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sounds more like the compression on yours but on the cheap you can do a hell of a lot of good for it such as take the injectors out and soak them in thinners for a couple of hours then scrub with an old toothbrush ( they come up like brand new ) another thing i did was take the inlet...

did you advance the pump this time or not ( next time speed up yer idles a bit more )

if they were britpart i wouldnt be surprised and thinkin about it mine did that after i had mine timed up to the bollox aswell so might not have been age but they were original and appear to be the weakest link in the cam to valve train in my opinion :rolleyes:

the only way i can think of checking if yer rings are fried without stripping the head off is to do a compression test

whats actually going on is all tratter peeps are spring cleaning and spruicing up their workhorses for the coming years graft ( we can because theyve served us all well during last year ) unlike the fairies in the gaylander section who are doing repairs such as putting the doors back on...

begun to build up the engine again and then got sidetracked by the missus complaining about the state of the trailer i built from crap and leftovers i had lying around so i also made that match the landy ( sort of )

i had the same thing with me diesel 2.25 and it turned out to be the tappet cam roller follower had done this due to age

how doooo its been a little while since i added to this thread due to ill health ( gastro interitus ) so to get meself back into the swing of things with the landy and also coz i was sick to the back teeth of listening to me missus moaning about the state of the grotty half built trailer on...

absolutely gutted for you mate have the police or insurance said anything towards recovering the parts found or towards a payout as im not sure how it would be handled if it were me id be in there with a trailer collecting anything and evrything to go towards rebuilding her again using...

sounds to me like yer pump wants retarding a little ( its where id start with the fuel reduction )

the discos of that period are pretty cheap to get hold of but there are verry few and far between to find one with a solid boot floor sills front and rear wheelarches and floorpans if your going looking at any discos it dont matter how shiny and clean they are just make damn sure you inspect...

true like most of the trolls that turn up and at 150 posts i dont think even bob could be arsed going that far with a blag account :D:D:rolleyes:

dunno what yer been quoted but round these parts the usual rule of thumb at the moment is about £65 for a patch the size of a creddit card this is why i can undercut most garages round here :D:D

any of the impatient bastids that wont wait while im reversing me trailer onto me driveway ( narrow street with no power steering ) they either sit there and blast the horn fer ages or force their way past with less than an inch to spare normally its twots in BMW's and audis that work in the...

best advice i can give for putting it back on is to lift the back end and sit a length of 3x2 timber on top of the chassis crossmember to clear the rear fixing tabs then drape some old carpet over that then stand on the chassis where the seatbox was and just slide the bugger off the back end...

innit theres always bound to be one prat that either dont like yer work or will use any excuse not to pay or just wants to leave negative feedback thats why i suggested the minimum 50 posts as itll cut out a big chunk of extra work for the mods exept for when it kicks off just move it to AG...

just wondering on peoples thoughts on a section for people who do landy things like fabrication repairs and refurbish certain parts of landys eg dr evil with his bumpers me with the bulkheads and 90truckcab with his machining work where other members can view what such people do and...

turn yer idles up ( put the hand throttle 2 clicks up ) thats what mine did it looked and was set up according to the manual but wasnt quite up far enough as it was starving of fuel also advance the pump by 1 degree ;)

what colour is the smoke from yer exhaust and does it run on 3 cylinders at the time if its white smoke yer need te advance the pump by 1 degree then bleed the 2 little nipples on the pump then get her running with yer idle raised to give a bit of speed ( fast idle) then crack off number...

i got me own way round the welding gas thing i found a pub that was closed down and had 5 of the big 3 foot bottles sat at the side of the place in an alley way so i err......well.....liberated them so now ive drilled the non return valve out of them so they can be refilled and i just go...