What did I do today - got really P*%##d Off.
Today was supposed to put new fluids in the hubs, diffs and gearbox, bleed and adjust the brakes and drive off
So the first task was to go and get the oil - so backing the Range Rover out the garage and the external passenger mirror gets caught on my parts cupboard - the housing bent forward as it is supposed to do but then the actual mirror got ripped out
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- left dangling by it wires. Normally they will clip back in but of course all the clips got broken so a new mirror is needed
Got the oil and filled the hubs no issues. I drained the rear diff/gearbox oil out the diff drain but thought I would also take the gearbox drain out as I have never removed it - just to see how much extra oil there was - only a few mls.
I put the diff drain plug back in no issues but the gearbox drain plug which had a lot of sealant around it when I took it out was put back in it just turned and turned and never got over finger tight- would hold OK but not tighten. Clearly the thread in the gearbox housing has been previously stripped and a previous owner had put it back with lots of sealant to keep it sealed
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and it did not leak.
The drain really needs to be drilled out, retapped and a larger diameter sump plug put in. I am not really in a position to do that at the moment so once the oil has stopped dripping I will clean it all up and do something similar to what a previous owner has done - I will put liquid steel on the top of the thread and sealant on the bottom then when I remove the gearbox later to fix a bearing I will get the work done properly. On that there was no swarf on the magnetic pickups so while there is noisy bearing it is not wearing.
So not a happy camper the moment.
Garry