I decided today was the day I was going to service my Haldex Unit.
I'd bought a kit from Haldex Repairs Auto Fault finder which included everything I needed;
So it was time to watch a Youtube video, as I always do, because it can save me from doing things the hard way;
So into the shed I reversed up some shallow ramps to give myself a bit of room. A little wren was flitting about, I've noticed that little wren in the shed a lot recently! (more on that later!)
I found it very straight forward really, except fiddling about to unplug the electrical connector, which was a PITA.
Surprisingly, as I've done 50K since it was last done by a garage (pre retirement, I had the excuse of not having time then!) the fluid appeared clean and the filter was clean and free from visible contamination. Anyway, I changed the O rings on the pump, refilled with the new fluid provided, until I couldn't get any more in, then went for an enthusiastic drive on gravel, but it was immediately clear that the 4Motion was working.
Back in the shed I managed to get another 40ml of fluid into it, so it took a total of 850ml.
Job done.
While I was tidying up Mrs D had come in and she watched the wren. Only then did we realise that it was using an old nest box (centre of the image below) that Mrs D had put on a shelf above my work bench a year ago for some repair work! It seems to just come and go every five minutes without a care in the world!
