Panelbeaters box problem

[solarman216]

Got Panelbeater here snug in his tin tent, just had a quick look and as I thought the lever is shagged, a small pin has broken off allowing the lever to twist out of alignment, also the lever will not push down as it should to allow low box, but being a 3 it has been cheepend with plastic linkage and rubber joints as opposed to steel and boot enclosed ball joint, so after I finish work tomorrow we will have a look and see if the spares we have can be made to fit, Rick

 

[Banshee]

Got Panelbeater here snug in his tin tent, just had a quick look and as I thought the lever is shagged, a small pin has broken off allowing the lever to twist out of alignment, also the lever will not push down as it should to allow low box, but being a 3 it has been cheepend with plastic linkage and rubber joints as opposed to steel and boot enclosed ball joint, so after I finish work tomorrow we will have a look and see if the spares we have can be made to fit, Rick

Good man Rick, tell him I'm on the way down as we speak to Rock the **** out of his Caravan for old times sake, tell him to get the kettle on :lol

I'm interested to see pics of this Rick as if I have the cheapo bits I'll be certain to try this upgrade too :clap

 

[solarman216]

Sorted the box just transferred the complete lever assembly from my spare, did take pics but left camera in workshop and not going back out now, also fitted new CVJ to the NS, but brakes are now a problem OS has a slider pin that is not, and the disk inner face looks bad, OSR cylinder is wet, not sure about state of the shoes as packed up after that knowing that I was not going to get very far tonight, Rick

 

[panelbeater]

Panelbeater here with rick,big problem now,need a brake master cylinder for 3l 05 auto abs as no ones got one big help call please

 

[panelbeater]

After much searching both myself and rick and my brother rick came up trump as he found a seal kit in stock paid for it and hope there email says its on its way.
New master for it is 564.14 3 week delivery,abs one double price.a now we have hope.brother has found a second hand one complete with servo and the pick of the cylinder looks identical so will get that as a last resort.l found a company that will make the seals but they need the unit to get all dimensions range from 30 to 50 good if not in a hurry as mine is stuck on rivks ramp.so hopefully sorted.

 

[Banshee]

Are they the same on the manual?

 

[Banshee]

If the same as an 05 2.7TDi Manual then I have one that I can get on it's way to you tomorrow AM :thumb2

 

[solarman216]

Thanks Zac, I have several from up to 98 but they do not fit the servo (plastic bit is too big and they are not interchangeable) also it seems the ABS type is a bit special and as it is AUTO it has a larger bore 25.4mm as opposed to about 17mm for my early ones all manual by the way, have just discovered that the seal kit is from Berlin, that said post was over £8 and my Lokka from Aus only took 4 days, so here is fingers Xed, Rick

 

[solarman216]

Well poor old panelbeater is still here and it has done nothing but rain, still waiting for the seal kit, tracking says it is still in Dortmund so I am not a happy bunny, done all the rear brakes including pipes, got the OSR flexy pipe today but will not fit that till Monday as going to Piccadilly Wood tomorrow for a day off, will start a new thread for that if it proves worth it, here is a pic of the two control levers for Zac you can see the pin that broke, it should slide in the slot above it, Rick

 

[Banshee]

Well poor old panelbeater is still here and it has done nothing but rain, still waiting for the seal kit, tracking says it is still in Dortmund so I am not a happy bunny, done all the rear brakes including pipes, got the OSR flexy pipe today but will not fit that till Monday as going to Piccadilly Wood tomorrow for a day off, will start a new thread for that if it proves worth it, here is a pic of the two control levers for Zac you can see the pin that broke, it should slide in the slot above it, Rick

Thanks for the comparison Rick, when I get that issue I'll be sure to upgrade to the older part :thumb2

 

[solarman216]

6 days after ordering them got the seals today, thank goodness they were the correct ones so now we are up and running, the brake hose did not want to let go but a bit of concentrated heat sorted it out, just got the wheels to go back on and give it a road test, but I know the 4x4 and low box work already so all is now good, but what a journey! Rick

 

[Banshee]

6 days after ordering them got the seals today, thank goodness they were the correct ones so now we are up and running, the brake hose did not want to let go but a bit of concentrated head sorted it out, just got the wheels to go back on and give it a road test, but I know the 4x4 and low box work already so all is now good, but what a journey! Rick

Top man Rick :thumb2 I'm glad he's up and running again

 

[Blocky10]

Top work and top man :thumbs

 

[panelbeater]

Lovely to meet you both and what a cookm is,got a home cooked dinner at night and a couple of take always as well.
Yes took a long time but now I have a fully working 4x4 and new brakes and some pipes so truck is a good .
I decided to go to a ccccc site to charge my battery and empty the bog,rick did offer to give me ehu but I declined and made do,after getting my new sim working I used catch up on TV apps to make a dent in my carried over 200 gig .
Thanks again rick for doing the work and improving my truck.

 

[Banshee]

Lovely to meet you both and what a cookm is,got a home cooked dinner at night and a couple of take always as well.
Yes took a long time but now I have a fully working 4x4 and new brakes and some pipes so truck is a good .
I decided to go to a ccccc site to charge my battery and empty the bog,rick did offer to give me ehu but I declined and made do,after getting my new sim working I used catch up on TV apps to make a dent in my carried over 200 gig .
Thanks again rick for doing the work and improving my truck.

I love a story like this, and really admire how you and Rick live. I'd love to be self efficient enough that I could just call the road my home and rock up at Rick's and camp there for however long.

There's just something I really admire about the road life, I swear I've got traveler blood in me!!

What I'd do for another Frankie Fulwood adventure or two

R.I.P Plank, gone but never forgotten

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

I love a story like this, and really admire how you and Rick live. I'd love to be self efficient enough that I could just call the road my home and rock up at Rick's and camp there for however long.

There's just something I really admire about the road life, I swear I've got traveler blood in me!!

What I'd do for another Frankie Fulwood adventure or two

R.I.P Plank, gone but never forgotten

With you there on every count, there are two on Kindle, got a hard copy of first book.

Believe there are another 2 that never were published.....

 

[Banshee]

With you there on every count, there are two on Kindle, got a hard copy of first book.

Believe there are another 2 that never were published.....

So I keep being told, I would love to read the 2 unpublished ones

 

[solarman216]

My only comment is I hate Automatics and after driving panelbeaters just confirms the issue, rick