Re:DrRobin's Northumberland Jimny

I finished off the Des Sol breather kit install today, fitting the rear diff breather and the transfer case breather, then running the lines forward to the filter box next to the battery.

The rear diff was the easiest to reach and was straight forward to do.

 

I wasn't looking forwards to doing the transfer case, but with the car up on ramps and a new purchase (crawler board) it was actually easier than expected.

 

 

Finally all of the hose was routed to the front along the brake pipes, tucked up high and tied with cable ties.

It's taken me two mornings and about 5 hours to do the whole job, but I didn't rush and I was impressed with the Des Sol kit, the breather mounting points are good and solid and well thought out.

Robin

Part 1 of the North East 4x4 trial on Sunday 13th October. It wasn't a Jimny friendly course, too many short steep hils and lots of really soft stuff, with the result I bottomed out too many times.


Part 2 coming up later.

Robin

I am looking to do the diff breathers and underbody protection.

Sound like something that can be done at home. Any gotchas when installing the radial arm.protectirs ?

I bought the Des Sol breather kit, a fair bit more expensive than other solutions, but it is well thought out and everything works great on it. It took me two mornings to fit, but I took my time and did a few other jobs at the same time. I am sure there will be something local to you.

The radius arm protectors (from Jimnybits) I fitted were straight forward to fit, there was no drilling to do. The last set I fitted to my old Gen 3 needed drilling and the steel was quite hard. Make sure the vehicle is level and slacken the existing bolt. If it’s tight use a couple of jacks one under the chassis and another under the radius arm to move the positions.

I made the mistake of doing the first two on a slope, as soon as I took the bolt out the arm and wheel moved and I had to use a steel rod to get the holes to line up. When I did the other two I moved the car to flat ground and didn’t even need the jacks. Again I am sure there will be something local to you.

I bought radius arm protectors, front and rear diff guards and a transfer case plate. I have just bought HD front recovery points.

Hope that helps

Robin

does the kit come with enough parts to do both diffs and the transfer case and gearbox or just the diffs ?

The Des Sol kit includes everything you need to do both diffs and the transfer case. It even includes two Allen keys, a tube of thread lock and enough cable ties to route the supplied tube, see the following

des-sol.co.za/product/differential-breather-kit/

One tip, the tube is coiled up tight and doesn’t like to route in straight lines. I put mine in near boiling water then hung them up with a weight attached to get them to go straight. Of course you can just put them up in the sun to soften them.

Robin