The story of Casper 3.2Didc GLS LWB 2009

[CATS]

Nick

Yes. This was only 5l if I remember correctly. There was some left over after I filled it after draining as much as I could. Two workshops that I contacted said that you can never get all the old oil out unless you drop the box. They reckon that they also just drain and then refill. I dont exactly know what a flush entail. I just drained and refilled. Oil on the dipstick is now nice and clean. Note however that I did not remove and replace the gearbox oil filter. In fact I did not even know there was one until afterwards. Had I done that I would probably have been able to get more old oil out.

Roelf
Yes I also wonder if the oil was old and hence lead to the heating 'blip' or if the heating led to the oil breakdown, but in any case I think the blip behind the steering was probably the main cause of that heating issue.

CATS

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[Nick Gibson]

Nick

Yes. This was only 5l if I remember correctly. There was some left over after I filled it after draining as much as I could. Two workshops that I contacted said that you can never get all the old oil out unless you drop the box. They reckon that they also just drain and then refill. I dont exactly know what a flush entail. I just drained and refilled. Oil on the dipstick is now nice and clean. Note however that I did not remove and replace the gearbox oil filter. In fact I did not even know there was one until afterwards. Had I done that I would probably have been able to get more old oil out.

Roelf
Yes I also wonder if the oil was old and hence lead to the heating 'blip' or if the heating led to the oil breakdown, but in any case I think the blip behind the steering was probably the main cause of that heating issue.

CATS

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Cats, look for 4epikanini diy on how to do a proper flush, after you have drained and refilled the sump you need to loosen a ATF line under the radiator heat exchanger and pump the old ATF out the torque converter and lines with the new fluid in the sump. Need just a smidgen more than 2 tins of 4lt to do properly.

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[cloyd]

Cats,

A small correction on Nicks recommendation. You drain the sump and then disconnect on of the gearbox cooler pipes - a little bit of oil will come out. The next step is to get SWAMBO or a reliable friend to start the Pajero whilst you keep the "dirty oil" container below the disconnected pipe whilst the engine is running. Once the oil stops flowing you SHOUT that SWAMBO/friend must kill the engine. From here on it is the reverse: connect the pipe, fit the drain plug plus new seal and "gooi olie" into the filler. After about 5 litres you can start the engine for about a minute, check the level and add oil till it is just above the minimum mark. Select the various gears - P, R, N, D then into manual selection. Make sure that each time the gears connect/goes in. Check the level again and if all is OK, go for a drive to warm-up the box. Check level again and adjust if necessary.

Seeing that you have drained about halve of the old oil, drive for about 1 000km and then go thru the full procedure to get your box spick and span - see this 1 000km as a flush.

Cloyd

[cloyd]

Cats, As an additional recomm: remove the sump and fit a new filter. You do not need any special tools only the normal stuff the all the home mechanics have. You will also need a good quality gasket maker to seal the sump/gearbox contact area.

Cloyd

[CATS]

So. Being inspired by Pedro and his engine rebuild I today decided to try and see if my old gen3 ARB Sahara bumper could be fitted to my newer gen4.
I searched the net and downloaded the ARB instructions for the Pajero NM and NS. Instructions was pretty clear in the bumper removal process with just the little wings under the front bumper not being mentioned, but all the rest in there.



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[CATS]

Took a while to take the nudge bar and bumper off. Must be honest it feels terrible to actually "break" a perfectly good vehicle but got it all done in the end.

I then tried fitting the mounting points. I did not drill any holes as I was not sure if it will work but clamped it down and bolted down what I could. So far so good. The mounting brackets fitted precisely and really started to lift my hopes.



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[CATS]

The moment of truth arrives. It is now or never.



CATS
PS - Man that thing is heavy!!!!

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[CATS]

After I lifted it up and struglled to get it settled on the mounting points and almost scratching the very expensive hid lights I first removed the lights as well before giving it my next go.

It fitted beatifully and seemed to line up great with the wheel arches! This might just work!

But alas. The reason I struggled to fit it on the mounting points with the lights in was due to the light being too low in relation to the bulbar. This can possible be rectified by cutting a piece out of the wings on the bar to make space for the lights but then they will be below the bar!? I investigated further and I can possibly drop the height of the bar by about 3cm by grinding in a slot on two points, but according to my measured estimates while holding the bar up I need about 5cm.
Dropping the bar 5cm can possibly be done but it will seriously make the bar a lot closer to the ground and reduce approach angle, one of the main purposes of the bar!

So in the end I concluded that it is not worth the effort.

Had to refit everything back again and 1 whole Saturday spent. But now at least I know the answer.

Transfering your old gen3 Pajero ARB bumper to your new gen4 Pajero CANNOT be done. :'(

CATS
Now to decide if I must try and just fit a hidden winch mount and keep the winch ?
Anybody keen on buying an ARB Sahara bar with all the mounting points and KC Daylighter spotlights for a NM/NP, CK, gen3 Pajero?

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[KurtG]

Jeez CATS you must have worked hard all day. Ten points for effort and thanks for sharing. I'm sure you will sell that bar easily. Good luck

[CATS]

Jeez CATS you must have worked hard all day. Ten points for effort and thanks for sharing. I'm sure you will sell that bar easily. Good luck

Yes it was a long day and my back took a beating as I dont have a engine hoist which would have helped a lot. To be honest I think I might have given up too easily. Maybe I must rethink it again. Dropping it about 4.5cm can't be that difficult?

But on the other hand I am somehow glad it did not fit. That is some serious weight that one adds to the front. For what I am using my vehicle it might not warrant that weight being carried around.

Still think I will do the hidden winch mount thing though. A winch is like an insurance payment. Somehow you hope to never need it, but if you do you are really glad you made the effort.

CATS

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