Rolling with Pebbles

[Jarred]

i had some almost similar problems when i went up to sydney. she got warm going up some of the big hills, and still kept at about 1/2 on the temp gauge for most of the trip up.

on the way back, temp was cooler, and seemed more powerful. i put this down to a sticky thermostat. unconfirmed if that was the issue or not.

[WABIT]

i had some almost similar problems when i went up to sydney. she got warm going up some of the big hills, and still kept at about 1/2 on the temp gauge for most of the trip up.

on the way back, temp was cooler, and seemed more powerful. i put this down to a sticky thermostat. unconfirmed if that was the issue or not.

it was because on the way to sydney you are actually going uphill, going back to melbourne is all downhill, hence more power and cooler temps, not as much pressure on the motor, there was times where on the way home to melb, id actually let it roll for over 5klm in N!!

dom

[Jarred]

dom, i'm talking about the hills specifically, not the whole journy. there were big hills going either way. but the difference was massive.

i went from struggling up hills foot flat, too actually accelerating up similarily large hills. Although there was about 2 hills in a row coming back that i struggled with, infact, i struggled accelerating on the flat bit after the 1st hill, and after the second, power was back and it was fine. another reason why i though sticky thermo.

[Water Boy]

I do agree Jarred had more power on the way home

[hiho]

Today we replaced the alternator, no more demonic glow in the battery/alternator warning light!

We also found some hidden ponies when we adjusted the valve clearance on no.2 inlet valve. Revs like a champ!

Still no luck in the cooling/thermo fan department. We're on our third thermo switch now. I suspect that my configuration of the relay and thermo switch may not provide enough current draw through the switch to close the contacts. Any thoughts???

[hiho]

By the seaside, at the sleepy village of Walkerville


Hone and rings?


Maybe bearings too.

[gtimk5]

Love the pics mate!!
Sidevalve motor there, maybe an old Ford or Landrover motor. Either way, I think an overhaul is in order! Been flooded at some stage?
Andrew

[hiho]

Thanks Andrew. The car is still going great. We've been towing a trailer around with it for the last couple of weekends and it pulls it like a champ but I am tempted to replace the head bolts with longer studs and stick a turbo on it....

[gldgti]

I do agree Jarred had more power on the way home

for you jarred, and for you too hiho -

if you have a little air getting into the fuel lines before the injector pump, the internal pressure inside the pump is decreased as the air is bled out. this means that the dynamic timing advance mechanism will not advance the timing correctly (it works on internal pump pressure) and you will encounter retarded timing. retarded timing will cause lack of power and high EGT's, which will cause the symptoms you are describing. the main reason the engine gets hot is because you will inject a lot of fuel (using extra throttle because power is down) but its all too late because the timing is wrong.... lots of wasted heat.

air leak problems like this tend to be hard to track down and very intermittent, and often the easiest way to solve the problem is to replace all the inlet side lines with new rubber hose and new high quality hose clamps.

HTH

[Jarred]

Thanks for that. I'll add that to the holiday list!

[hiho]

Thanks Ayden, you're a champ! I will replace the fuel lines and filter this weekend. I might wack in a cheapo petrol filter pre diesel filter too just in case i encounter some biodiesel.

I also pulled apart the suspect demonic alternator to find a dry solder joint at one of the diodes. Why did i have the alternator apart? Well that another story for another time......

[gldgti]

Why did i have the alternator apart? Well that another story for another time......

you better do a good writeup on your adding a 'W' terminal and then modding a petrol tach to work off the W terminal - then i will bestow upon you the great honour of having a thread stickied

[hiho]

Writeup on its way!

[hiho]

Im considering this little turbo for a 1.5TD. Its off a 1986 2.8L Jackaroo. Its complete with downpipe and oil feed/return lines and surprisingly small.





before i do this i wanna have the other car running and head studs installed (to help keep the head on!)

any comments on this turbos suitability for a 1.5?

[Jarred]

I've heard they consistantly pop headgaskets when turbo'd. This is what I was told when I first bought my diesel at least.