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Post by Joepublic on Nov 26, 2018 1:01:05 GMT 1
Midi, where the hinges were unable to support the weight of the front doors..
My works old mk2 Astra van snapped its belt smashing its rockers in the process, 1600 derv D277XVV not the Isuzu engine the midis were rebadged from.
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Post by rhyds on Nov 26, 2018 1:05:09 GMT 1
I remember someone on here describing a Mitsubishi diesel where the pistons would hit the valves but that a rocker arm would take the brunt of the impact and the engine could be saved? Are you "Young enough" to remember the Bedford Midi vans the rockers were made of alloy and when the cam belt failed the pistons and valves used to contact but the alloy rockers broke to save the engine from a rebuild. I can just about remember those. I always thought they were what Bedford Rascals wanted to be when the grew up...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2018 13:54:33 GMT 1
I worked on a lot of them Rascal vans, there were a rascal lol
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Post by valhalla on Nov 26, 2018 23:27:22 GMT 1
Heater repairs deemed successful enough to be able to rebuild the dash after pressure-testing the system to 10psi for 5mins. I have left the over-mats and rubber mats out of the footwells for the meantime, as the carpet on the passenger side is still slightly damp. I caught this problem in time, so no significant coolant soaking of the carpets, but.......
Anyone old enough here to remember what an SD1 smells like under the carpets? Yes. Just like the Volvo at the moment!!!! It's the first thing that strikes me when I get the foam underlay of a car a bit "long-term soaked" from antifreeze. How much it reminds me of the SD1......
I left the Volvo running for a couple of hours with the heater blasting at the footwells, and I can report that the thinner & new matrix does not adversely have lower heat output than the original. Just in time for Winter!
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Post by valhalla on Dec 3, 2018 23:02:02 GMT 1
Bah, Humbug......
torrential rain over Sunday (yesterday) means that there is water, fresh water I think, now sitting at the front of the footwell on the passenger side. So I've fixed one thing, and probably created/missed another...
It's only a tiny bit of water (especially considering the rain we had) but I'm sure it isn't any residue from the coolant work I had done last week. I need to take a sample of it and see if there's any sign of it being pink. The reservoir is down slightly, but that could be the last bit of gas coming out the system, as it had a little airlock when I first test-ran the car.
Damn. All I need is soggy carpets for the rest of this car's life.....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2018 15:30:22 GMT 1
Bah, Humbug......
Damn. All I need is soggy carpets for the rest of this car's life..... Or a very good heater blower
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Post by chippie on Dec 4, 2018 16:37:26 GMT 1
How about some additional drain holes in the pan? ..... I'll get me coat...
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Post by valhalla on Dec 4, 2018 17:04:13 GMT 1
It looks like very dilute green antifreeze, so it might be a residue from a long-term leak before I had the car. There's little evidence of a green trace on the old heater matrix, just the flourescent pink/orange of the OAT I had in there since the Summer.
Not much came out the carpet this afternoon, so I've got the fan heater on there right now.
There had been a slight plenum drain blockage on the passenger side; there was a leaf just inside the drain duct (cleaned this Summer) that might have allowed the rainwater to well-up around the heater entry ducts on Sunday. It's all cleaned-out now, so I might be worrying a bit prematurely.....
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