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Looking good. 👍
Pop the cover off and double check the tightness of all the electrical and fuel connections before you fire it up.
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A cursory look on Evil-bay suggests that you can pick up a Chineseum GT30-a-like for as little as £130. Maybe, as it’s a straight swap, it’s worth trying one, and if the difference is immediately noticeable then plan for a re-engineer of the system for a GT28 over next winter?
On the bright side, would the smaller turbo not also free up space in the engine bay?
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Mar 31, 2024 21:31:34 GMT
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If the intercooler isn’t suspect, then the turbo being too big is probably the next most likely culprit.
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Mar 31, 2024 15:28:30 GMT
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Is the intercooler blocked?
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Mar 30, 2024 23:04:45 GMT
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This arrived in the post today. And, putting it next to the old one for comparison, it’s about a foot longer, but the ends and fittings are identical. I think we can easily lose the extra length. Either by carefully rerouting the cable, or by relocating the place it comes out of the dash, which is currently over on the left hand side of the instrument binnacle. You can just about make out the stubby broken off end of the original cable in this picture, where the white arrow is pointing.
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Mar 30, 2024 22:50:10 GMT
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I’m sure a man of your calibre will have it sorted out in no time. 👍😃
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Mar 30, 2024 10:55:39 GMT
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Try shutting one eye when something is coming at you with really bright lights. Works for me.
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They need about 10-12 amps to start up, as the glow plug is pretty hungry. However, once they’re running it drops down to about 1 amp.
The big issue is that they rely on having a power supply to run their cooling circuit when you power them down. If you run them off a transformer and you have a power cut, they will just melt.
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Mar 29, 2024 21:39:23 GMT
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Yes, I have one of those. If you look towards the end of the “why my Austin isn’t finished” thread you’ll find out about it.
It’s pretty good. Factor in a battery and trickle charger to use as a power supply.
You don’t need to use pump diesel, you can use red, kerosene, heating oil or paraffin in them, whatever you can pick up really.
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Progress.
I can’t help with any new suggestions about temperatures.
Brakes are likely to be either misadjusted or misassembled. Do you have twin leading shoes at the front (11” drums), or do you have 10” all round?
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For what it’s worth, I think this version is definitely the better of the two. Cliché I know, and call me old fashioned if you must. 🤣
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glenanderson
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Mar 25, 2024 10:19:31 GMT
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What John says ☝️
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Why do we do it to ourselves?glenanderson
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Mar 23, 2024 21:54:59 GMT
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Yes, my eBay strategy is much the same. Anything that is actually worth enough to take the time to list I do.
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Why do we do it to ourselves?glenanderson
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Mar 23, 2024 19:05:02 GMT
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Have you listened to the 'Lord of the Autojumble' episode of Smith and Sniff? It made me properly nostalgic for a good autojumble. But I've no real desire to set out a pasting table and deal with people all day long. No, not heard of that. I quite enjoy an autojumble, and might do one of the Land-Rover specific ones later in the year. Depends on the weather and my mood. Bootfairs can get in the sea though.
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trabant kombi bristol £2750glenanderson
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Mar 23, 2024 13:00:39 GMT
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Get thee behind me Satan!
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Why do we do it to ourselves?glenanderson
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Mar 23, 2024 12:39:26 GMT
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I feel your pain with the whole "other people" thing. I have a shed full of stuff mentally earmarked as "bootfair", because there is, genuinely, some value to all of it to somebody, but I just can't face spending a day getting it all loaded up and ready, another day getting up at he crack of dawn then dealing with people who think £1 is too dear, followed by another day of putting all the unsold stuff away, all for a financial return equivalent to about 1/2 a day's overtime with my employer. So, I have decided to spend a day sorting it all into two piles; one marked bin, the other marked weigh in. Then I am going to bin/scrap the lot, and at some point in the following month I am going to work two days overtime. This strategy will, I hope, free up much more space, return somewhere between two and four times as much money, take up no more time, and mean no dealing with people at all....
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Why do we do it to ourselves?glenanderson
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Mar 23, 2024 12:03:15 GMT
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I am another that has accumulated more projects than one lifetime could complete, and is constantly tempted with potential new additions.
Currently though, I am making a concerted effort to thin the crop, as I can see retirement, downsizing and a big readjustment of circumstnce as a distant point on the horizon. We're not talking immediate, but 5-10 years or so, and given the speed that the last decade went past, and the lack of progress on stuff in that time, means I recognise that if I don't start acting now, then when the time does come sorting through everything will simply be overwhelming...
In actual fact, sorting through it now is kind of overwhelming...
I am such a squirrel, and I see value/potential in so many things, it is really hard for me to part with stuff. I do recognise that I would be far better off, both financially and mentally, if I had a big purge though, and I am determined to see a difference here over the course of the year.
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Mar 21, 2024 22:38:55 GMT
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Oh, and no, with the new development of working indicators to go with the lights that came back to life last time, and brakes that actually work after a fashion, we couldn’t resist the temptation for a quick test drive… 😉
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Mar 21, 2024 22:34:35 GMT
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Got a couple of hours on it this afternoon with the lad when he got home from school. First job was to pop the 145 off the spare wheel. And replace it with one of the new crossplies. Then move the little powerhouse over to the hardstand to get the wheels off one at a time. Fitting the tyres was straightforward. The old ones were dated mid 2009, so they’ve been replaced at least once already. One of the original wheels was way mankier than the other three, so that will get cleaned up and painted over the weekend before we put the tyre on. However, it’s now sat on four wheels that hold air and don’t rub on anything, so that’s a step in the right direction. 😃👍 While the front wheels were off I decided to have a look at the brakes. I was hoping that the lack of brakes, and the empty reservoir, was due to it simply leaking out when the car was tipped on its side. With nothing to lose, we topped up the reservoir and had a go at bleeding it through the front n/s caliper. A bit of pumping saw some highly manky fluid get ejected, and resulted in a firm brake at the lever. Both of the front calipers are dragging, so a bit more investigation is required. Hopefully just a clean and lubricate will see us sorted. I had sprayed the switches on the dash liberally with electrolube the other day, which has freed them up nicely. Even the hazard switch which had been frozen solid, is now working properly. We got all the indicators working with just a wiggle of the bulbs, so that’s another job off the list. 👍 Next, and final, job for the day was to get the transmission selector cable off. Access is not great. There may have been some cursing. 🤬 Anyway, it’s off, and I have identified a golf buggy cable that looks like it will be worth a try. Certainly significantly cheaper than anything else I’ve found.
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glenanderson
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Mar 21, 2024 21:40:30 GMT
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I think the stripe would look better.
You’re not going to want to compete in it once you’re done.
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