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CURLY

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  1. Hi everyone,

    i'm sure this has been done to death, but i can never seem to find what i'm looking for with the search function!

    does anyone have any 'blueprints' or diagrams etc on how to make a bio diesel processor for personal use?

    i'm thinking of making my own and wanted to know basically what parts and tubs etc i'd need.

    cheers in advance!

    CURLY

  2. good grief, what a rip..

    reckon i'll try buying some good old veggie oil from somewhere instead then.. but how do they know how much you use?

    this disco is costing me a fortune to run, but i love it.. i need to either come up with a cheaper fuel, i;e hydraulic oil or chip fat etc, or i'm going to have to sell it..

    what about heating oil? 20 second heating oil?

    how much would that be?

    CURLY

  3. illegal?

    why's that? cos of the emissions?

    i can get used hydraulic oil for nowt, and read that these engines can run on anything from chip fat, to hydraulic oil and old engine oil!

    if i mixed half diesel and half hydraulic oil would that have enough lubrication, or would i need to add something else to it?

    CURLY

  4. I was wondering if anyone had a 'how to' on this? Or does anyone know if it's possible to buy a specific rear section?

    I have seen a number of D1 Off roaders with the backbox removed and the tailpipe sitting through a hole in the lower rear panel...

    Any help/advice appreciated

    Mark did this to his 200 tdi disco, here's the link to his topic about it. loads of pics and 'what i did posts', hope this helps:

    side exhaust

    CURLY

  5. thats way out!

    i checked mine with my sat nav and at 80 on the speedo, i was doing 75.

    round a race track obviously.. ;)

    can you rotate the center part of the speedo (needle part) if not, you could try putting a new dial in i spose?

    CURLY

  6. my impella on the turbo was well gunked up after i changed the head, so i sprayed some fuel system cleaner stuff in the airflow meter it as it was revving at about 1500 revs, and that seemed to clean it up and make it spin up a bit faster..

    might be worth a try..

    CURLY

  7. mine was seized solid too.

    took the center console out, drilled out the pop rivets that hold the gator on around the high/low lever, undid a few bolts, and took off a circlip, removed the whole top part with the slider in and had to hammer it out with a lump hammer! i gave the rod a bit of a wipe with some wet and dry, slapped a load of grease and oil on it, and its as smooth as silk now..

    sounds like hard work, but didn't take very long at all.

    CURLY

  8. Mmmm - bad thing - the 'lips' can come off and rattle around for around the 0.0078 seconds it takes to wreck the belt!

    I say 'can' as they can, but I could only get one of that type when I last did mine (in a hurry as it had snapped and I needed the truck the next day), but its been on for over a year now with no problems. I have a cast one from Bearmach (indestructible!) that will be going in there when the next change is due. You could be unlucky and it will go within hours, or it could last forever. Tough call - depends on how fast you need to do the belt, if it can wait, I'd hold out for another, cast, pulley..................

    any chance you could email put up a picture of the bearmach one? bacause i think i'm going to buy one of those to be on the safe side..

    cheers,

    Sam

  9. right, i boutht the modified kit off ebay and it arrived this morning. Les, you said 'The crank sprocket doesn't appear to have a welded-on washer' is that a good thing or a bad thing because i think this one that came today has..

    there seems to be a lip spot welded onto either side of it.

    CURLY

  10. i have a leaky inner rear wheel hub oil seal, so i took the plug out on the diff casing to add some oil and it blew a load of air out at me as if it was pressurised? :o

    could this be because the axle breather is blocked or something? with pressure in the axle, maybe thats why the oil is being forced out of the hub seal? :blink: or is it normal?

    i work for a company that can get hold of small pushfit airline fittings and tube, so i was thinking of extending them up from the axles, and terminating them in the engine bay if they are the problem, but not sure what size to buy..

    i'll take the breather out later and have a look see..

    maybe i could put a few 'axle breather kits' up forsale to members if all works well? B)

    cheers,

    CURLY

    ooo, we sell Camozzi fittings..

    1/8" bspp with o-ring elbows, but to what size tubing? 4mm, 6mm 0r 8mm?

    spose all i need is a couple of male x push fit elbows and a roll of tubing?

    CURLY

  11. i have a leaky inner rear wheel hub oil seal, so i took the plug out on the diff casing to add some oil and it blew a load of air out at me as if it was pressurised? :o

    could this be because the axle breather is blocked or something? with pressure in the axle, maybe thats why the oil is being forced out of the hub seal? :blink: or is it normal?

    i work for a company that can get hold of small pushfit airline fittings and tube, so i was thinking of extending them up from the axles, and terminating them in the engine bay if they are the problem, but not sure what size to buy..

    i'll take the breather out later and have a look see..

    maybe i could put a few 'axle breather kits' up forsale to members if all works well? B)

    cheers,

    CURLY

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