Hey guys
I have been busy over the past week, that’s the reason that I haven’t been able to update this thread.
Alot has happened since I wrote last.
Petrol Tank issue
I had no luck with the original fuel tank, so I purchased a desi tank and put that. In the meantime the spare part guy is on the lookout for a new petrol tank, and as soon as he finds one I will take it and put it as a spare.
The Hood and the Seats
As I wrote last, I got the rear seats frame fabricated new from Mayapuri itself. I found and bought an original driver seat. The passenger seat is the same that came with the jeep. All the seats have been fabricated and covered with the army print seat covers
Electricals
The re-wiring has been with all old fittings changed
The front D hooks and rhino hook has been fixed.
Delivery Day
On Tuesday the 14th, I was in Mayapuri for the whole day and after a little this and a little that, finally I got the jeep at 8 in the night. I can tell you all that the small-small things take the most time. And the most difficult part is trying to get these guys work on your vehicle.
Anyways with everything ready, I took the jeep home. The ride though enjoyable, but I was very tired, Standing since 10 in the morning, and the Delhi traffic didn’t do anything to help.
The problems faced by me on the drive back were
- The vehicle was very hard to drive. I mean the wheels were not moving freely. WHen I was standing on an incline the vehicle even though in netural was not moving backwards.
- The gear lever was very tight and I had to literally fight with it to engage the gears.
- The 2nd gear used to slip into netural every now an then, while driving
- The small 4x4 lever, one used to set the high and low ratio was also slipping into netural too often.
- The engine was loosing a lot of oil from the oil filter
- The jeep was heating a lot too. I mean that 10 kms from Mayapuri to my house, the temperature had risen to 120 degrees. I was shocked!!!
Now these were some of the problems that I faced, but as I had anticipated and know that it will be a while before most of the issues are sorted out.
So next day 15th April I left the jeep back at the mechanic, and told him to give me a call when it was ready. Received the call in the evening and then next evening on Thursday the 16th I went to pick it up.
Now it drove much better that what it was driving like earlier.
- The wheels were loosened and now it was driving like it should.
- The gear lever was changed. They call it something like a Tapa. So the gears were engaging properly.
- The 2nd gear was not slipping now.
- The 4x4 High-N-Low lever also didn’t slip into Netural
- The heating, Oil dripping issue, well I will have to drive it around to see whether they are resolved. The radiator cap was missing, so a new one was bought and put on the vehicle.
So I took the car from the mechanic and got new footwear for the CJ3B from Khan Market.
I bought four new MRF 6x16’s NDMS. Paid 2450 per tyre and tube.
While I was there, I got the Ignition coil also changed. The earlier one was not changed by the electrician and was heating alot. So I put in a new ignition coil, the same one that is put in an Amby with an Isuzu motor. 380 for the coil and 50 for the fitting.
The sad part was the heating problem still remained. For even a 10 KM ride the vehicle takes in almost 2 liters of water. Also there is no visible leak in the radiator. But the funny thing is that the temperature gauge was not rising at all. Was this because I was refilling the radiator with water every hour or so
????? I do not know.
Secondly the oil leak issue also remains. This I discovered next day in the morning. On a cold start the oil used to come out like a jet from the oil filter. Also I discovered that oil was leaking from the gearbox too.
I thought that the heating issue is because of the chocked radiator and I better get it cleaned. So I took it Mayapuri yesterday evening so show the problem. You see when I start from my house I top up the radiator and reach mayapuri drive time 20 mins distance must be 12-14 kms and the vehicle take in 2 liters of water.
So the mechanic examined it. After examination he told me to send the vehicle next morning and he will get the radiator cleaned, and also he suspects that the head gasket has a slight leak, so he will change that too.
Secondly the oil filter was taken out and the problem for the oil leakage was an oversized rubber ring as a result of which the oil was leaking from the gap when under pressure.
Oil was also leaking from the gearbox chamber and the engine chamber, so this too he said that he will check today. But this was veryless compared to the oil spurting out from the oil filter.
My driver is there now getting these thing resolved. Hopefully it would be done today.
Another peculiar issue that I am facing is that, the vehicle refuses to start in the morning, unless I take off the air hose on the carburetor and put the palm of my hand on top. I am not able to understand this problem….
Any advise will be appreciated
I know that this has been a long post so here are some of the pictures.