Took a little time yesterday and today to get the cooling fans set and working. At some point an extra fan was installed and the relay for the fan was removed and in its place a switch was installed. The original fan and otter switch were disconnected and I now understand why. I re-wired the fans to have a circuit breaker and a relay to carry the switching load (both fans will now work). The fans will be triggered by the otter/temperature switch and the under dash toggle switch so RJ should run cool (we hope).
The challenge today was trying to figure out why the otter switch keep blowing the fuses and it turned out that the otter switch wires were shorted out in the loom.
I also dropped the driveshaft off at the driveline shop in the hopes that they could replace the worn out U joints and balance it. We'll see if they can find U joints for it.
I cleaned up the differential previously and replaced the seals, today I decided to see what was inside the unit and replace the rear gasket. The bottom of the unit had a fair amount of sludge in the bottom that I cleaned out. The cover was cleaned/straightened and painted (wasn't painted originally but it was rusting so I decided to paint it.
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| inside the cover after cleaning |
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| outside after cleaning and prior to paint |
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| This picture is notable for what you don't see, the tangled rats nest of wires that were hanging under the top frame rail. |
Cheers.
4hrs
The diff looks nice inside. And yeah, it's pretty rewarding to get a mess of wires all sorted or removed. I think you are going to feel a great sense of accomplishment when RJ is ready to roll.
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