BlackBetty is home

[LandyAndy]

YAY she is home:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Not without a big drama.THAT 626 POS I borrowed from my Bro blew up on the trip up to Perth,ended up on the back of a tow truck.
Real happy with Richard(Kie4),a real good price$1500 all up including a new injector harness.
Ive got the dreaded oil in the ECU,but Richard is confident that I can keep it cleaned up using brake cleaner and opening up the covering on the harness at its lowest point.It had interior lights that wouldnt go out and the electric radiator fan is running constantly with the engine on.There was one "refuse to start" when I left Bunnings after buying a new angle grinder to build her new rear bumper.Switched the key on and off 3 times and all was OK.
Well done Richard,I realise it was a trying time for you getting her going and packing/cleaning/shifting house.For you Perth blokes looking for a Landy mechanic give him a go:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Andrew

[DirtyDawg]

Here ,here I second that DR KIE4 is in da house:D:D:D:D
Good to see her back home Andrew..I will have to come down soon to play on your playground , drink your home brew, spew on your lawn and sleep in your shed:D:D:D:D;)

[LandyAndy]

Your on Nigel
The good DrKie4 sounds interested too:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Andrew

[CraigE]

Good to see you have got her back. So after all your efforts you still got oil in the ecu? Not good. We might have to re-design one of LRs biggest pukc ups alongside the loose bolt fiasco. There has to be an easy permanent fix, time for some lateral thinking.
All settled in down here now, New spa arrives Monday (will have to wait until Wed night to try it when I get home). Plenty of room when you want to come down this way next.
Found a nice little spot today when I went on an ER reco mission down to the salt water intake. A place called Mason's Bay, about 30kms east of Hopetoun. Nice little campsites right on the beach. Looked like a fair amount of shallow sand and rock areas to swim and snorkle. Talking to campers fishing is OK as well.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Glad to see Black Betty's back on the road,,

now its (hopefully) Edds turn,,,;)

[LandyAndy]

Hi Craig
Yep the Sillycum didnt work.It was Loctite RTV sensor safe blue.The engine oil ate it,it was left for more than 24hrs to cure,I wonder if its the synthetic oil that caused it,normally its a good sillycum.Ive tried opening the ECU but havent got anything suitable to do those tamper proof screws,got one undone so now I can get the correct tool.
Stop teasing me,I would pack up and head for Esperance now if I could.
Andrew

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I wonder if anyone else has/had this problem??

two well known products,,:confused:

[tracker]

hum,I had problem with oil in ecu and fixed by removing ecu from engine bay and removing top (seemed to be glued on +funny screws) cleaned out with diaelectric spray and replaced.worked ok for 18mths untill chipped.(replaced ecu old mod00). after reading this just checked ecu plug and it seems ok.
gotto have a win sometimes hey!
(in fact the disco has done11 thousand klicks no problems.)
gee I hope I dont put the mocca on it!

[LandyAndy]

Its amazing how much oil travels up the wires.Richard showed me when I picked it up,it was covered in oil,we cleaned it,checked it this morning the connection was flooded again after 160km.
Richard recommended brake cleaner,(what they use at the dealer)seems to clean it up quickly.
Does anybody know if the oil capilarates up the inside of the wires or the outside? seems too clean to be coming up the outside.
For the mean time I have reversed the ECU(the engine plug is now lowermost) and removed the rubber plug/seal on the engine ecu plug to alow the oil to drip out of the connector.
Anybody know what they call the screw type and driver size needed in the ECU.Its a star drive but has a central stud to stop you using a torx type bit.
Andrew

[tracker]

I found the thingie in a cheep set that those annoying door to dooorsalesmen try to sell.

[justinc]

The thingie is a tamperproof torx bit. Not sure what size, I'll have a look.

JC

[CraigE]

Its amazing how much oil travels up the wires.Richard showed me when I picked it up,it was covered in oil,we cleaned it,checked it this morning the connection was flooded again after 160km.
Richard recommended brake cleaner,(what they use at the dealer)seems to clean it up quickly.
Does anybody know if the oil capilarates up the inside of the wires or the outside? seems too clean to be coming up the outside.
For the mean time I have reversed the ECU(the engine plug is now lowermost) and removed the rubber plug/seal on the engine ecu plug to alow the oil to drip out of the connector.
Anybody know what they call the screw type and driver size needed in the ECU.Its a star drive but has a central stud to stop you using a torx type bit.
Andrew
With my experience of the dreaded oil in the harness, it does not get into the ecu box as this is sealed and the connection on the ecu box connector is pins and sealed. The oil just pools in the connector as the harness is the female side. I did try to have a look in, got the torx bolts out but could not get the cover off. Would like to as I want to see if it has been chipped, should have some sort of markings, maybe.

[George130]

Congrats!
Mine is back together but wouldn't start. Flat battery. I have it charging rite now in the hope of starting it up tonight to flush any crap out.

[Jamo]

Good to see Betty's up and running again, Andrew!:D

We'll have to come over and test your 'playground'. Looks like it might not be this year, though. Next time we go to Perth we'll fly 'cause we've been a bit busy and we have to stay on top of the workload here in case we suddenly have to head off to China.

[CraigE]

Andy,
We will be down in Pemberton on the mid November, scheduling allowing will try and catch up. Biggest drama is weekend planned at Donnelly Lakes then kids have to be back at school. May just try to drop by for a cuppa.
Craig

[LandyAndy]

Good stuff Craig
Keep me informed,would be good to catch up again
Andrew