We Have a "GO" Project(?)I feel like the kid who has just come from the Dentist and been told that he has no cavities and everything is fine!
Okay, since the last update where the mass estimate of silicone fluid was determined Brunsy's Differential has been rebuilt.
The old seals were used in this trial as I have been looking for a key success point before laying out the money to tool up for new, custom made seals.
During the rebuild activity the QA processes have been trialled and refined and I now know what to do and how to do it.
Here are the key images.
http://imgur.com/a/l2cmEThe first image is of the three total masses taken over a few consecutive days while I became familiar with the electronic scales. 1st; 2nd; 3rd, etc.
The third reading was the final accepted reading taken for the diff.
There is also the Empty&Clean reading from which the mass of silicone fluid was calculated.
The second image is the shot of the weigh scales of the Empty&Clean unit, with all the original parts.
The third image is the diff totally reassembled with new fluid.
You can see that the weight is the same as the original, so the correct mass of fluid has been filled into the viscous coupling to bring it back to original weight.
So, this morning I toddled off to a Subaru Gearbox specialist and asked them to test the differential.
They came back smiles and gave it the okay. (they did not know it what it was).
So, We have "GO" project(?).
My next step is to revert back to Ludowici and commission the new seals.
So please contact me if you need a replacement Viscous Coupling Centre Differential for the 6MT or 5MT gearbox and we will sort out what can be done to support you.
Cheers!