearmost UJ was broken. No problems I thought, just get a new UJ and its a 1/2 hour job on a good day.

Nope.

In their wisdom, MB have made the UJ's non-replaceable, they are crimped into place in the yokes, so if a UJ goes on a sprinter, you need to replace the entire 2-piece propshaft along with centre bearing, so instead of a £20 1/2 hour job, it becomes an £800 half day job...

There are a few videos on youtube showing how people use grinders and a press and then weld a new UJ in, but we dont have the facilities to do that, and I would be worried about it being out of balance afterwards.
We found him a replacement prop for £500 and paid £100 to get it here.. for a broken UJ... :thumbsdown:
 
Well D2 is up and running hsppily again the day after it was dropped at the LR specialist.
Amazing service
The hub was toast and he had some on the shelf as he is a britpart stockist…..disc and carrier also lunched …happily he had the neede spares to hand.

Today’s job was sorting the wiper switch single sweep action. Intermittent single and double speed worked fine but the pull down to get a single wipe wasnt working. Pulled the switch, cleaned the contacts with swithc lubricant …poke peek polish and reassemble …works great.
Happy result.

Next minor job is to fit the centre console safe.
….then work out which replacement chassis section to go for.
There are options between 1400 -> 1900 -> 2200mm sections galvanised …nice
GDI or Dixon or one from a few others…..choices choices.
 
mikeau said:
It may be possible with a bit of ingenuity to replace the bearing.?

A friend of mine has a MB sprinter van he lives in and Ive helped him out a few times with maintenance and repairs.
I investigated a squeal (which he thought was brakes) and found the rearmost UJ was broken. No problems I thought, just get a new UJ and its a 1/2 hour job on a good day.

Nope.

In their wisdom, MB have made the UJ's non-replaceable, they are crimped into place in the yokes, so if a UJ goes on a sprinter, you need to replace the entire 2-piece propshaft along with centre bearing, so instead of a £20 1/2 hour job, it becomes an £800 half day job...

There are a few videos on youtube showing how people use grinders and a press and then weld a new UJ in, but we dont have the facilities to do that, and I would be worried about it being out of balance afterwards.
We found him a replacement prop for £500 and paid £100 to get it here.. for a broken UJ... :thumbsdown:
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A lot of things are made with non replaceable bearings now , cheaper to manufacture,,but unfortunately not for the customer in the future,but as long it lasts the warranty period ,, manufacturer doesn't care ,and after a few years they won't carry spairs,,there are companies that repair props tho ,so alls not lost
 
old steamer said:
A lot of things are made with non replaceable bearings now , cheaper to manufacture,,but unfortunately not for the customer in the future,but as long it lasts the warranty period ,, manufacturer doesn't care ,and after a few years they won't carry spairs,,there are companies that repair props tho ,so alls not lost
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My sentiments exactly it’s a throw away world we live in .no longevity anymore .sooner pollute the atmosphere with constant manufacturing..
 
Reversed out the aftermarket radio headunit and refitted the original
Much faffing involved to fit it properly and have the dab radio actually work and retain steering controls.
Pfffffffffff.
Some more parts needed then attempt #2
External dab aerial and an incartec lead that allows for the downstream amp…or a mini iso rca to iso lead and bypass the headunit amp.
Might be easier just fitting an add on dab unit.

Also gave the green light on a half chassis to get ordered up….this gonna be crunchy
 
Swapped the shyte britpart screws on my upper taillights for some stainless.
A fortnight or so of winter weather and hardly any mileage and they look like shitpart.
Why waste time and money including garbage fasteners that rust for laughs. Aaargh.
 

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Still intending to properly bleed ACE system. With Nanocom, and unscrewed anti roll bars, fluid goes inside, level ok, and day after reservoir is overflowed, fluid is rejected I supose by a lot of air inside cylinders...
 
Well, after a lot of drama getting a rear ACE pipe repaired a while back, I noticed the other day that my D2 was still rather incontinent, and dripping ACE fluid wherever I parked her... I suspected either a failed Dowty washer, or a fracture in the steel pipe near the banjo connector, so I ordered a pack of washers, a new domed nut, and a brazing rod just in case :D. Turns out it was just a leaky washer, which I should have replaced as a matter of course when I did the hose. Anyway, all sorted now and seems to work fine.
Interestingly, @German Grüner I haven't had any issues bleeding the system, even after replacing the pipe. I topped up the fluid and drove around for a bit, and the level dropped by about 40mm, then I topped it up and it's been fine since then. I wonder if you could (carefully) try a vacuum pump on the return pipe to the reservoir to try to drag the air out...? If the light is of then the pressure is presumably OK, which would suggest there's no air near the pressure sender. Will nanocom operate each ram directly? On my old Massey Ferguson digger it is supposedly self-bleeding, and the usual method is just to operate the ram from fully in to fully out a few times.
Hope you get it sorted anyway :)
 
fitted powerfold mirrors and switch which took about 10mins a side and 5 mins or less for the switch....but can i find the damned powerfold ecu connector ? no chance...poked around behind the glovebox for about an hour before giving up in disgust
 
URX said:
fitted powerfold mirrors and switch which took about 10mins a side and 5 mins or less for the switch....but can i find the damned powerfold ecu connector ? no chance...poked around behind the glovebox for about an hour before giving up in disgust
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That ECU fits on behind the side trim panel in the passenger footwell. beside the BCU behind the glovebox .I'm not so sure that the loom includes the wiring for the powerfolds though. I'm not sure if powerfolds were always a UK option; they are for Japanese spec and I have them in my 2000 Millennium edition.
 
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Cliff4WD said:
That ECU fits on behind the side trim panel in the passenger footwell. I'm not so sure that the loom includes the wiring for the powerfolds though. I'm not sure if powerfolds were a always a UK option; they are for Japanese spec and I have them in my 2000 Millennium edition.
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I started a thread on this rather than hijack the 'action this day' theme here.....but I recall doing this same upgrade and the cruise control addition on my 54 plate pursuit runout model way back in the day?
 
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