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Doubt readers here are all savvy on grease types, plus I don't see the point of even using copper grease unless you have a noise problem, it just picks up cr_p. But thanks for clarifying, would hate to see readers splashing ordinary grease over brake pads from info here....????

You will laugh.....Mrs.Trans drove the Vigo to here mums, about 80km, when she came back she said the truck was making a horrible noise. Hmmmm, jumps in the ride to see what it was, yep, horrible noise coming from under the truck, sounded like a serious drive shaft prob. Anyhooo, drove it to my "friends" at B-Quik, got it up on the lift to check everything underneath, they said it all looks OK, so I get under the thing to search, there must be a problem. After a lot of pulling and pushing I noticed a shiny bit on the split prop, at the floor mounting, on closer inspection looking up there was what looked like an alloy heat shield, it had a nick out of it, looked at the prop, yep, somehow she had driven over something that had come up and hit this shield bending it towards the prop, from then on every time the prop turned it hit the shield, so when driving there was this continuous clattering. I pointed it out to the fitters with a smile, bent it back to where it should have been, job done and the dollar signs that were revolving in front of my eyes disappeared...????

I see no advantage of putting grease on the back of pads, unless copper grease for a noise problem. Open air grease just attracts dust dirt etc, plus its melting point may not be good enough to deal with the heat generated by discs and pads.

But did you know how to operate the 4x4 thingy though......????.......???? I am also surprised they even make them in the USA, if I am to believe your post...????

Lucky chap... Perhaps 4x4's are too expensive for the locals, plus a foot of water is generally not very often each year. I do not live near dirt roads, but when I bought the 4x4 in 2007, the roads were very different to now. My point was, 4x4 can be very handy at times..

Well at least it wasn't one of those on the side of a Coca-Cola fridge.....????

I used my 4x4 to get out of a Temple grounds, a funeral, whilst the rest were scratching heads and looking up to the heavens.... I also used it during the rainy season every year, where the water could be a foot deep in town... I would much rather have 4x4 than all these gizmo's folk are impressed fiddling with..

Time to stop worrying...????

Really, with you a "Piston Broke" too.....Hmmmm..????

Low profile tyres, probably stretched onto wider rims, mandatory 50 psi in them, what could possibly go wrong..????

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If you renew a day after it expires, you will get 5 year and 364 days, they go by birthdays here. You will have to watch an hour long video, you will have the eye tests and reaction test..

It does sound a bit odd to call an SUV "Sport" unless it actually has some sort of power upgrade to the other versions, which this offering doesn't. Low profile tyres is a poor excuse to call it "Sport". ???? PS. I like the red colour in the OP, white is so boring, as most are....

Aaaaah, my split drive shaft bearing mount suggestion....???? Drive shafts are balanced at factory, yes, they weld on a bit of metal to do that. The Vigo has grease nipples on all UJ's, it is a service item that they should be pressure greased. Fingers crossed.

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I thought Dick was the USA abbreviated version of Richard....

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An auto box is more or less a sealed environment, the internal filter is a small affair basically to collect the very fine stuff that may have been rubbed off of the clutch plates, of which there could be as many as 10+. These filters can last as long as the car/box. My fun auto ride had an additional external filter to trap possible box failure stuff..Here it is, just above the fuel pressure adjuster T's, a proper filter...

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I was doing that stuff well into my late 50's....????

Don't understand your last para. Plus the auto filter is internal, usually lasts the life of the box...