FridgeFreezer Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Eberspachers don't like drawing fuel uphill, and any tiny leak in the plumbing that lets air in will allow it to drain back to the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said: Eberspachers don't like drawing fuel uphill, and any tiny leak in the plumbing that lets air in will allow it to drain back to the tank. yeah, all joints checked and not leaking. a one way valve makes it work perfectly, so i think its all good. picked up 20l of red derv this afternoon for a fiver (good to know farmers )so plenty of fuel. be nice to be warm Edited January 13, 2020 by qwakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Nothing quite like getting into a nice warm camper on a crappy day, worth its weight in gold compared to shivering in a damp tent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 you'll get no argument from me there. also have a remote control it too so i can start it before i arrive and have it toasty when i park up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 5:38 PM, qwakers said: ..... picked up 20l of red derv this afternoon for a fiver (good to know farmers so plenty of fuel. be nice to be warm Just what might be a serendipitous post. On the UKLRO Mailing List over the last couple of days there has been an exchange about these heating systems, the quoted post came in today. The writer I am going to quote works away from home, both home and work are in the wilds of Scotland, where it is often 'sensible' to sleep overnight in his Ambulance, at his place of work. From his other posts he comes across as a very resourceful and practical individual, who not only works well with his hands, but also with his head. I wouldn't lightly set his advice aside. Quote I've discovered over the years to never use red diesel as most of it is 'gas oil' rather than just white diesel with some red colouring. Gas oil will cause poor, smoky starts, mucho carbon build up on the mesh, and probably leave you cold on the night when you need the heater most. I now run white diesel or white heating oil (which is paraffin IIRC ?) which is 'borrowed' from the Rayburn heating oil tank.... ;o) Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 that is, to put it bluntly, a load of nonsense. the farmer i get the derv from is running multiple nearly new tractors all running common rail diesel engines. if it was this low quality 'gas oil' (which is btw just another name for diesel!) he would be blowing up 100k tractors every day. red diesel is just diesel with no duty paid. that's it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 OK, but I'm happier to have passed it on, and be pushed back, rather than done nothing. I am aware that an Eberspacher is not a 'nearly new tractor'. Regards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 dont worry buddy i wasnt having a pop at you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 christ a year since i updated this.. give me a min, updates incoming.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) Quote one thing ive been meaning to do is to flip the tyre round on the n/s/f wheel as its wearing unevenly (will fix the problem causing it someday, but for now) whilst im at it it seems a good time to slap some paint on the wheel. first things first clean all the gunge off the wheel.. [img]https://i.imgur.com/TecRgHPl.jpg[/img] good stuff if used neat. then wire wheeled to clean it up before [img]https://i.imgur.com/7yTDT9cl.jpg[/img] during [img]https://i.imgur.com/2a8Pehzl.jpg[/img] after [img]https://i.imgur.com/NB4NBwZl.jpg[/img] primed [img]https://i.imgur.com/50CSTuIl.jpg[/img] basecoat [img]https://i.imgur.com/ngJ4fB4l.jpg[/img] lacquer [img]https://i.imgur.com/s155YSTl.jpg[/img] and tyre back on. [img]https://i.imgur.com/arruEyWl.jpg[/img] ive put it in the car as i would like the paint to cure properly before tomorrow.... and the full curing time is about 1 hour at 60*c. it must be getting near 40 inside the car parked in the sun so every little helps Edited December 14, 2020 by qwakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) one thing ive been meaning to do is to flip the tyre round on the n/s/f wheel as its wearing unevenly (will fix the problem causing it someday, but for now) whilst im at it it seems a good time to slap some paint on the wheel. first things first clean all the gunge off the wheel.. good stuff if used neat. then wire wheeled to clean it up before during after primed basecoat lacquer and tyre back on. ] I've put it in the car as i would like the paint to cure properly before tomorrow.... and the full curing time is about 1 hour at 60*c. it must be getting near 40 inside the car parked in the sun so every little helps Edited December 14, 2020 by qwakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Links not working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 i know, its weird, im working on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 fixed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 oooh much better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 been doing a few jobs to the lorry in readiness for the great trackday tour in December... first off change the switch for the water pump to a double so i have a switch for the heater next was to sort out the cover for the fuse box and label it up also added a wire from the cab to the relay shown on the right, that relay controls the feed to the fridge so it can only run on 12v if the engines running and so the batteries charging. put a carbon monoxide detector in, this serves two purposes, first it adds safety! second it covers the hole i put in the wrong place..... :oops: lastly, fitted the new fridge. left to do, put the 3rd light up in the car section, rewire the 12v charge on the generator and a few other small jobs. getting towards being done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 completed all the above jobs, cleaned out the living and painted the arse of the lorry (has had the corners painted in red oxide for about a year now!) much better 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 lorry fiddling time today.... got a bit (quite a bit) of vibration above 50mph on the steering so i decided to rotate the tyre 90* on the rim to see if it evened out. whilst i was at it i decided i might as well pop the other side off, take the tyre off and paint that one too. takes a fair amount of room up in the car... got the machine out and got the tyre off. i think im finally getting the hang of this... painted up and refitted and the tyre moved around on the other wheel. ill check the balance tomorrow and if its no good take it to tructyre (ats for lorrys) and get them balanced. balancing isnt normally necessary on hgv tyres, but sometimes it is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 That's better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 i'll tell you what seemed like a good idea at the time.... picking up a few ton of paving block of a late afternoon for my parents. i must be a bleeding mug.... there's 1130 block there. that 3.5 ton... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 i ordered a 'low tone' air horn set for the lorry. https://youtu.be/LajpBOmKjIw not very low tone bleeding loud though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 It's amazing how much clean & tidy wheels make to a vehicle. looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 fitted the horns today. didnt take many pics.... horns are on roof underneath the roof spoiler, so no direct weather issues. headlining down (enough) access isnt easy... horn attached with rivnuts and bulkhead air fitting screwed on. then just a air hose from there to the solenoid and the solenoid wired up to the existing horn location.. i then put the dash lower back in only to find that a load of my accessory wiring doesn't work. its all off 1 10a fuse and that had blown. there is a dead short on one of the circuits. oh joy. (and that dear fellows is why i fuse everything separately normally....) so first things first i cut the feed at the distribution board i used. then i checked at the fuse, and short is gone. i then metered all the 'fed' wired (4 circuits) and found one wire that dead shorts to earth. that'll be it. problem is, i cant remember where that wire goes.... so i pull it out the cab to under the front flap and start pulling a foot or so through the cable ties until i get to where it goes through the grommet into the living. having got that far and found no damage, i now know it feeds the rear and interior cameras. i then unplug the internal camera, still showing a dead short to earth. i unplug the outside rear camera, short gone. oh joy, all of that work and i could have just unplugged the camera... grrr. so i pull all the wire back through. reconnect all the accessory wiring, put the dash back together and put a new fuse in. all is well again. looks like ill be needing new cameras then i suspect its full of water... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, qwakers said: ill check the balance tomorrow and if its no good take it to tructyre (ats for lorrys) and get them balanced. balancing isnt normally necessary on hgv tyres, but sometimes it is.... I thought they were still balanced, but they use balance beads in the tyre rather than traditional weights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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