The psitons and bearings arrived from Turner Engineering this evening. Late, but not their fault – the courriers were simply incompetent and despite loading the parcel on their truck for delivery on friday and again for a special delivery on Saturday, they never turned up. frida Turner was a bit surprised to get my enquiring […]
Boring Work
The block has been taken to a local engineering shop for assessment and rectification. It’ll be getting a rebore to +20 thou with a new set of AE pistons. The pistons and crankshaft bearings have been ordered from Turner Engineering and were expected today, but the delivery didn’t arrive. I’m sure they’ll be here tomorrow, […]
Smiths Gauges
I finally got bored of having a dimmer oil pressure gauge than voltmeter, even though both are cosmetically idnetical Smiths 2″ gauges. While both matched in daylight, the older original oil pressure gauge was illuminated much more dimly and bluer than the new voltmeter, to the extent that it was hard to read at night. […]
Tdi is Stripped – Oh Dear
I have finished stripping down the Tdi engine. The crankshaft pulley had to be removed with a lashed-up puller as it was so tight on the shaft. It was due to a trace of corrosion on the mating faces that left nothing more that brown staining – it polished off instantly with emery paper and […]
Stripping the Tdi
I spent part of today removing more bits of the Tdi. It’s a laborious process as I’m cleaning everything as I go to make storage and reassembly easier. The sump, turbo, manifolds, head, injection pump, lift pump, block breather, oil filter housing and brake vacuum pump have all been removed and cleaned. The injectors have […]
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