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You owe me a beer if you get to Corowa.
Will do.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by 101 Ron
Gee you grass looks really green there Ron:D
SOOOO you coming to Corowa then :D if so I think there will beers all around with the 101 fraternity :twobeers::twobeers:
Mrs hh:angel
I'm not a 100% starter yet - Corowa is the same weekend as the F1 GP which I am heavily involved with through work. I've already planted the seed that I won't be there, but there's no guarantee I can make it yet...
We start the bump in next week, so I should have a better idea in 4 or 5 weeks - if we are ahead of schedule then I should be ok...
Keep your fingers crossed.:)
Ok, back into it today now the warmer weather has past. Just cleaning up the compressor before its mounted for the final time. Does anyone know how much and what type of oil I should put in it? There is a filling on the side, but a long way up, so it's not like a gearbox or diff that you fill until it come out the hole - that would fill it to the brim.
I got about 100ml of the original yellow coloured stuff out of it. It looks to be a lighter grade than engine oil.
Any ideas?
I use engine oil in mine.
The level is common sense and why I made a dip stick of mine.
I think on a York there is a plate....or sump which unbolts.
If you remove it you should be able to see where the conrods and crankshaft is.
You want the oil level to be so the conrods and crank hits the surface level of the oil to throw it around to the pistons.
Too much of the crank and rods in the oil and the oil will foam too much.
Too low and the crank and rods will not hit the oil and nothing will be lubricated.
On my Nippon denso compressor I fill it up to the plug on the side anyhow.
During useage the compressor will use oil and I top it up at every engine oil change using a oil can.
The oil that goes though the compressor I drain out of the air tank drain.
Thanks Ron. I don't really want to pull the sump off it, as I don't have any gasket material thick enough to make a new one, so I made an educated guess of where the crank would drop down to, and where the horizontal plane of the crankshaft is based on the pulley. I made a dipstick up out of a coat hanger and worked out where I thought the oil should sit. It took 300ml to get it close to where I wanted it. I then did a bit more research on the web and found a site that shows the spec for the oil capacity of these compressors - 8 to 12 ounces. Converting that to grams, and allowing for the oils specific gravity of about 0.9, that worked out to about 250 to 370ml. Given that the compressor will run on a slight angle, I put a bit more in - so 330ml all up which should be right by the sounds of it. I've marked the dipstick with min and max marks so I can check the level when I do a service.:)
You know there is such a thing as a fluid ounce.Quote:
Originally Posted by bacicat
1 fl oz (uk) = 28.4130625ml
1 fl oz (us) = 29.5735296875ml
Yes, but they mentioned ounces mor than once, not fluid ounces. Looks like my conversion is close to the mark, even using fluid ounces.:)
Well, one step forward, 10 steps back...:mad:
Got the entire compressor system finished now - apart from a belt - measured up carefully and worked out i need a 13A1250 belt. Super crap only had a 13A1230 then a 13A1270 - bought the shorter one and found it too short, took it back and swapped it for the 13A1270 too long. So, I'll have to do a ring around tomorrow and see who keeps the 1250.
All good you may think, but not so. While fitting everything for the last time, I went to undo one bolt I hadn't touched before - one of the water pump bolts that hold the idler pulley - I had trial fitted it with 2 out of the 3 bolts needed to mount it. Yes, you guessed it, it snapped off, and is now leaking coolant, so off with everything again, and off with the water pump. Who knows what I'll find when I do that.... Hope I can get the bolt out, or its a new front cover... I have plenty of spare bits - including the front cover off the old 3.5 in the garage, but I was hoping to have everything done to go camping on the long weekend, and that doesn't look likely now, but I'll put in some hours after work and see if I can get it sorted.
Still need to make the alternator bracket as well - I've measured everything up, so it won't be too hard, but it'll take a few hours I would imagine. Then I just have to sort all the wiring to the new alternator location, then I'm done - easy...:D