sandcruiser
....back in the saddle again....
talk about frustration....
for a few months now I've been very very slowly installing my rear air locker. Did the diff some time ago (months), then installed the compressor just last month, then did the switches about a week ago, and most of the electrical wiring as well.
Today I finally did the air line to the diff itself. Nearly screwed myself by breaking the ferrule that holds the blue line to the diff... but found an old, broken one, and scavenged enough bits from each to make a good fitting.
Fired it up to test... and the pump just keeps running.
The locker does engage and disengage. That part is good!
But the pump can't get to the shutoff pressure as the air just continues to flow.
The fittings from diff to airpump are all good, and I can hear air rushing out of the diff breather, so I guess the leak must be in the locker itself.
I plan to tear into it in the next week or so. Anyone care to predict what I might find or make suggestions of what to look for?
I'm predicting bad Orings, which stinks, because I used new ones when I did the install. But is there anywhere else it could be leaking?
I guess the copper tube could be cracked, or the fitting on the inside of the diff, perhaps.
Does this mean I have to tear down the diff all the way? or just pull the pumpkin?
Poop.
for a few months now I've been very very slowly installing my rear air locker. Did the diff some time ago (months), then installed the compressor just last month, then did the switches about a week ago, and most of the electrical wiring as well.
Today I finally did the air line to the diff itself. Nearly screwed myself by breaking the ferrule that holds the blue line to the diff... but found an old, broken one, and scavenged enough bits from each to make a good fitting.
Fired it up to test... and the pump just keeps running.
The locker does engage and disengage. That part is good!
But the pump can't get to the shutoff pressure as the air just continues to flow.
The fittings from diff to airpump are all good, and I can hear air rushing out of the diff breather, so I guess the leak must be in the locker itself.
I plan to tear into it in the next week or so. Anyone care to predict what I might find or make suggestions of what to look for?
I'm predicting bad Orings, which stinks, because I used new ones when I did the install. But is there anywhere else it could be leaking?
I guess the copper tube could be cracked, or the fitting on the inside of the diff, perhaps.
Does this mean I have to tear down the diff all the way? or just pull the pumpkin?
Poop.