D4D minor repairs

All I can say is WOW!!! and tip my hat......and I'll bet you haven't looked into the engine yet.

Your fortunate to have tc on hand to help you through the troubles.

looks like your in for the long haul on that ,will be well worth it when its done
that TC certainly likes to rip them to bits in a short time ,and i bet you've had a good laugh too 😆

cheers graham

Hi Richard.
About 2 yrs ago i had a 78A D4D that was looking exactly like that. Although my deadshafts were straight and bullgear was intact; pinions thru hardning tho.
In your case tho I would update my pinion and bullgear to the heavier 7K4771 gear and 7k4770 pinion, that came out on later D4Ds, or maybe even the later 4v2744 and 48 gears from D4Es. Would pay to price all this out tho first, see how the numbers stack up. I ended up putting pirate italian pinions in mine, was cheapest fix.
The pinion brgs are a major expense, but i was lucky enough to convert all the cat nos to original Bower part nos.
2M0533 = MR7309
2M0534 = M7309
8B2570 = M1311CH
8B2571 = MU1311V
5K8591 = M1311EAL
3B3969 = MR1311.
I also had to replce all the trans brgs and clutch output shaft brg; you,ll have to pull clutch for this; so do it before you put the trans back in. And while your in there I did my rear crankshaft seal.
I also put a low gear 1st and 2nd gearset in it to give it some more balls too, but should have changed 3 4 5 while i was at it. 89A 951s used the swampy D4D gearset, so if you can find a wrecked one of these you,ll be in luck.
Good luck with your project. merv

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Here in the States we call it "the Snowball effect". Once the snowball starts rolling it just becomes bigger & bigger. We all know how it starts. "Well as long as I'm this far, may as well do that too".😆 The trick is knowing when to stop (with me it's when my wallet's empty. I've already worn holes through two leather wallets with my D2).

All I can say is WOW!!! and tip my hat......and I'll bet you haven't looked into the engine yet.

Your fortunate to have tc on hand to help you through the troubles.

looks like your in for the long haul on that ,will be well worth it when its done
that TC certainly likes to rip them to bits in a short time ,and i bet you've had a good laugh too 😆

cheers graham

Hi Richard.
About 2 yrs ago i had a 78A D4D that was looking exactly like that. Although my deadshafts were straight and bullgear was intact; pinions thru hardning tho.
In your case tho I would update my pinion and bullgear to the heavier 7K4771 gear and 7k4770 pinion, that came out on later D4Ds, or maybe even the later 4v2744 and 48 gears from D4Es. Would pay to price all this out tho first, see how the numbers stack up. I ended up putting pirate italian pinions in mine, was cheapest fix.
The pinion brgs are a major expense, but i was lucky enough to convert all the cat nos to original Bower part nos.
2M0533 = MR7309
2M0534 = M7309
8B2570 = M1311CH
8B2571 = MU1311V
5K8591 = M1311EAL
3B3969 = MR1311.
I also had to replce all the trans brgs and clutch output shaft brg; you,ll have to pull clutch for this; so do it before you put the trans back in. And while your in there I did my rear crankshaft seal.
I also put a low gear 1st and 2nd gearset in it to give it some more balls too, but should have changed 3 4 5 while i was at it. 89A 951s used the swampy D4D gearset, so if you can find a wrecked one of these you,ll be in luck.
Good luck with your project. merv

Here in the States we call it "the Snowball effect". Once the snowball starts rolling it just becomes bigger & bigger. We all know how it starts. "Well as long as I'm this far, may as well do that too".😆 The trick is knowing when to stop (with me it's when my wallet's empty. I've already worn holes through two leather wallets with my D2).