Comments on: Dodgy Diff Work

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:02:51 +0000

Just goes to proove that anyone with or without a clue can be a mechanic or assistant in your local workshop.
Oh, and Darryl, that much metal was not missed in the workshop……..anyone – mechanic qualified or not can see that.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:55:51 +0000

To finish off this story the Judge found in favour of Boab and Darryl Flenady. If Paul had taken the car back for inspection and oil change, after a month of having the Air Locker Fitted, the mechanic would have had the opportunity to find the extra bits which could have been lodged behind the baffle plates in the diff housing. (With the driving around of the vechicle the parts would have been flushed out and be attracted to the diff plug magnetic) But the car wasn’t returned to Boab so the job couldn’t be finished off.

By: me2

me2 — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:10:35 +0000

Hi Brian Mine has the factory magnetic plugs fitted. The front one was totally overwhelmed with tiny filings and unable to hold any more metal. The material above is excluding what was on the plug. The factory Toyota magnetic plugs captured less than 20% of the metal and none of the large pieces. A very kind mechanic at Zeehan let me use his shed and jack just after boxing day to inspect the car. When I tracked the problem he shook his head when saw the plug saying it was clear there where far bigger problems inside.

By: Brian Macdonald

Brian Macdonald — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:35:46 +0000

Hi Paul,
Do you diffs have magnetic drain plugs. When I got my new 100 series in 1999 I checked the diffs and found a lot of metal turnings from manufacture in the front diff. I then istalled magnetic plugs in the diffs. I can’t remember which original drain plug was magnetic, but I bought another two the same from Toyota and fitted them.

By: Ttoyota

Ttoyota — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:23:59 +0000

THAT HAS TO SHIT YA

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:15:43 +0000

Problems with Air lockers.
I warned you.
I had no trouble with my DETROIT until i sold it when my beautiful truck didnt want to leave me it broke (could have been the new driver trying to get up it too.)