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Offline Matt_H

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« on: March 03, 2006, 22:32:55 »
well the inj pump went off for a strip and examine...

Bits broken inside - think he said springs and stuff.. rotors worn below tollernaces..  He said it may get away with keeping rotors low but up to me... so I got him to replace them (no idea what a rotor is or does lol!)

Anyway got the bill and almost had a heart attack... Let's put it this way I sold my disco engine for £450 complete with all the bits.... I should have kept it and now I'd have a free engine and some cash in my pocket!

Well it should be fitted this weekend or early next week... A bit drastic to fix a starting problem but I'm told if the rotors had gone then it would have been an entirely new unit for even more pennies.. I'm also told the econmy should now improve from 20mpg and she should go better... so fingers crossed!

Matt (I'm jsut about to remortgage the house H!
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« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2006, 23:09:25 »
[!Expletive Deleted!] me that was exspencive, dnt worrie all Diesel pump refirbs end up being a fortune.
You will notice a big difference when u refit it and take her for a run.
My pump refirb cost something near to yours and when we messed with it a little and spent some time  testing her, well you have seen how well she goes and it dosnt use much more fule. 8)
You got to make it black smoke a little when you thrash it thoe :shock:
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« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2006, 23:20:45 »
£680 all in :(

when you say you have to make it smoke a little, you really should try that on yours - it smokes a lot when you put your foot down :lol:

I'm quite happy to pootle in her, I've a fast car for going fast and a bike for well bikey things! Ok so I would like her to go a bit more but I know I'd use it then only have to spend out on filling the tank more often.

We'll see what happens to economy when shes back - hopefully we'll get closer to 30 this time!

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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2006, 23:39:50 »
hmmmmmmmm bikes go fast, think id end up 6 foot under on a bike :cry: .


L300 Def  is a litte smoky when hammerd but she goes better than chiped td5 motors.


Ive got MOT this week so i will have to be nice to mot man martin when it comes to puting smoke test probe in the exhaust........
We push a sponge up exhaust after the probe and block the gas flows out of the exhaust, this fools the gas monitoring thing they use and i get passed on the smoke test :lol:

Phil
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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2006, 23:45:19 »
I would say you should meet my bike MOT tester man
"ooo that looks nice what is it"
"custom bike mostly suzuki"
"bet that goes well"
"yup sure does"
"everything ok with it"
"yup"
"ok here's your ticket"

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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2006, 23:55:35 »
please don't encourage him, I'll have to get mine better then  :lol:

Ian
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« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2006, 23:56:46 »
Ha Ha Ha ....... Thats what i like.

I love it when he allways say to me " Dont tell the police man how we did the smoke test".

Have you got any plans for you next outing?

I got my winch on monday and found it to have a nakerd bush and the roller fairlead to need replacing, Seller said it was in mint condition!!!!
So its costing me  more than exspected :cry:   but i still cant waite to use it.

phil
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« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2006, 10:11:58 »
just wondering how much would an exchange unit have been?
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Not every problem can be solved with duct tape, and it's exactly for those situations we have WD 40

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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2006, 12:20:07 »
couldn't find anywhere that sold exchange units.  Paddocks told me not to bother buying a 'new' from them, but if I insisted they could get one for around £800+VAT

Matthew
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« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2006, 17:56:08 »
I checked with my local specialist, but he didn't have any around for you
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Kev

'91 stretch Discovery 200 Tdi
Hybrid for running round (got to go now)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol (got to go)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol, runabout

Not every problem can be solved with duct tape, and it's exactly for those situations we have WD 40

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« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2006, 18:32:42 »
she now feels really smooth and idles really well.. not tried cold starting yet - we'll see tomorrow :)
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« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2006, 17:32:46 »
the pump went down on my 2 litre diesel vauxhall zafira - vauxhalls price?? £2500 :shock:  PLUS VAT PLUS FITTING..
ended up costing me £951.25 all in..
not good but better than £2500
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« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2006, 21:18:21 »
so what so special abotu diesel pumps then?

well she fired and ran perfectly this morning - the odd clunk is still there though.. I've been under a million times anda cant find anthing loose :(  Louder stereo and wait for soemthign to drop off I guess!

Matthew
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