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Apr 16, 2012 10:21:53 GMT
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Does it? I thought the little rad in front of the drivers side front wheel (now visible through the floor : was responsible for transmission cooling or is that something different again. The rad will have to hang in there for a little while as I'm skint, having had to buy gas, steel, wire, epoxy mastic, rust convertor and a load of schutz! Also spotted two front brakelines are corroded, I want to tuck that cooler up out of the way as well.....loads to do.
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jo0lz
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FucT FiAT
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Apr 16, 2012 22:13:49 GMT
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Does it? AHhhhhh As you'll find out the front end of these Deli L300's are RAD-CITY!!! Pipework runs from your autobox to the bottom of the main engine coolant rad [ the one you have that is GuNKeD!] then goes forwards to the small rad under the front drivers side step . . . then back to the auto box. I relocated that small rad from under the drivers step to a new location centrally and higher up to save it from a BaSHing when off-roading BUT in its new location, getting less airflow and combined with my having an internally furred up main rad [ unknown to me at that time] this then meant my autobox ran hot and eventually got goosed! As for the other Rads...... If you look at the grille in the front bumper looking though under the central bit of the bull bar what you will see is a long strip of a rad that is the main oil cooler for the engine Then if you remove the bash plates from under the front axle and look up you will see a large thin rad with an electric fan in front of it . . . with all this siting right in front of the main engine coolant rad This is the main air con rad Then under the passenger side front step is another rad which is the 2nd aircon rad, connected to the air con in the rear of the truck It took me quite a while of L300 4x4x ownership to work all this out and trace all the pipework!!! Before then junking all the AC stuff as it was getting smashed to bits anyway when off-roading in my case All I'd say is be very particular about what you do with that autobox oil cooler that is under the drivers front step Where is it as stock/OEM when you go off-roading it gets full of mud and then the fan fails if you wade a lot Then as you are working the autobox hard in low gears off-road it will struggle to keep cool with that rad gunked in mud and with no working fan When I first started green-laning I was always surprised by the steam coming up from the front drivers side when going through puddles... I now know it was that puny autobox oil cooler struggling to do its job effectively in its OEM location Ultimately I'm pretty sure this is what killed the autobox and why our L300 truck got SORN'd Jo0Lz
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Apr 17, 2012 22:45:37 GMT
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That's gone! That's gone too! No kidding, I had the rear air con system as well Fan? What fan? Best check that out.
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Loxlee
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Ford Capri with 1600cc's of pure power!........
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Apr 18, 2012 10:02:10 GMT
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Looking forward to seeing more progress on this, most of the work you've done on previous cars I've seen has been great to see. Slightly jealous though, I've been half heartedly attempting to save for one of these for a while!
The pics of the interior and dash out with all that wiring looks scary as! I hate wiring! haha
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Apr 22, 2012 21:19:42 GMT
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most? Progress, got a little bit of time tonight to attack the passenger side arch. Let the slit disc and cup wheel do it's worse.... oh dear oh dear oh dear I managed to get one patch on then ran out of gas. I found a bit of fluxed wire left on an old reel but it wouldn't feed, it was getting dark so I gave up.
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Apr 25, 2012 19:34:37 GMT
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As cool as the crystalite roof is with it's four motorised blinds, it's prone to rusting. Not sure why the roof should rust in the manner it does as it's nothing to do with the windows leaking I'm guessing it's the rubbish frame adhesive used by the japs to join panels to framework. It dries out and cracks away leaving the two metal surfaces to move against each other leaving bare metal and condensation does the rest. Anyway I know my roof has been patched pretty roughly, with obvious square repair patches dotted all over. I'd noticed some sealant smeared around a few patches as well. I took the huge interior light out to get a better look and I'm greeted by this quality bit of work... A ally patch has been jammed in place with some form of gripfill type stuff and then glassfibre resin poured on top. As you can see in the picture the repair has cracked letting daylight and rain flood in. There's quite a lot of repairs to the roof and most of them are cracked, the worst ones I quickly sealed with tape. Not a pretty sight - but as I said, it'll get worse before it starts to get better. RR12 looms ever closer
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Apr 28, 2012 21:56:51 GMT
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Hurrah! Progress of the positive kind. Lots of plates welded in, six in total on the one arch, it was blowing a gale and I may as well not have bothered with the gas anyway. I was just about start the finishing process as I thought I was done with the welding....cleaning up a few places with the wirebrush prior to using some weld converter, just touched on a small paint scab on the corner of the arch and it just disappeared. Leaving me with another couple of plates to weld in and the corner is good again. Then a coat of fe-123 converter before a coat of epoxy mastic Inside as well Finally a whole can of schutz was applied
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New brakeline, and grease nipple fitted and one arch is done. So now back to the right hand side, first up the step gets plated, And then the back of the arch gets a few patches....
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Good work Dude.
