Yay delivery!
Exhaust nuts and studs, o-rings for the injectors (ordered these before checking what was in the head gasket kit, so got a load of spares now), replacement nuts for wiper arms, three breather pipes and two coolant lines (the rad to reservoir one and the throttle body to reservoir one).
Not quite a grom, though. But then I have no original head unit, so that wouldn't get me very far.
Parcel day, woo.
Got my replacement rocker cover bolts to do away with the stupid splined ones. Couple of 22mm to 16mm pipe reducers for the LPG set up. Replacement fan cowling as mine was broken on one edge. And waiting on the Island 4x4 drop later today with what should be the remainder of the bits to get it running again (various vacuum/coolant hoses etc).
Sounds like you know your way around a motor well enough Joe to avoid most of the pitfalls. Oh one of the other things to try for (although at 20+ years old you might be struggling) is to get both keys, as they are very expensive to replace. Not the end of the world if you can't (mine only had one), but a good way to knock 200 quid off ;)
Welcome Joe. :)
Good advice there from Gordon. If only I'd followed /any/ of it ;)
2 year warranty on consumer goods in EU.
I know less than the guy standing next to me at the bar, but the random googlage suggested it is an extra spring in case the first one fails.
Martyuk wrote:
Petrol P38's are a wire throttle cable from the pedal to the throttle body. Diesel P38's are drive-by-wire, and the pedal connects to a potentiometer which then feeds the engine ECU a position of the pedal
So just us petrol heads that need to worry about springs then.
Are P38s drive-by-wire, or direct throttle cable?
If the former, google suggests non safety springs required.
Coolant is easy, bung it down the loo in non-commercial quantities (as long as you are mains drainage, not a good idea if you have a sesspit).
Can you not take engine oil etc to your local tip down your way?
I think the clue was in the topic title.. ;-) May
Long way from Glasgow, but if (and it's a big if) that can be surmounted, then I'd quite like to come along, and most likely will still need a headlining doing too.
Could do fluids, I should manage to put a thousand miles on it after the oil change that's in progress just now, so it won't hurt to do it again.
Only thing I can think of, and I'm sure you've checked, but are the two outputs from the pot the right way round? Is it possible the pots you picked up are 'backwards' in this regard somehow?
Mebbe, as long as it's not too hard core.
Not broke, won't fix it ;)
Nod. Interestingly, mate says his XM exclusive doesn't have zone control either, so a French car the same age as the Rangey and near enough identical heater system, top of it's range (and marque) for the time is less well specced. Go figure.
Thanks Gilbert, doesn't look like many of them apply to me then. I think the metal gasket might actually fit the pipe on the front of the inlet manifold, but I don't know whether I should leave it alone since it wasn't leaking, or do it. I know which is the safer option.
Is it worth doing the throttle body heater gasket too, or am I better leaving that alone too?
Orangebean wrote:
That's cos your steering wheel has accidentally been fitted on the wrong side :)
Chortle. :)
Back to the project..
I bought the above head gasket kit for this job, and I've been mostly ignoring the bag of gizzards. Can anyone identify all the bits I actually need from the bag?
Going by the photo on the above link, stuff I already know about:
2 x head gaskets
2 x rocker cover gaskets
4 x exhaust manifold gaskets
1 x inlet manifold gasket (valley gasket)
2 x inlet manifold seals (the rubber bits)
16 x valve stem seals
16 x o-rings for the injectors
That leaves:
8 x big square sided rubber rings, right hand side of the picture
8 x small square sided rubber rings, top left of the picture, above the head gaskets
2 x big o-rings (coolant pipe sized), right hand side of the picture, inside the rocker cover gasket
3 x assorted paper/cardboard gaskets, bottom middle of the picture
1 x metal round gasket, top middle of the picture above the valley gasket
3 x assorted copper coloured metal rings, right hand side of the picture, inside the rocker cover gasket
2 x rubber seals, top right hand side of the picture, inside the rocker cover gasket
Island 4x4 can't tell me what any of the bits are, other than some will be for older/other engines, which isn't overly helpful.
Quick one, oil separator that sits in breather for one of the rocker covers. Which cover does it go in? I've had conflicting advise as to which side..
Yeah, identical.