BennehBoy's D2 adventure

Started on the front axle and knuckles

Whipped out the old oil seals, left them in for blasting so the seal lands were protected, and cleaned up the grimy bits with a wire brush on the drill - I told the blasters to try keep away from these bits...


First coat of oxide on


One knuckle done


And t'other


For anyone interested I'm using Arc Rite Tractor Paint, High Build Zinc Phosphate Red Oxide Primer -> http://arc-rite.co.uk/high-build-zinc-phosphate-primer-red-oxide---choose-size-9893-p.asp

And their Fast Dry Tractor and Machinery Enamel in black -> http://arc-rite.co.uk/fast-dry-tractor-and-machinery-enamel---choose-size--colour-9942-p.asp

My mate bought it to do some Jimny axles, and only used about 100ml they're so tiny LOL

Looking a lot better with a 2nd coat

The axles are ready for black paint now, I'll probably hold off doing that until the new balljoints are in and I've fixed the rear spring seat mount - need to get myself a welder



Once the black is on I'll clean out the tubes with paraffin, there's a fair bit of blasting media mixed in with old gear oil lining them.

First coat of black on the knuckles, really impressed with how well the paint goes on and the thickness of the coverage...

Some bits....

Rear calipers, balljoints, rear caliper carrier bolts, 4 hub nuts, 1 d3 drop link, Ferrodo rear pads, DOT4, front & rear ARB bushes, panhard rod bushes, rear drilled & grooved disks (not in pictured). About half the order, rest coming tomorrow.


Genuine front LR brake calipers, carriers & pads:


I'll bang the balljoints into the front axle early evening then get the first coat of black on.

Also going to paint the brake parts with the leftover engine paint that I have.

Balljoints pressed in... will touch up round them with some red oxide, the press took some of the paint off..

More bits...

The other d3 droplink, 2xD2 droplinks, front disks, ARB compressor, rear caliper carriers

Bennehboy said:

Balljoints pressed in... will touch up round them with some red oxide, the press took some of the paint off..

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looking very good ,guesss what i found another of today

Ha nice one. Was that R380 I dropped off OK? I think it had everything intact other than the oil seal collar.

These axles, the only thing I'm re-using is the hubs, it looks like Timken have stopped manufacturing them, spoke to a UK reseller at Donnington who reckoned he could get them at 100 a corner but no chance of that now. Most if not all the chinese knock off have the wrong number of cutouts on the reluctor rings, 55 instead of 60, no clue why. The upshot is you have to replace all 4 or get ABS/TC issues and even then the speedo is then out.

Bennehboy said:

Ha nice one. Was that R380 I dropped off OK? I think it had everything intact other than the oil seal collar.

These axles, the only thing I'm re-using is the hubs, it looks like Timken have stopped manufacturing them, spoke to a UK reseller at Donnington who reckoned he could get them at 100 a corner but no chance of that now. Most if not all the chinese knock off have the wrong number of cutouts on the reluctor rings, 55 instead of 60, no clue why. The upshot is you have to replace all 4 or get ABS/TC issues and even then the speedo is then out.

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havent had chance to look yet ive been very busy at work and trying to get house sold and having to take my father to hospital once or twice a week though there is some good stuff there ,still cant buy any baulk rings except through ashcrofts ,funily enough ive just fitted a rear hub on mine it s ok for a day or 2 then lights come on again, first time ive had issues and ive fitted quite a few hubs over the years

I guess that might prove the reluctor ring theory then. If I have to replace at any point I'm going to physically eyeball the notches first.

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I guess that might prove the reluctor ring theory then. If I have to replace at any point I'm going to physically eyeball the notches first.

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you can only see them from the sensor hole might be tricky counting, im going to have a look though

Bit of tippex on one... or felt tip

yep ,still will be interesting to know

Truck MAP sensor ready for fitting....



ECU pulled out so the boost box can be disconnected (after red battery terminal disconnected)



Boost box disconnected



New map file uploaded to the ECU, just needs a test drive now.

Diffs arrived - heavy buggers!

4pin & 3.8 KAM CWP:



Ashlocker, pegged casing, 3.75 Ashcroft HD CWP



Air hose, solenoids, switches, and some super magnetic drain plugs for the diff cases & LT230.

Hmm, do the images show ok on that last post, they just come up as broken image icons for me, but the links work fine...

not for me anyhow

Think I've fixed it.

First coat of red on all the new calliper carriers - this is the left over block paint from when I rebuilt the engine



Axles and knuckles are having some welding done tomorrow to extract some broken bolts and fix one of the spring seat retaining bolts.