Hmm been a few months between updates on this old bus.
Main reason is a few months ago she came off the road because I needed a more economical steed for work, but I'm not making the mistake of selling it
Anyway some catch up updates just before she came off the road the Crank position sensor failed in the most convenient place ever.....
A common Thor V8 foible it was getting on 22yrs old and decided to shit the bed, luckily as with most fails once the motor cooled off she fired first go!!
que a hasty retreat home!!
and with a new sensor ordered up the offending article was replaced..
The sensor lives on the bell housing under a cover.....
Old sensor out, nowt special to remove it just two 8mm nuts.
Very easy to to the connector on the back of the cylinder head was a right pain in the ballcock, but got there in the end...
Once fitted she fired up just fine and needing no excuse to go for a run I took her out for some pez, filled the tank at the local pump and got the same comment I do everytime "leave some for us" etc etc £150 down the V8 drain.
Never ceased to amaze me how much fun it is/was driving it managed to burn through a fair bit of fuel on that run so called it a day before I had to fill up again!! 15mpg!! lol
Next up on the list was removal of the old LPG tank, its been taking up the space where the spare goes since 2003 and with Autogas nearing its demise it seemed stupid to keep it in there, so out with the sockets and 10mins later we have a tank which is very corroded as it turns out
And the absurdly heavy spare wheel back where it belongs.
Oh and I also fitted a new O2 sensor but didn't take any pics unfortunately!!
And as a parting post as the old bus is going to be out of commission for a good while yet I thought it prudent to clean everything the best I could to negate any mould growing etc etc
Thanks for reading folks!