Cornish Rattler
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23 hours ago, miketomcat said:
Yes I'm pretty sure you can but it's a pig to get out and getting the pulley off often requires a puller. Check your at tdc so you don't lose the keys.
Mike
Yeah i have had the pulley off a few times so pretty confident it will come off again but mite try the screw idea to remove the seal 👍
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Does anyone know if you can replace the front crank oil seal without removing the timing case as i need to do it but just can't remember if you need to remove it or not 😟
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5 hours ago, Gazzar said:
Where did you get this?
Off ebay, just look where it tells you who the manufacturer is on the add 👍
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Sorry its took so long as been trying a few more thermostats and i think i've just cracked it managed to get hold of a WAXSTAT one the other week and just got round to fitting and trying it and just been on a long motorway run today with heater on full blast the whole 60 mile round trip just to see what it does and the heater never missed a beat, the gauge still fluctuates when say coming off at a junction but only slightly and nothing like it was so i'm well chuffed 😁
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Thought that would wake you all up 😃
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On 1/2/2024 at 1:01 PM, Bowie69 said:
Worth saying, you really, really should be looking at an inverter machine these days, so much lighter, more efficient, and more options.
E.g. the equivalent non-inverter machine was 2-300 quid more than the my inverter Parweld, but weighed 20+Kg, vs 9Kg!
Yeah will probably go for an inverter one 👍
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23 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said:
I've heard more than a few folks on here who run 200TDi's with no fan fitted all year round.
Yeah i just have an electric fan that i never use really
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22 minutes ago, steve b said:
Just remind me, what rad, header tank and pipe layout do you have ? Also which Tdi is it ?
A couple of my Tdi Defender customers run with a partially covered grille all year round and fully covered in the winter.
Steve
Thats interesting, i did consider partially covering the grill but decided against it
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I'm in the middle of ordering a load of thermostats and just wondered if a 300tdi thermostat would work as all i can see is they have a rubber seal
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7 minutes ago, steve b said:
Just remind me, what rad, header tank and pipe layout do you have ? Also which Tdi is it ?
A couple of my Tdi Defender customers run with a partially covered grille all year round and fully covered in the winter.
Steve
Defender 200tdi engine ( dressed as a Disco 200tdi engine ) 200tdi rad and Defender 200tdi header tank
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4 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said:
Can confirm from experience that the round 2A heater works surprisingly well if there's an LS6 in front of it, Jez reckoned it even created a warm current while underwater
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13 hours ago, Shep The Disco said:
It's all very well testing thermostats in a pan with a thermometer but the s2a heater is small and if you want it to create any sort of heat from a TDI engine then it will need to be replaced with a bigger unit.
Good luck...😂
My last 2a i converted to a tdi had the round smiths heater and it was always toastie using the 88° tdi thermostate same rad setup
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5 hours ago, hurbie said:
don't bother ordering a Britpart and All-makes one , they are exactly the same !
Yeah i gathered that, looking at different makes and not really bothered on price, just want get it sorted now
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Ok i mite order a few different make ones and see how i get on
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38 minutes ago, Snagger said:
It’s best to keep the standard 88deg type as it’ll be better for fuel efficiency as well as heater effectiveness, but it seems it’d be worth trying a few different brands. Sadly, even the better brands seem a bit hit-and-miss with thermostats, so patience is required. You can save a bit of effort by testing new stats with a cup of boiling water and a thermometer before fitting them.
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18 minutes ago, Bowie69 said:
What's in it now?
Should be 88 these days, no reason to run cooler.
88° one
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Is it worth me trying an 82° thermostat
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4 hours ago, Shep The Disco said:
Well then either run some longer pipes from the existing heater and plumb in a second radiator or rip the whole lot out and put in something bigger.
I would fit a small radiator behind the seats or as the artic wolf's do fit a heater box in the centre cubby area.
Plenty of choices if you think about it.
Just fit isolation valves so in the summer you don't cook but remember to circulate it once a month.
I used to run a fan heater in my S2 from a 12v plug .....😂
Why, the heater works but seems to loose heat whilst driving
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1 hour ago, Shep The Disco said:
Sounds like your heater box needs a good refurb and setting up correctly
It already has
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6 minutes ago, Bowie69 said:
The light is only coming on as the fan is generating a small current in the breeze, and back feeding to the switch.
It's not powered, and is actually reducing the cooling capacity of the radiator when switched off, as it hinders airflow a bit.
Plus as I say, if the thermostat is shut there's no hot water for the radiator to cool, the radiator, fan etc do not set the Operating temp of an engine, only the thermostat does that.
Ok so looks like its still a thermostat problem
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My cooling fan switch lights up when the fan is switched on but when driving and the fan switched off the switch lights up so i'm assuming the fan is freewheeling then when you come to a stop you can see the switch getting dimmer as the fan slows down then once it stops the light on the switch goes out, so was thinking it could be overcooling
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Right i've recently had the engine out to fit a LOF clutch assy so whilst it was out i replace the thermostat again this time for a Gates one, the others have been a mixture of britpart and allmakes ones but its still doing it and the gauge still reads the same, so i'm now thinking its my electric fan over cooling it ( free wheeling ) but i will remove it completely to test it but obviously keep it with me just incase then decide what to do next as i'm not sure if you can buy a fan that doesn't free wheel
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1 hour ago, Bowie69 said:
Ali or ferrous?
Sorry Ali
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Hi guys
Son wants to get into tig welding diy stuff, so the question is what's the best starter tig welder to get please
Disco 200tdi engine ?
in Discovery Forum
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Thanks 👍