Steve Swan
Well-Known Member
Been Busy doing battle with the Landy the last couple of days. It would appear that some work was done at chassis exchange time, but very little thereafter, so lots of siezed /mullered bolts, but slowly getting there. All lubricants renewed except engine oil , various kinds of Mud came out of various places, I think it will probably develop a couple of oil leaks, but we'll just have to see.
The Footbrake performance has been transformed.
Original pretty worn out fronts.
The Caliper bolts are Bi-hex and have been killed by a previous assailant, so these will be replaced. On the road it has a bit of a Howl , which I thought was the tyres, but after the outer wheelbearing fell in the basin full of crap that was under the hub, I cursed my own stupidity and went to the parts washer to clean it up , which it did to the colour of a used teabag - completely buggered, another thing on the list. I cleaned it up and re-greased it and was pleased to note the Howl had halved in volume on the way home.
It felt a little dull for performance, I drove these at work when they were new and they were good /faster than what we had as vans, at the time (sherpa 400 ,smiley Transits Vauxhall combo non turbo) I assumed that being spoiled by the increased performance of modern Diesels, that was it, but on arriving back in perth it really had woken up and was how I remembered them. Iwonder if the wastegate had been a bit sticky. It's on the list, but service first, then fit boost gauge and egt gauge before meddling. It's the 6 P's again
Proper
Preparation
Prevents
Piss
Poor
Performance
The Radiator has arrived, this with a Hose kit ,Water pump and T/stat will see the whole cooling system revamped except the Block, Head and Heater
It's the oil cooler too.
One small heartstopping moment when I fired it up to move it outside, was the rumble coming from the gearbox, before I remembered that it has a pump which needs to prime after an oilchange, then silence resumed, Whew.........................
The Footbrake performance has been transformed.
Original pretty worn out fronts.
The Caliper bolts are Bi-hex and have been killed by a previous assailant, so these will be replaced. On the road it has a bit of a Howl , which I thought was the tyres, but after the outer wheelbearing fell in the basin full of crap that was under the hub, I cursed my own stupidity and went to the parts washer to clean it up , which it did to the colour of a used teabag - completely buggered, another thing on the list. I cleaned it up and re-greased it and was pleased to note the Howl had halved in volume on the way home.
It felt a little dull for performance, I drove these at work when they were new and they were good /faster than what we had as vans, at the time (sherpa 400 ,smiley Transits Vauxhall combo non turbo) I assumed that being spoiled by the increased performance of modern Diesels, that was it, but on arriving back in perth it really had woken up and was how I remembered them. Iwonder if the wastegate had been a bit sticky. It's on the list, but service first, then fit boost gauge and egt gauge before meddling. It's the 6 P's again
Proper
Preparation
Prevents
Piss
Poor
Performance
The Radiator has arrived, this with a Hose kit ,Water pump and T/stat will see the whole cooling system revamped except the Block, Head and Heater
It's the oil cooler too.
One small heartstopping moment when I fired it up to move it outside, was the rumble coming from the gearbox, before I remembered that it has a pump which needs to prime after an oilchange, then silence resumed, Whew.........................
