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clen666

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Post #1
Due to my gearbox being covered in crap, it's in need of a good clean.

I'd rather remove all of the innards and give the casing a proper blasting, but how hard a job is that to do?

Do the gear clusters come out in one piece or am I likely to open it up and lose several parts?

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Posted 15th Nov 2012 at 16:36
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leave it alone Thumbs up

Posted 15th Nov 2012 at 16:39
clen666

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LOL I thought I might get that reply. Best just to attack it with some gunk and elbow grease then?

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Posted 15th Nov 2012 at 16:42
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just bung up the holes and blast the crap out of it

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Posted 15th Nov 2012 at 16:48
owain

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Remove drain plug, drain oil out into a container. Replace plug, top up gearbox with fairy liquid, take it for a quick spin.

Drain fairy liquid, replace with gearbox oil, job done. Shiny gears.

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Posted 15th Nov 2012 at 16:51
clen666

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Owain, that is exactly what I would do if it were the gears that are dirty, however it is just the casing

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Posted 15th Nov 2012 at 16:56
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How do you know? Have you checked? If it's the casing them just leave the plug out of the filler once you've filled it with fairy, it'll all bubble up and soak the casing.

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Posted 15th Nov 2012 at 16:57
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I sent in a hamster to check, he said it was clean. Suppose you can never trust a hamster, I bet he s**t in the sawdust I use to quieten the box

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Posted 15th Nov 2012 at 17:04
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Did people ever actually do that sawdust thing? Or was it only in Matilda that happened?

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Posted 15th Nov 2012 at 17:06
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I don't know, that's the only place I've ever heard of it too

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Posted 15th Nov 2012 at 17:07
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it works quite well actually

i removed my 205 one and changed all the fork and bushes inside it and just plugged the diff and speedo etc up and blasted it off with a steamer. nice and shiny aka reconditioned

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Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 15:15
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owain wrote:
Did people ever actually do that sawdust thing? Or was it only in Matilda that happened?


I use hay. Does a brilliant job.

The horses love the taste after too.

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    matt evans

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    Ive seen people poke bannana skins inside transit rear diffs, stops them whining long enough to get through the auction

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    Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 15:24
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    i've seen people swap ford transits for banana skins

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    Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 15:38
    owain

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    I've seen bananas driving Merc Sprinters

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    Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 15:40
    clen666

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    I've seen bananas in pyjamas

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    Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 16:05
    daveyboy

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    My tummy-banana lives in my pyjamas

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    Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 16:07
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    Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 16:08
    daver6

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    Get it bunged up and soda blast it. Depending on the corrosion, which it obviously won't touch, it usually does a nice job

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    Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 18:14
    clen666

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    I was thinking of getting it soda blasted, just thought it might have been easier if I could remove the clusters but it appears not to be as simple as I'd hoped it would be.

    I'll probably just try and bung the holes up

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    Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 18:40
    daver6

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    Did you have a price for the Soda blasting? We've got one at work I might be able to get a decent price on (depending how much you're quoted)

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    Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 18:43
    clen666

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    no I've not asked anywhere yet, I wouldn't know what sort of cost it would be?

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    Posted 16th Nov 2012 at 18:49
    davedgti6

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    owain wrote:
    Did people ever actually do that sawdust thing?


    Many many years ago I bought a Cortina 2.0 Ghia, lovely car but once I had driven it for 40 miles or so the Diff became very rumbly and noisy, f**ker I bought it off had added sawdust to the rear axle oil so was reconditioned axle/diff time Crazy , still ended up a nice car though and I had it a good few years, sold it and bought a 309 - been in french torture ever since,

    So it did used to get done lol and it does work (for a few miles anyway)

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