1986 Singlecab I

[DoubleOSeven]

Piston Pitting, oh the horror!

[itchyfeet]

Everyone has their own method by I find a washer and nut is sufficient.

only works of you have pulled the barrels off pistons, I try not to.
Ideally you support pistons when pulling pins and the barrel does this nicely.

[itchyfeet]

93975, any ideas what these numbers mean?

93.975mm diameter piston, get your tape measure out

[itchyfeet]

The Grand Canyon!

oh I see,
Try using fine grinding paste with an old barrel, if the sealing surface is good enough then don't worry but if the sealing surface is compromised then its scrap.

Hard for me to see if that is into the sealing surface or not?

E D I T, a close look I think thats scrap

[DoubleOSeven]

Yup...door stop beckons for this one...but fear not I have another. I do need a valve compressor loan though, I’ve never lapped any valves before.




Don’t know if these numbers in the intake manifold are relevant to HT leads? Anyway, never noticed them before.

[DoubleOSeven]

My Haynes is illegible ... Quick email to Santa for replacement.

[DoubleOSeven]

Modern Art?

[itchyfeet]

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Don’t know if these numbers in the intake manifold are relevant to HT leads? Anyway, never noticed them before.

no

[itchyfeet]

modern art you say
P1080842 by Paul_Barr, on Flickr

[DoubleOSeven]

It’s NOT even correct twice a day! Any ideas how to take this needle off?

Can you change the mileage? This odometer came from another vehicle

[DoubleOSeven]

Found a parts washer in my kitchen trying to pass itself off as a dishwasher!
Not sure if I can use this Syncro thermostat housing, 025121117E on my late 1.9 DG build

[itchyfeet]

afaik syncro housing fits, looks like its got the 2.1 oil cooler extra pipe which will need blanking off

[DoubleOSeven]

Swapped the bell housing over so this generous offer of an ALD gearbox from Wilbur, will do for now and get me going.

Parts Required:
Bell housing gasket
Gearbox mount
Clutch slave pin

[itchyfeet]

ALD gearbox...will do for now and get me going.

Interested to know how this drives, ALD has a 5.5 final drive ( DG is normally 4.83) as its a diesel box so that means ( As far as I know) that your revs are much lower for a given speed but I guess you can just use a lower gear. Might be interesting to know how it drives on a motorway, revs always seem far too high but perhps its needed.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150101225 ... fo/gbx.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[DoubleOSeven]

Yeah. Probably not ideal but it’ll do for now.

http://rjes.com/html/gearbox_types.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


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