Thread: glow plugs.....

if its running its pretty close to timed right.

depending on what type of torque wrenches you have yes you need to pull the injectors to get to those two bolts..

in a pinch you can drop the lead from the 3rd glow plug to an earth. mine is off of a rocker cover bolt but normally it goes down to the bolt in the top right of the plate that mounts the oil filler neck (similar to as depicted in the photo)

A little puffing is normal from these engines when they are trying to cold idle. soon as you put some noise and load on it it will clean up.

Originally Posted by fraser130

Russell, just a quick little tale that happened to me.
I had a 2.25 diesel, and for years It had been absolutely gutless., well one day I drove into a tiny diesel farm equipment place in the middle of nowhere near Ballaarat, for another issue I was having, anyway he heard me drive drive in and walked out to see who it was.
He walked up to me and said, "your timing's too retarded, just twist the pump a little"
Anyway, I went into town and bought a $12 crap socket set (as at the time I had no tools) and did what he suggested.

Boy what a difference!
It went straight to the diesel "rattle" and had AT LEAST half as much power again.
I'll never forget it, it was a completely different engine.
I love those little engines.
One day I might even buy our daughter a SWB ragtop diesel.
Enjoy!

Fraser

(sorry if I got a little carried away, I got all reminicent(Ron?))

Just reading Fraser's note made me think of my own 2.25 diesel. I rebuilt it in my brother's shed nearly ten years ago. I'd always heard from all and sundry how gutless and useless these engines are supposed to be, but of course had a go at it anyway. Once it was all ready, I bunged it into the IIA and off I went. From the first drive, I was blown away. To say that it outperformed the Holden 186 previously in the Landy (not my fault. There was a Holden engine in the car when I bought it) is an understatement. While it certainly doesn't have the top end of the petrol six, it left it for dead low-down and mid-range. True, it is a tad underpowered, but it trundles along doing what it was designed to do very well. I get between 28 and 34mpg always (average 29-30), it's never given any trouble at all, starts easily without even using the glowplugs and I just love it. Of course, it doesn't match the 200Tdi in my Defender in a lot of ways, but it has its own appeal.

What made me think to write is Fraser's mention of timing. It is true that just one or two degrees can make a big difference to these engines. His story of a roadside adjustment transforming the engine is not unfamiliar. When I put the pump on, I lined up the master spline as described in the manual, but there was no pointer for fine adjustment. Luckily, I must have been holding my mouth right as I tightened things up, as she fired up beautifully. I backed away slowly and carefully and haven't touched it since.....

The glowplugs I bought for the rebuild, incidentally, were from a mob called Dieselglow, through Paddock's. They are a probe-type plug, not the early style elements which can break up (and had done on my engine prior to its rebuild). The wiring diagram said not to run a wire from number one to earth and so I didn't. They work beautifully on the rare occasions that I actually need them.

Cheers,

John