Did a few more wee jobs yesterday, first when I had the back of the car lifted to fit the trailing arms, I pushed on the propshaft and didn't like the amount of movement. I had a spare front mount for the diff from a job I had done before, so I fitted it. Then I noticed a lot of oil stains on the diff so I topped it up with oil. I know I should have drained and refilled and checked to see why there were stains but I couldn't be arsed and just topped it up. Turns out it didn't need much anyway so I'm pretty sure it'll be fine.
Then as I may have mentioned before the boot was stinking of dog so I ripped out the boot carpet as well as the material on the rear seats which was covered in dog hair.
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As expected the fish bowl was kinda wet but not as bad as I might have expected since the boot door window was jammed up when I bought the car and the window just closed against the outside edge of the seal. I found another potential cause for water getting in behind the plastic side panels. At the very back corner on both sides there is a rubber grommet which was missing on one side and fell out of the other when I touched it. These holes are fairly well out of the way of road spray but some damp is bound to get in if they are missing. I just sealed them with loads of silicone sealant. Thankfully the dog smell seems to have gone, so I refitted the rear plastic panels after sealing the holes.
Got a photo of the extended trailing arms.
And this was after mucking about in a field today with them fitted
At one point I tried to drive through a particularly soggy part where a tractor got stuck a few months ago while topping the field.
Funny old thing but I got stuck too.
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Well almost, I was able to rock it out in reverse.
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So the VCU I reconned seems to be working fine, I opened the door so I could watch the back wheel and my mate did the same. All four wheels were spinning at the same time with only low revs
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. I just need to do the OWU test on it to confirm it isn't too tight. If it is I'll need to release some fluid.