why dont it run on 4 ?

[bazw]

well after getting the frankensprinter to run and thinking this is not going to pull the skin off a rice pudding (the call of its alive may be a bit early ,im a petrol head not an oil burner so this is first time playing with the things )
i now have a cooling system on it and could let it warm up a bit
BUT as it burns the oil off the exhaust i see its only running on 2 pots
so cracked the injecters 1 @ a time and 1 and 3 do nothing when i bleed them , and 2 and 4 cause it to hunt i checked the valve order and it runs 1243 so thats normal di/banana , the questions are
1 why is it only firing on 2 ,injector lines run in the right order to
2 does it matter if the cold start solinoid is not working as i get much better revs when i twist the arm for that and not just the throttle one ?
i think this is its last chance before i rip the nana out and look for a petrol engine

[bazw]

well i cant think of any other things to try now , have spent the day swopping injectors and they all work as it still runs on 2 and 4 , does this mean i have a duff pump or duff compression on 1 and 3 ? any ideas folks

this thing gets 1 more day of my time then its out and becomes a boat mooring point in the local river

[FredTransit]

well i cant think of any other things to try now , have spent the day swopping injectors and they all work as it still runs on 2 and 4 , does this mean i have a duff pump or duff compression on 1 and 3 ? any ideas folks

this thing gets 1 more day of my time then its out and becomes a boat mooring point in the local river

Should have bought a transit.

[bazw]

well the motor and box are transit
the body just got given free , didnt think we were that fussy to be honest as its all ford mechanical questions but what the hay
guess its time to brush up on my german and fix the dead sprinter engine that came with it

[MrMPuk]

How Rude!

[tim]

have not read the rest of your corespondence on the forum,but have you checked tapped clearance i had a similar problem and it turned out to be tight tappets when engine heated up to working temp.2 valves were slightly open so it looked as if it was only firing in 2.Checked valve clearance when cold and everything looked normal

[bazw]

How Rude!

yes fred was wasnt she
only kidding
in 78 posts i have made no secret that this nana engine and box was going in a sprinter and fred has helped and answered questions without snipes , dont know why today but it dont bother me one way or the other


tim thanks for the reply i will try that in the morning before i pull the motor
thanks again

[MrMPuk]

79 now! I'm sure she's only joking, but you never know she is Transit to the bone!

[madmark]

oh yes they dont come more mrs transit than our fred thats for shure!

[FredTransit]

I wasn't really been rude, but sarcastic. However I can't help noticing how few replies there has been about the sphincter. After all I have a 351 Cleveland in a LWB but it doesn't make it an econoline..... It's still a transit, and Ashley has a Chevvy engine in his, but it's still a transit.

[Luke]

Like said when you signed up Baz i have a mk1 escort with a rover engine in and although its not a rover i use the rover forum!!
your welcome on here in my book!!
like you say you could have never mentioned the merc bit and you never know you could always rebody your engine into a transit shell

and if i could have helped you i would have done - but truth is i havent a clue

[bazw]

the best guess i have now is i have low compression on 2 cylinders and it will not fire off on them
will have to see if i can beg steel or borrow a compression tester before i pull the head and check the valves for burnt or pitted seats
i dont think its the rings as there is no great pressure from the oil filler to make me think its blow bye on the rings

fred i have always thought you were joking so hope were still cool ,and i have noticed some lake of replys to questions to but put that down to the folks who dont like hybrids

btw the conversion is a case of redrilling the front mounts 1" forward to take the ford bushes and a bracket to change the box carrier from 1 hole to 2 for the mt75 box put a dent in the tool box to clear the exhaust then swop the flange on the prop you would think they were made for each other
so if the di ever becomes rare the merc ones will go in a tranny easy
including the 5 cylinder turbos

luke just in case what rover engine are you using and what box ?

[Luke]

luke just in case what rover engine are you using and what box ?

T16 and type9!! - go well in a tranny........ well sprinter

[bazw]

wonder if the T16 will go to a mt75 with some sort of ease as it looks like i bought a box and the boat anchor came free

[Luke]

wonder if the T16 will go to a mt75 with some sort of ease as it looks like i bought a box and the boat anchor came free

yes and no you can get an adapter plate rhe make one - but when i rang they wouldnt sell me one!! but that wasnt to fit a tranny MT75 the other problem is the dizzy sticks out the back as its normally a fwd engine