Supernaut Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 OM606 time! dome, loserone, PicantoJon and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 2 hours ago, Supernaut said: OM606 time! Agree. But sad to see the engine fail after all the work. juular, rm36house and Lacquer Peel 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 8 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Agree. But sad to see the engine fail after all the work. Herre gud! Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 As much as I love the idea of an OM (nom nom) I'd like to repair the B18 as it's not too bad. A quick polish of the crank and some new bearings will see it good. It looks like the Conrod nut on #1 has wound itself off. Longer term I think the 240 would make a better OM candidate. There's more room and it's more of a big comfy cruiser. That's if I don't push it into the canal before that point. Sunny Jim, mk2_craig, Saabnut and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Well I didn't expect this. Either something has got into the oil or the effect of #1 disintegrating has fed swarf into the others. Going to flush the engine before fitting new shells. danthecapriman, JMotor, Sunny Jim and 8 others 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Could the oil pump be suspect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 3 hours ago, jonathan_dyane said: Could the oil pump be suspect? It could well be. I have it off to flush it and check it over. Never got any oil pressure warnings mind you, but it could well be pumping alright while simultaneously disintegrating. Minimad5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Crank is toast. Plastigauged #1 and it was clearly out of round as the mark was tapered quite strongly. Thankfully I have a spare crank. Coprolalia, tooSavvy, Jim Bell and 12 others 2 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Account balance being calculated valued customer sir. Please await the waits. Big ends gone. Damaged Crankshaft Leaking from bellhousing Leaking radiator Headlights not working Indicators not working Ignition barrel fucked Gearbox mount split in two. As mentioned the original plan was to take this to Rustival this weekend but to be honest I completely gave up because of the issues and I haven't been in a state of mind to sort it. The few times I'd had a go at tackling small things I ended up a mere bawhair from putting a sledgehammer through the windscreen and having it towed. The furthest I'd got recently was unceremoniously dumping the engine. I didn't even have the mental wherewithal to stick the fingers up at it. To cheer myself up I dug further. Oil pump taken off, a hose shoved up the engine's oil arsehole and five litres of diesel pumped through to try and flush all the passages. Like a cold dino enema. That needs a level of attention. So I professionally recored my radiator. Grudgingly, the engine. I found the cause of the bellhousing leak. That was a brand new rear main seal conversion kit, I didn't even press it into the housing with my big dirty king chuck fingers. It just fucked up all by itself. Beautiful. Let's check how well the spare crank matches up to the big ends with new bearings. It's what it says in the book. Not going back in here again for at least a week, so both the big ends and mains were replaced. A generous squeeze of raspberry sauce to appease the god of ungrateful cars. And the rest. New seal for a guaranteed five minutes of reliability. More sauce. It hasn't exploded yet. alcyonecorporation, rm36house, captain_70s and 42 others 44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 7 minutes ago, juular said: That is stunning Lacquer Peel, juular, Rust Collector and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Fucking hell. That is a level of productivity I don't think I could ever achieve. Top work. I hope it rewards you for the work tooSavvy, danthecapriman, mercedade and 7 others 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 The hero we need, not the hero we deserve. Sunny Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Amazing stuff,! seriously I mean that! now take it to Rustival to show it who's boss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Currently broken down with a flat battery. captain_70s, GrumpiusMaximus, Lacquer Peel and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, loserone said: hope it rewards you for the work Fucks sake, sorry man, my fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 1 minute ago, loserone said: Fucks sake, sorry man, my fault I was going to get you to cross stitch and frame it, but perhaps MS paint would be more realistic in terms of time frames with this car. Supernaut, Jim Bell, GrumpiusMaximus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back_For_More Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Battery or alternator not charging? Not just a loose aux belt or anything - amazing speed with sorting this out - top cracking on juular 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Datsuncog, JMotor, Supernaut and 9 others 2 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Loose engine earth lead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 1 minute ago, Mrs6C said: Loose engine earth lead? Got a load of tools in the car and just been diagnosing. Battery is actually flat. It's possible the alternator is dead, or it's not getting a good earth through the block for some reason. Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 At least it was considerate enough to let me have lunch. Six-cylinder, Sunny Jim, LightBulbFun and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Apologies for the reacts. I'm not laughing at you but with you (and the badly made memes). juular, Datsuncog and EyesWeldedShut 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Looks like the alternator regulator is fried. Did I mention it's a new alternator? Supernaut, EyesWeldedShut, Jim Bell and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Hold the god damn phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 False hope. Dyslexic Viking, Six-cylinder, Lacquer Peel and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Did you at least get back ok, or are you still in Subway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Worse than that, I ended up in an industrial estate in Baillieston. The emotional rollercoaster continues. Did I mention we're meant to leave tomorrow morning? GrumpiusMaximus, Lacquer Peel, Jim Bell and 3 others 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Moment of truth, as if we are leaving for rustival we are going today or not at all. New alternator is charging at 13.7V so that's a good start. Just need to fix a couple of niggles and then force every tool I own into the boot just in case. Mega thanks to @Lacquer Peel for digging me out of a hole last night. Old new alternator can rest with the fishes at the bottom of the garden. Dick Longbridge, LightBulbFun, JMotor and 24 others 17 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 20 hours ago, juular said: Looks like the alternator regulator is fried. Did I mention it's a new alternator? I fucking hate repo parts. Think the Dolly is on it's 3rd new alternator and 4th new starter in 10,000 miles/10 years. I do think it tends to be that a repo part will either fail in short order or last for a decent period. Fingers crossed. danthecapriman, mk2_craig and juular 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Begin. JMotor, Popsicle, dome and 24 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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