Stanleysteamer's latest activity

Morning all, I had a fire in my old oil drum last night all by myself an 2 beers. Ahh nice. :cool::cool:

Mornin Cloudy bright, had some rain in the night Off to pick up me new Gaylander this morning 😛 Stay dry all :)

Morning All. :D Cool today and overcast. :( One of our cats came marching down the garden sporting a Zapata moustache. As it got closer I could see the moustache was moving. Is was a big fat slow-worm. Have a lovely day. :D

heavy rain at the moment forecasts 50mm and thunderstorms all day water tank full to the brim so looks like a restfull Sabbath may watch some rivercottage after lighting the log burner 💿+💻+💺

Are cat when younger would catch and eat crickets and grass hoppers we knew when he was successful as he would pass wind that smelled like rotten cabbage, glad he's older now , 😷😷😷

I must say I don't really know either, I'm just aware of it and I've seen that it gets eaten away after a while. I think you're right in that the anode will degrade in preference to the tank. Our water probably is a bit alkaline, in our case I...

We don't really know the exact reason but there was some kind of issue which resulted in an 'infraction' early on which is the kiss of death. She's been fighting it in the courts for about 15 years. There's been two lorries up and down the...

I think that plug would have been a bit more complicated, and also under the other seat. As it is in my D2. But i cannot swear to this.

Black plug may have been for cd changer - do you still have that fitted?? :)

Looks like a nanocom will be coming my way as I plan on keeping this a long time. Better to be safe and get the better tool

Nanocom is from a different league, it can do more complex programming with the BCU than Foxwell or Icarsoft and these are not reliable at all when it comes to Td5 engine management(i learned that the hard way), they are usefull for the other...

Looks in very good nick, you could buy a full sized spare wheel for it. I hate those small spare wheels, especially on a big car.

I have to confess that I am not very "up" in how all this works. I thought that a sacrificial anode works by oxidizing more quickly than the steel the tank is made from. I have no idea about what ours are made of. I just know that our water is...

Interesting that your water is that soft. Ours is incredibly hard and we have to have sacrificial anodes as well and they do get eaten away - every couple of years I used to drain down our 150L heater tank and bucket out about 30kg of scale...

And the very best of British luck be with you that it doesn't throw its crank. ;)

Thank you I have checked the crank pulley and there is little movement when putting a screw driver in between the two metal bits so I think that’s ok

Hopefully before it lets go and trashes his new rad 😉

Probably

to answer your questions point by point: 1/ This is quite common and reflects the make/break nature of connectors. Or maybe wire(s) broken within their insulation. Often it is down to a bit of corrosion. 2/ Yes it is tight, I have always managed...

Are you going to buy it?

Well, if it gets any worse you will know where to look!!

+1 ^ it’s the way I did it when I first got mine. I found the radio code scribbled in the handbook and also the EKA code. You can’t change the radio code as you can the EKA.

No, that doesn't look intermittent at all. It isn't connected to anything so cannot be the problem. If you don't have a diagnostic, look at the yellow connectors under each seat. The wires to them are very thin and the connectors are rubbish. If...

Need to get your hair cut now, enjoy it

;)

Black and sooty, not oily. Maybe they aren't getting hot enough to burn it off?

I am wondering if maybe the previous owner put plugs in it that are too cool for normal running. I'd go for standard NGK bp6es Agree, this is the correct way to go. More or less. Technically when it is correct, the revs are supposed to rise...

Whenever I've set an SU, set idle to slightly high. Lift piston a smidge.. if the revs drop, richen the mix, if it rises, lean it. You're looking for revs to stay the same or drop 'slightly'. Adjust revs as you go to keep them slightly high...

Progress! .... Well, maybe, maybe not, will have a few more runs to see. Despite me having timed the life out of the thing it has still been giving me trouble when I am trying to accelerate from modest speeds (e.g. 30MPH) if there is any "load"...