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Hi Yes, that's correct I have made adjustments to the tappets! Try loosening the tappet adjustments so they are only just touching again and see what happens. OK going to go out and try this after I've eaten. Can't say that I noticed a difference in the cranking speed, but Kate says that she has! Ch...

anyway, thanks for all the over whelming help & advice on getting
our new van started
you're all very much appreciated, hopefuly we'll be able to get it started by ourselves now over the weekend

Thankyou 'Blu trukkie' especialy, you're a real diamond!

why?
because i've tried everything bl**dy thing else!!!!

helloo, we've recently aquired a non-running 1.6 Aircooled 1980 t3, we thought we could handle it as the engine was turning over, although slowly & weakly but we didn't think it would be too difficult a job, but, we started off looking at plugs & electricaly bits as it wasn't firing,. the co...

Thanks, how about i post a pic of the engine you could label all the parts for us? i think they should come labelled anyway! :wink: he undid the little tubey dubes to get at the glow plugs & also, it's been sat for a few weeks now, it's been pretty bl**dy cold too.. We'll see how goes, thanks ag...

Ringo! You're a f!ck!ng Starr!!


It bl**dy started, you've made us soooo happy!
hystericaly so

Hoping it starts at 5 in the morning when 'e goes to work then i wont have to get wet when i take the kids to school!

x

[img][IMG:640:480]http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z44/Bugarit/pump.jpg[/img] There's no decent manual for this engine, that we've found, 's'why we wanna get it going & sell it to get an air-cooled one, then we'd stand a chance, not even sure what's what in this engine, this is the pump right?...

Hi,this is me,
I'm hoping we're loosening the right bit, the one with the clear hose thingy that we can see the fuel (& air bubbles) through?,.
It sounded promising for a bit, it was picking up speed then the battery started to die, it was charging all night!