Here are pics of the new one. I got it off of Ebay. The owner bought it mil surplus and knows nothing about it other than it came off a mog. It looks the same as the one I got, so I will agree with him
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Off to a good start. I have never seen this stuff. It was damp to the touch, but seemed to be doing what it claims to do.
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Now the part that I am interested in.
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Looks good but so did the one on the mog that is a rusty mess on the inside and has a 2008 rebuild tag.
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A little rust but a world different than my first one.
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The only noticeable wear that I am seeing is that gear in the center, the left 2/3 has some scratch marks.
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Err what is that on that threaded looking gear? I went after it with a magnet and could not get it. I ended up going after it with a small stick, turns out some kind of a grease? What ever it is it went squish in my fingers.
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There are no metal filings in the pic just some of the silicone that was used to close the top. That threaded thing is a chunk of silicone. Looking around there looks like there are passages for the gear oil to flow though, does that mean there is a pump somewhere? I will get that silicone out. How worried do I need to be about trying to find others?
I have moved all the gears by hand, moved all the bits that are moved with gear shifters and such. Everything feels fine to me. All of the gears appear to move when they should(This coming from someone who has never been inside one of these before). Anything else I should check? I really do not want to install this only to find there was a reason the military removed this from a Mog.
Any advise on what I should do with this before I install it? I am thinking get the rust off would be nice. Any thoughts on how to do that without putting metal dust inside, or just clean up well after myself. Do I need to tear it apart looking for more pieces of silicone that could plug things up?
Thanks,
Brandan