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[SAL 821X]

Cheers MM.

Started her up this evening for a while and with the new dip stick the flat spots worse now I'm sure of it lol

Got some of the carpet in too so it starting to feel a bit more comfortable now.

[SAL 821X]

Nearly finished the footwell carpet now and feels much better.

 

Untitled by Matt  Locke, on Flickr

 

Untitled by Matt  Locke, on Flickr

[SAL 821X]

Swapped the plugs yesterday and seems to have cured the flat spot when blipping the throttle its bogged a bit when its was cold but once warm it was fine. Couldn’t take it up the road though as ive not finished cutting in the carpet round the pedal.

Oil pressure seems to be a bit lower too.

[SAL 821X]

Holy thread bump batman… guess who's back! Well I’m still going at the resto.

 

Not a lot has happened in the last 2 years the vans mostly been sat under a cover apart from running it up now and again. However, a couple months ago I drove it up the road and when I got back noticed that it was leaking oil quite a lot still. Last weekend we had the engine out and the crank seal was toast!! this has been changed now and no more leaking! 

 

there also seems to be some weeping from the head gasket with water bubbles so that is going to have to come off and be changed next.

 

It also needs a good tune up as the mixure is all over the place, flat spots and bogs down when you accelerate... 

 

Heyho, it finally feels like it's getting almost road worthly now though.

I also seem to have lot all ability to post images!

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[SAL 821X]

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[SAL 821X]

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[sonscar]

Do I spy oil leaks?or did you carefully park over someone else's?Looking very nice,love the colour.Steve..

[Ben_O]

Good to hear you still have the van!

Good luck worh sorting out those few issues so you can enjoy it

 

Cheers

Ben 

[SAL 821X]

Do I spy oil leaks?or did you carefully park over someone else's?Looking very nice,love the colour.Steve..

 

Yep... that was the reason for taking the engine out.... 

 

Popped in an uprated clutch plate while I was at it.

[SAL 821X]

Good to hear you still have the van!

Good luck worh sorting out those few issues so you can enjoy it

 

Cheers

Ben 

 

Certainly been a long time coming. 

 

It's not going anywhere that's for sure. 

[Mini Manannán]

Nice to hear from you SAL, I'd forgotten about this thread!

 

Imgur is about the best for images, just copy and paste the BB code

[SAL 821X]

Evening all,

So update is that I manage to fix the oil leak with a new crank seal… whoop

However, the heads weeping a little water now! So will need to take the head off and replace the gasket.

Also, swapped the needle from ADS to BCE to see if it will run better. Messed around with mixture but its clear that I’m no carb tuner.

[YoungUn]

Nearly finished the footwell carpet now and feels much better.

 

Untitled by Matt  Locke, on Flickr

 

Untitled by Matt  Locke, on Flickr

 

Hi, Where is this carpet from? It looks decent! 

[timmy850]

Evening all,

So update is that I manage to fix the oil leak with a new crank seal… whoop

However, the heads weeping a little water now! So will need to take the head off and replace the gasket.

Also, swapped the needle from ADS to BCE to see if it will run better. Messed around with mixture but its clear that I’m no carb tuner.

 

Just checking you know, but those needles aren't compatible with each other unless you change the jet:

ADS is a 0.090" jet

BCE is a 0.100" jet