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Originally Posted by dirvine
That's right. You can buy it anywhere that also sells spark plug gaps, muffler bearings, metric screwdrivers and left handed hammers.Quote:
Originally Posted by cripesamighty
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Originally Posted by dirvine
That's right. You can buy it anywhere that also sells spark plug gaps, muffler bearings, metric screwdrivers and left handed hammers.Quote:
Originally Posted by cripesamighty
as everyone has suggested, but also BEFORE you take it for a drive...
*Press the brake pedal, ensure it has working brakes.
*Some time ago I got in a Discovery 1 300tdi that had been sitting in a shed somewhere for i think at least 10 - 15 years with 50K original km's on it.
*checked over it all, got it running, sweet, took it for a drive... brake pedal solid! oooops!, luckily a few (more than one or two) and the brakes started to function to a small degree.
Thanks for all the advice guys, I’m about to have a go at it now.
Pull the spark plugs and pour a couple of teaspoons of Dexron/diesel mix in each cylinder and leave for a couple of days. Turn over with the plugs out a few times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathanp
^^^This^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigbjorn
I always revive sleeping engines in this manner. And then crank with spark disconnected to prime the oil pump before loading it up by running it.
agreed- except from costly experience ,pull the plugs THEN crank it till you get oil pressureQuote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
we put a leg out of bed by starting a reco engine which hadnt been run for 12 months or more
In the US this is a major problem as the blinkers are also redQuote:
Originally Posted by dirvine
A manual will help.
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There is one here. For post 1995 vehicles, I think the change is the TDI200 to the TDI300. Again, I think that the V8 will be the same.