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From: Mark Allery <M.Allery@ee.surrey.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:33:58 +0100
Subject: expensive sounds ?

OK,

	new sounds detected on the 1960 petrol 2.25 lwb. Only happens on
tick-over and its a rattle/knocking (not much good with sounds). Got a
horibble feeling that its the timing chain or the tensioner ? does that
sounds reasonable ?  Is there an easy way to find out, or do I face taking
off the timing cover ?

cheers for any advice 

Mark

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From: Andrew Baker <Andrew_Baker@mitel.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 19:06:50 +0100
Subject: RE: Reliability

Guess what, the only time my 25 yr old 2.24 N/A slow noisy diesel 109
has only let me down once in 3 yrs and that was a flat battery.

Andrew B

>I think it's fairly safe to say that most of us breakdown quite a lot,
not
>to mention our LR's :-))

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From: "Frank Elson" <frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 07:39:18 +0100
Subject: Re: Re:Reliability

thank you, but don't forget to tell the AA why you are leaving them...
Best Cheers

Frank
    +--+--+--+
     I !__|  [_]|_\___
     I ____|"_|"__|_ | /     B791 PKV
     "(o)======(o)"    Bronze Green 110 CSW

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From: "Kevin Balch" <kevin@worldhq.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 20:58:26 +0100
Subject: DVLC Question

Hi fellas, I just read the digest 99% of the time ........... cos I tend to
be lubricated when on the computer.........not a good time to send mail :-( 
..... :-)
Anyway here my Question should anyone accept the mission .
I have 2 Escort vans, same age , 1 diesel & 1  petrol.
If I fit the Diesel engine, etc  in the petrol shell ......then the petrol
van "has been modified" (insurance).........right ?
But if i fit the petrol van shell to the diesel van period . is the diesel
van "modified" or has it just had a part replaced with an identical
part..just like replacing say a mudguard ?]
I ask this to you folks as you often comment regards legality and.... as the
long suffering boyfriend of a lass who bought a 11a last year with a new
chassis fitted ................and every other part totally !2@£$%^&*()   I
could do with converting  my van ASAP to save money to help finance the
running of her car now that it is very nearly "not in bits" :-)
BTW if any of you chaps live/ visit  near Stoke  I can get 205/16  & 
235/70/16 tyres "real" cheap
(not topcaps,  not Bronco)  but you need to be local (no dodgydeals here...
just that I do a bit of work for the tyre company and can get a good deal )
Hope you fellas dont mind me asking this Question - but feel free to ZAP me
if i shouldnt have. 
BTW any mac users on this alias ?

I have read this through and dont think/hope that i will not offend anyone
Regards kevin

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From: AVAC11@aol.com
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 16:07:10 EST
Subject: Re: DVLC Question

Well, if you fit a different engine, you just notify the DVLA of the change.
Then next time the insurance is due you check it in as whatever the engine is,
i.e. diesel or petrol. I you reshell the thing you might end up with a q plate
as its a used shell. As its not a classic car in any way, the dvla might take
dim views of that, especially if you have to prove which components come from
which van.
In a message dated 28/03/99 21:01:01 GMT Sommerzeit, kevin@worldhq.com writes:

> Anyway here my Question should anyone accept the mission .
>  I have 2 Escort vans, same age , 1 diesel & 1  petrol.
>  If I fit the Diesel engine, etc  in the petrol shell ......then the petrol
>  van "has been modified" (insurance).........right ?
>  But if i fit the petrol van shell to the diesel van period . is the diesel
>  van "modified" or has it just had a part replaced with an identical
>  part..just like replacing say a mudguard ?]

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From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 23:27:00 +0200
Subject: Up and running!

After three months rebuild I finally finished assembling the 109" this
weekend. I spent yesterday night filling all the holes with oil, grease,
water, fuel, clutch fluid, and left it to stand overnight on a clean
floor.

This morning - not a drop of fluid on the floor. Could not believe my
eyes.

