Thread: where to start{new toy is here}

few more pics
wound it over by crank and theres pressure on each cilinder so wouldent that indicate the valves are working {ie not stuck open} pulling the plug of cylinder 3{from front} produces less change than the oither 3 plus the generator pully wobbles like the back wheel on my first bike ,groans and grinds a little to...
guess ill compression test it tomorow{ps there is spark on cyl 3 }

Nice truck, very tidy.

I have a genuine 86'' - 109'' operators manual, it shows pork pie tail lights in all photos of short and long vehicles.

The wagon top looks fine , the straight sides make a differance if youre used to looking at the S2 onwards wagons that are tapered inwards at the top.

If your compression test comes up reasonable try changing the engine oil some engines seem to like certain brands of oil better than others. maybe faulty sparkplug ?

Just a couple of other things, that heater is a shocker and so is the windscreen wiper motor, Im sure both would look better if fitted to Klonk .

Cheers Steve

comp readings dry from front of car 110 130 130 130
wet 120 130 140 130
unshure if the ht leads are in the right order either could someone pop up the order as i cant find it in the stuff i have

comp readings dry from front of car 110 130 130 130
wet 120 130 140 130
unshure if the ht leads are in the right order either could someone pop up the order as i cant find it in the stuff i have..
i wonder if i should pop a little squirt of distalate down the plug holes and leave it overnight......or ?????
plugs set at .032" points gap at.040 ....

I will give you $10 each for those pork pies .

Nice looking series 1.

Garry

Firing order 1 3 4 2, spark plugs 030 thou, points 015 thou, tappets IN 010 ex 012. Compression should be 125 PSI with a hot engine.

Try a valve set then recheck compression. Diesel down the bores wont acheive much, it will run past the rings into the sump if the rings are stuck, Change the oil and give it a run, make it pull and work hard for a few outings and see what happens.
I run Caltex delo 400 in my old 4.2 diesel patrol when i first got it the caltex dealer warned me that it would burn oil and smoke a bit and then slowly stop as it gave things a clean out, it did and doesnt burn oil anymore.

Cheers Steve

Originally Posted by garrycol

I will give you $10 each for those pork pies .

Garry

Ok - your going to make me broke here - $20 each

I think the earlier 86s had D lights but it was the 88 that initially had pork pies and later maybe the beacons.

" Change the oil and give it a run, make it pull and work hard for a few outings and see what happens."


that was the plan........
got the oil and fresh fuel{it runs smoother with clean plugs and points } BUT.............

can you get and change the front bearing in a dynamo? {pn 242672 or lu227698} the whole pulley is shaking and screaching ,illl try and repack it if i can get it apart ...

the cars going but i cant seem to get it to go far lol
the long drive and fresh oil were my intent ,but it has to be on the qt .With the lights now working it will be a night run when Mr plod's asleep

it hasnt been driven more than a km or two since 2009 so it realy needs a run