Did a few more wee jobs yesterday, first when I had the back of the car lifted to fit the trailing arms, I pushed on the propshaft and didn't like the amount of movement. I had a spare front mount for the diff from a job I had done before, so I fitted it. Then I noticed a lot of oil stains on the diff so I topped it up with oil. I know I should have drained and refilled and checked to see why there were stains but I couldn't be arsed and just topped it up. Turns out it didn't need much anyway so I'm pretty sure it'll be fine.
Then as I may have mentioned before the boot was stinking of dog so I ripped out the boot carpet as well as the material on the rear seats which was covered in dog hair.
As expected the fish bowl was kinda wet but not as bad as I might have expected since the boot door window was jammed up when I bought the car and the window just closed against the outside edge of the seal. I found another potential cause for water getting in behind the plastic side panels. At the very back corner on both sides there is a rubber grommet which was missing on one side and fell out of the other when I touched it. These holes are fairly well out of the way of road spray but some damp is bound to get in if they are missing. I just sealed them with loads of silicone sealant. Thankfully the dog smell seems to have gone, so I refitted the rear plastic panels after sealing the holes.
Got a photo of the extended trailing arms.
And this was after mucking about in a field today with them fitted
At one point I tried to drive through a particularly soggy part where a tractor got stuck a few months ago while topping the field.
Funny old thing but I got stuck too.
Well almost, I was able to rock it out in reverse.
So the VCU I reconned seems to be working fine, I opened the door so I could watch the back wheel and my mate did the same. All four wheels were spinning at the same time with only low revs
. I just need to do the OWU test on it to confirm it isn't too tight. If it is I'll need to release some fluid.