Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:24 pm
Yikes couldn't you get them stripped cleaned and reset?
That's what I had done, they needed new nozzles though. The tractor was probably working for 30 years in Japan so not surprising they were too worn to just reset. A while back there were no cheap nozzles about for 200 tdis, it was a horrible price to get them done.
Yeah I thought it would need four wheel alignment doing after. I guess it's still drivable after the top mount work without it being realigned? Just a bit squirrelly until done.panhard65 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 5:48 pm Yes I could take it on but budget for it needing proper 4 wheel alighnment after which sometimes means it needs new bottom arms etc if the adjusters don't come undone. They are right little buggers to get set up properly and a lot of places that say they do 4 wheel alighnment don't do more than tracking. I had mine done by SCS Porsche in Honiton 01404 549921. They were pretty good and rang me up to say it needed bottom arms which they let me fit before dropping it back for the alighnment. That was £100 well spent as it transformed the handling having it set up right. I am booking the second week in March at the moment though as it seems to be getting busy round here all of a sudden. It might be worth giving SCS a call for a quote to do all the work they might not be silly money as they don't insist on genuine Porsche parts and use Euro's for suspension arms as they reckon they are decent quality.
I buy the 20 litre 10/40 mannoil stuff, it’s good and can be had for £35 for a tub.cros wrote:Doesn't look very nice, but the N type modified oil rail isn't going to help in this instance. From what I understand for a multi layered gasket to work you need the liners to be a consistent height, 4 thou above the block face ideally. Mine vary between 1 and 3, so it will get the polymer gasket which is said to cope better in this situation.DodgeRover wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:21 amBlimey that's not just blown a little bit had it? Are you going for the long term fix with new dowels and all the modified parts?
As far as I can tell the majority of the coolant entered the sump via the inlet manifold gasket- this item was broken between the inlet port and the manifold waterway. Sometimes there was a misfire on starting and the combustion chamber nearest this is different colour to the other 3.
In the spirit of not polishing a turd I have adjusted the quality of consumables which will be lavished on the wretched vehicle in the future. Thus along with the14 quid head gasket, I'm pleased to have found lubricant at £12 a gallon including delivery. (Silver Hook, surely the scabbiest ever name) A bit mean of me, but its not as niggardly as Landrover were when they built it using old knicker elastic.