It still surprises me to see this amount of rust in an L300! L400's seem to suffer quite badly (especially around the rear chassis) but L300's on the whole seem to me a lot more robust. I wonder if yours ever lived on the coast for a period of time?
Nice to see it all coming together and the repairs look great. Keep it going Dude. ;D
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Yep, pretty rotten!
It all looked solid with no actual holes until you hit it with the cup wheel and find the underseal is holding it together.
When I had the glow relay out the other day I spotted water pouring down the inside of that that pillar, which hasn't helped that cavity much! Rest assured it'll get a load of waxoyl blasted in before being welded up and another load gets blasted in via the trim holes conveniently all down the side. I'm hoping the water ingress is just a symptom of the holey roof and will get sorted in due course.
Meanwhile in quiet moments at work I've been knocking up a few electronic circuits.... more details to follow.....
Some more speakers arrived in the post too ;D
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Here are a few other bits I'm working on.... First up a boost gauge that will hopefully integrate into the dash top console. And now slightly smaller than the factory module It's a microcontrolled glow plug relay driver, I do love PIC chips, programmed via a laptop, this should (hopefully) perform, all the original functions of the original ECU. And finally, dim-to-off delay for the interior lights Just plugged inline with any door switch and when any door is opened the interior lights come on, when it is shut again the light slowly dims to off. Not sure how this is going to work on a Delica as it was a circuit knocked up for a different vehicle with door switches that go to earth.
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GREAT work on the electrickery!
The glow plug ECU looks like an awesome idea and I am pretty sure you'd sell quite a few to other L300 owners seeing as it's the one and only electrical thing to possibly go wrong on an L300! It's the only ECU on the L300's compared to the 14 or so (I lost count...it's probably more) on L400's!!
I'd certainly be interested in the interior light dimmer if it works on yours. I think quite a few other Delica owners would too....
Excellent work Dude. ;D
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smellyferret
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Back in a retro after 7 years!
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Awesome, In awe of your work!
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Righto, took quite a while to fabricate the last two repair patches for the back of the arch, here's the one to repair the lip of the arch. And here's the patches in place, pretty chuffed with the end result. And the whole arch finished. :thumbs_up
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with the front end of my delica all solid and rust free, now it's time to turn my attention to the sieve that is masquerading as a roof. Progress getting the trim off and the headlining down was slowed somewhat by the numerous self tapping screws that were locked solidly and threatened to chew up very easily – I’ve re-learnt that J fasteners are very cheeselike. However a strike through screwdriver and a hammer save the day and eventually get all the screws out intact and the rear head lining section down in one piece. Unfortunately the shower of rust received during it’s removal was fair indication of what might be found. The extent of the mess was such that the heater tubes and the blinds had to come out as well to ‘let the dog see the rabbit’ The rear set of blind were easy to shift but the front set could not be reached without removing the front section of the headling, which entailed removing the door frame and pillar mouldings. Bending the headling section down a touch I could peer inside and see a pile of rust sat there After a short fight the front headlining section gave in and dropped away to reveal a quality repair with a block of wood and some screws, I also had a lovely stalactite of filler hanging down from one of the numerous patches, nicely complemented by a huge scabby mess around the sunroof drain surround. So there we have it, one stripped roof and a whole load of patches to fix properly Whilst I had the trim panels off I’ve also noticed that the dreaded panel detachment problem is rife. Both sides of the van and the roof are suffering, with the outer skin no longer attached to the inner frame – the factory’s use of no-flex adhesive and probably some off roading are to blame. I’ll be getting busy with the tiger seal to bond together as much as I can reach, before waxoyling the cavities and re-fitting the trim.
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May 17, 2012 11:13:31 GMT
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That is looking a little grim. I am sure that you will have it sorted in no time like the rest of your work John
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May 20, 2012 22:00:23 GMT
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This is a first for me, working on a car from a scaffold tower With my new pimped welder the first patch goes in perfectly I spotted in the second patch and then the welder stops feeding, has the new power supply failed? my wiring gone wrong? the motor brake relay broke? I fiddled with it for a bit before spotting that I'm out of welding wire
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May 24, 2012 21:51:34 GMT
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Took about 10 minute to remove the patches fitted by previous owner - quick belt with a chisel and out they come... Welding in steel patches took a fair bit longer, it was getting dark by the time they were all in.
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May 27, 2012 23:35:01 GMT
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jeez, thats some crazy rust!
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@ CRX_IN_SCOTLAND
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May 28, 2012 22:31:54 GMT
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All sorted now, patches on, epoxy mastic inside and out. Took out the sunroof and framework and got that all sorted as well. Tonight I set to work on some actual modifications rather than repairs. The headlining was a bit manky and had a fag burn in one place so needed a makeover. A few tins of spray carpet adhesive and some fabric from a local shop, was a bit unsure about the pattern but now it's on I'm well happy with the results.
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