Then I spent a few minutes bleeding the fuel system (diesel). I don't
bother with bleeding the filters one at a time, I just open the bleed
valves on the dist.pump, then turn the engine over for 10 seconds to
bring fuel into the lines, then work the lift pump manually until fluid
starts spraying out of the dist pump. Then jump in and turn her over.

After three months of total strip down and rebuild, the engine started
first time, and apart from two fuel lines to injectors 1 & 2 which were
a little loose, it ran fine. Whilst it was ticking over, I opened the
bleed valves again to let the last bubbles out.

The timing seems a tad advanced, but she's off to the workshop tomorrow
for a check-up and timing set ready for MOT & emissions test.

But after running for a couple of hours, I can see that there is no air
left in the system, all fluids seem to be holding tight, and I have
given her a run around the field to check the moving parts.

While the chassis and motor are at the garage, I'll paint the 17 body
parts, then next weekend assemble the rest and the job is done. I'll
take some pics and post them next week.

Cheers!

Adrian Redmond

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From: "Tom Murkin" <tom@riverside-repairs.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 03:15:30 +0100
Subject: HELP! - Starting Problems

I came to start my Land Rover today, after being off the road for a couple
of weeks, and guess what?  it wouldn't start!

It's got a 2.5 N/A diesel engine in it, and I have checked everything I can
think of.  So far I have bled the fuel system (lots of times!), replaced the
fuel filter, checked all fuel conections, checked the glow plugs, and
checked the stop solenoid.

Some of the work carried out while it was off the road included a complete
oil and filter change, checking and adjusting the valves, and replacing the
air filter.  At first it started and ran for about a minute with lots of
blue smoke but no power and no response to the throttle, then nothing, not
even trying to fire.

It appears that there is not much fuel coming out of the injector pipes when
disconected, but this is difficult to check on your own.  It dampens a rag,
but does not appear to spurt out like it should, though there is definately
fuel getting to the injection pump free of air bubbles.  Could it be the
injection pump?  if so why has it failed suddenly when it was running
perfectly before being parked up?  I do have a spare injection pump in
unknown condition, but don't have the time to swap them :-(

Any ideas gratefully received.  I have already wasted nearly a whole day on
the stupid thing, when I would far rather be using it, I had hoped to get a
lot of work done with it today :-(

Thanks in advance for your ideas,

Tom
SIII 2.5D - currently not running

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From: "Tim Burt" <tim@muddyweb.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 07:04:54 +0100
Subject: Re: Up and running!

Congratulations Adrian, you seem to have done that in pretty good time.....

You don't fancy popping over and doing some work on mine do you ?

:-)

Cheers,

Tim Burt
www.muddyweb.co.uk 

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From: "Tim Burt" <tim@muddyweb.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 07:03:35 +0100
Subject: Re: DVLC Question

I'm not commenting on the legality of it, but when I changed my Series 3
2.25 Diesel for a 2.25 Petrol I did the following :

Informed DVLC of the new engine number and fuel type
Insured it as a Series 3 Petrol.

No questions asked.

As I saw it, the engine is a standard part, and I didn't have to modify
anything else on the vehicle to accommodate the change so to all intents and
purposes it was a Series 3 Petrol.

Like I said, I have no idea about the legality, but I didn't have any
problems from the insurance people or the DVLC.

Of course it's all in the past now.........  (vrrroooomm  vrroommm V8
hehehehehe)

Cheers,

Tim Burt
www.muddyweb.co.uk

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From: Andrew Baker <Andrew_Baker@mitel.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 07:59:25 +0100
Subject: RE: Up and running!

Congratulations, great feeling isn't it !

Andrew B

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From: kevin <sctkr@staffs.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:12:24 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: I cant take any more.. i want a V8

On Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:33:43 -0000 Gareth Evans <g.d.evans@talk21.com> 
wrote:
>I WANT A V8...AT ALL COST

With the budget a V8 on LPG is now about the same cost mile for pennies as a 
diesel!!

Dr Kevin Reiling
Division of Biology
Staffordshire University
ST4 2DE

01782 294746

k.reiling@staffs.ac.uk
internally, sctkr

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