Winter Runaround :)

[gravelrash2004]

well it looks like the van has been pressed back into service......

the car i bought has had the clutch burn out in less than 5 days

[gravelrash2004]

what a day to do the following!! its minus 4 outside

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5241&p=38348&hilit=valve+clearance#p38348

[transitandy]

Did you get it sorted

[gravelrash2004]

Did you get it sorted

wimped out on doing the valve clearances... it was too cold for my old bones. so instead i changed the rocker gasket and the fuel filter. and the bleed off pipes.

filled the filter with diesel treatment and left the battery on charge over the weekend.

went to start the beast and hey presto it started first time... let it run for 5 mins and didnt need to bleed any air out of it. cooool

took it for a quick 2 mile ride and it seems to be good.

[gravelrash2004]

Interesting snippet on this thread

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=88541

can anyone advise if it is correct?

Had occasion to go to ford dealers as they had an offer on fuel and oil filters, Got the lad to show me a new fuel filter top, with the +- knob on it and like mine it turns from the middle to the plus but not to the minus. As I was putting a new filter on mine I took the housing off and tired running clean diesel through it in my parts washer. You only have to look at it to see that it controls the return from the pump in some way. Anyway as I had suspected it basically sets the return to the tank of excess fuel from the injection pump, and normal is in the centre position and when you turn it to + it allows a greater flow back to the tank of the excess fuel.
So as far as I can see the only use for it is to allow the system, particularly the pump to clear air out after being worked on. So if you had say changed the lift pump and you turned it to maximum the fuel through the pumps would quickly clear any air out in the first couple of minuted running, then return it to the middle.
If doing the filter, if you fill it before fitting you would not need this anyway as it would clear itself after a couple of miutes anyway and not really help you.

[gravelrash2004]

quick update following my hapiness about the last but one post.

it started chuggin on 3 cylinders again after a day. so i chamged every last return pipe on the system.... no joy

took the high pressure pump apart and would you believe the pin at teh base of the torque piston was lying in the botton of the chamger and not in its locating hole in the side of the bore.
took the opportunity to clean the torque sleeve and piston, reassembled the pump and after leaving the van running for 30 mins bled the injectors off..

RESULT! been for a few good runs on the beast and its power delivery is LURVELY

[bezzabsa]

PICTURES

[gravelrash2004]

Project is now at an end - boohoo

Van now being broken for parts.