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Can, yes. But that would destroy the piston. So I'd rather not 😕 Haven't checked, but good call, will try to measure tomorrow. Fire got pretty toasty, but so far gearbox internals and such from the fire have been fine - and the rest of the diff seems smooth enough. But could always be.

I don't have a new one... I've tried tapping it home both gently and less than gently. I can see a tiny bit of movement when putting pressure on, but it doesn't come out further. Tried tapping it all around with pressure on, no luck. I left it soaking in some 10W40 now, maybe it'll seep past the seals by tomorrow.

And another thing not helping is that you can't really get to the back of the piston - all there is, is this tiny air hole. Oil doesn't really want to flow in there 😕

Tried with some 10W40 - better but still not budging, even with some hammering. Also not helping that the o-ring for the air line isn't supplied, and the smallest one in our kit is a bit too big.

@Stellaghoststill want me to measure something, or are Bowie's enough?

I tried that with penetrating oil, but I guess that's way too thin. Will give it another go with some motor oil.

I'm currently rebuilding an Ashlocker to go into the front of my P38. This is a unit @Escaperan for a few years, and then was recovered from his P38 that was in the workshop fire. Most internals seem fine, but of course the seals need to be replaced. Ordered a seal kit from Ashcroft a few years back, which is 3 o-rings (and should be 4, apparently). Now for the problem: the o-rings around the piston don't seal anymore, and thus I can't get the piston out of its housing with air pressure. The piston is some sort of brass, so non-magnetic. Hammering doesn't work, soaking in penetrating oil doesn't work. Any bright ideas? Also, had to buy new M5 countersunk bolts for the piston retaining ring, as the old ones were made of chinesium and all needed to be drilled out. But it almost looks like the old bolts have been machined down to be flush? Will this actually be a problem?

Didn't even know they had a Euro site. This doesn't look like bad value, really: https://www.fireballeu.com/product/mega-package/ Just the clamps will set you back for half that amount.

I'll try to remember tonight. They're sitting on pallets though, but can take measurements from bellhousing face / motor mounts / ...

Time for some Man Maths (tm)

I can try to take some measurements of V8 vs TDI if you want, we've got both sitting around at the workshop. Agreed with Bowie about moving the axle forward. Power steering mounts and such would need to move forward with the axle anyway. Plus you can say it's mid-engined

No way that's ever going to be square without milling it after welding. The Fireball ones look nice.

Beautiful scenery, but terrible luck. Glad you got home ok.

Didn't the description earlier in the thread say it was some sort of trailer?

The only way to know for sure is to walk into a dealership and look at the paperwork... the internet says many things.

I think it'd look quite nice without that rear balcony thingy.

Then all the Jeep/Bronco/... options are pretty much out from what I've seen. There's barely any vehicles that'll do 3T+. Even a huge DRW Sprinter only does 2T, which I found shockingly hilarious. The Ranger might. The Jeeps almost definitely won't, they usually have comically bad tow ratings, even in Europe.

Not much, he says, while getting more done than I have all week.

If only there was a set on P38 wheels sitting upstairs, just a little bit of trimming recommended

https://www.mylpg.eu/ as well.

You can relocate the spare, and have a tank in there. Not a huge range though, I get ~350km out of my tank in the spare wheel well.

I remember doing the bearing change on a 300TDi pulley when I was still young and green. Lesson learned: they're tapered, don't push it out the wrong way

Sounds to me like it could be losing compression somehow? But very strange that letting it sit for such a short time would bring the compression back to normal. And doesn't explain the hard to start/keep running afterwards... I'm wondering how the engine reacts to ether/start pilot/... sprayed in the intake when it starts to bog down?

Sounds like a fun enough project. But won't be easy. I think you'll be able to buy a whole lot of petrol for the price of the conversion...

Exactly my thoughts