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nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 17 Nov 2010, 22:44
by oorwullie
this would appear to be the result of a do it yerselfer replacing the radiator and not knowing how to fill the system properly. there was not more than 4 or 5 litres of coolant in the whole thing...........





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Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 17 Nov 2010, 23:24
by R0B
oh dear

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 17 Nov 2010, 23:33
by toomanytoys


Expect the heads are toast to then....

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 17 Nov 2010, 23:45
by kevtherev
it'll buff out ...

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 17 Nov 2010, 23:56
by oorwullie
kevtherev wrote:it'll buff out ...

JB weld..........

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 17 Nov 2010, 23:57
by oorwullie
toomanytoys wrote::roll:

Expect the heads are toast to then....

heads look ok, do ya need some?

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 00:05
by Fritz
David, I am surprised you are still buggering about this sort of sHYTE rather than moving on to bigger and better things in life...



Regards


Fritz,,,,,

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 00:16
by Eta-Beta
are you mending it?? makes my old one look mint, hey si??

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 00:21
by oorwullie
Fritz wrote:David, I am surprised you are still buggering about this sort of sHYTE rather than moving on to bigger and better things in life...



Regards


Fritz,,,,,


i'm getting too old for those big blondes.

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 00:40
by HarryMann
Doesn't look anything whatseover to do with with coolant problem...

Simple thrown rod, not uncommon on Djs at all... https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Pe ... wing_a_rod

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 06:46
by toomanytoys
oorwullie wrote:
toomanytoys wrote::roll:

Expect the heads are toast to then....

heads look ok, do ya need some?

Always after heads...
should have a pair sorted for the one I am doing now.. but the Velle still in France has a need for a head swap too...

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 06:47
by toomanytoys
Eta-Beta wrote:are you mending it?? makes my old one look mint, hey si??

MY one..... sure does...

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 07:35
by T'Onion
HarryMann wrote:Doesn't look anything whatseover to do with with coolant problem...

Simple thrown rod, not uncommon on Djs at all... https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Pe ... wing_a_rod

I knew I'd seen pictures like them before

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 08:58
by Ian Hulley
And there's me hoping someone had shot Tony Blackburn

Re: nice work- death of a DJ

Posted: 18 Nov 2010, 09:00
by Aidan
T'Onion wrote:
HarryMann wrote:Doesn't look anything whatseover to do with with coolant problem...

Simple thrown rod, not uncommon on Djs at all... https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Pe ... wing_a_rod

I knew I'd seen pictures like them before

that will be the enthusiastically driven syncro one with no oil cooler and bod warning disabled/ignored, should be running again in the spring ?