Reply With QuoteThe rest of the pics....
Wizard
SupporterProgress!
Check out the piccies below. Today I veeeeerrrrrrryyyy carefully fitted the new shroud into the head for number one injector. Once I had the shroud lined up, I used the injector itself to press it into place (same deal as removing the damaged one.... pressed it a little bit, checked, reset, pressed some more...) and it worked a treat. Note the mark at twelve o'clock on the shroud, keeping it lined up alright.
Then things galloped along. The pics show the injector port sans shroud, shroud, the injector being used to press it into place, then the washers in place ready to receive the injector for its final installation.
After that, I removed the old washers from the shrouds on numbers two, three and four (more carefully than my effort in March) and got down to installing the injectors. Then it was oil filter, injector pump and secondary fuel filter. The positive cable (now running via the kill-switch) is in place, so before fitting all the injection system I turned the engine over by with the starter to blow out any oil in number one that may have been sucked into the pot by my vacuuming efforts last weekend (only a little residue, it appears).
The fuel lines, spill line and returns were almost completely installed by the time I closed up shop this evening, had an exquisite bit of rib fillet and sat down with a pot of tea to watch "Midsomer Murders".
Now I'd call that a good day.
John
Wizard
SupporterThe rest of the pics....
Wizard
SupporterI didn't quite get to start the engine today. It's more-or-less ready to go now (just needs the glow plugs put back and the fuel system bled), but I called a halt. There are a number of jobs to finish in the engine bay (steering drag link, some retaining clips for brake lines and the like) and it'll be easier to do them before I put in the radiator panel and radiator. So, I made myself be patient (which is relatively easy after close-on three years of sporadic work).
Stay tuned.
John
Wizard
SupporterI believe that she's ready to start*, except that the battery, after three years of doing three fifths of f-all, lacks the oomph to turn her over quickly enough. Off to the rural suppliers this week to get a new battery....
I had a fiddle today looking at some panel fitment (needs work....) and how I am going to organise the aircleaner and snorkel hoses. Things are potentially complicated by my idea of an exhaust fan to draw hot air out of the engine bay (considering that this motor and radiator have never actually overheated, my idea may appear to be frippery, but I digress...). I guess I will fit the aircleaner and hoses as best I can and then see if I still have room for my fancy-pants fan. I'm using a 200Tdi aircleaner, by the way.
Here are some pics of fiddling around examining different orientations for the aircleaner - and one of the old girl actually starting to look like a Land Rover.
Cheerio,
John
* Mind you, I really believed that we were going to win The Ashes in 1981 and I am still coming to terms with the fact that we didn't.
Last edited by Johnno1969; 15th September 2013 at 06:48 PM. Reason: spelling mistake
Wizard
SupporterHere's a photo of the Landy with one guard (I want to say "wing" and become a real anorak, but old habits die hard) on and the bonnet in place.
Wizard
SupporterI mean, here's a photo.
Master
I like your bangles.Originally Posted by Johnno1969
Wizard
SupporterSkinny little redneck.
They're Maasai fertility bracel - er, hang on, you've got kids and I don't.
Whatever.
Just get back on your tractor and keep harvesting or whatever it is you do when you're not whingeing about prices and rainfall.
Master
What's wrong with the original position like this?
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Last edited by wally; 13th August 2015 at 02:44 PM.
Master
Very good
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