What did you do to your rig today?

[Newcastle George]

Good time to be doing that George .... not much compression...hey? How are you turning it over?
Get Julie on a wheel that is jacked up? 1st gear! (or reverse)

Turning it over is simple, from the top, a screwdriver in the teeth of the flywheel, only have to turn it over twice, once to get No 1 at TDC to set tappets 1,2,4,5,8 and 9, and once to get No 6 at TDC to set Tappets 3,6,7,10,11 and 12.

Just a little hot in the bus to do it all in one go. Received word this arvo that injectors are ready to be picked up ($700) but they can wait until Monday.

George

[BruceS]

Don't be like an RACV guy many years ago when called out & do it TDC on exhaust stroke ...............

[Newcastle George]

I made sure that the injector pump was aligned correctly and that the appropriate valves were closed.

George

[dapope]

Leaky valves... that will improve things..

[jon_d]

George, when doing the tappets,

set for 14 thou. And check with 16 and 12. It has to be tight with a 16 and loose with the 12....

trying just to do it with the 14 will always be all over the shop.

[T1 Terry]

George, when doing the tappets,

set for 14 thou. And check with 16 and 12. It has to be tight with a 16 and loose with the 12....

trying just to do it with the 14 will always be all over the shop.

I just heard my tech teacher turning over in his grave Jon, give or take 4 thou. he reckoned the 0.002 either side with the go-no go gauges was butchery

[BernieQ2]

Ok one for the brain trust out there . Today I plumbed my diesel heater to the bus tank , it was on a 5lt tank .
Well the dam thing wont work will it ?
I cut into the main fuel line 40cm from the tank and put a tee piece in which is about 4ocm from my boost pump (electric).
Any clues as to why the pump (which is pulsing) and working correct before I changed its method of fuel is not drawing fuel from the tank , the tank is full 200lts .
Bernie .

[BruceS]

Probably need to bleed it or prime it.
You sure you didn't cut & put it in the return line Bernie? Should be two lines to/from the tank. Having said that, sometimes the return line goes to the top of the fuel filter.

[BernieQ2]

No correct fuel line Bruce yep thought about priming it but as my electric pump is after the tee piece it would be much the same I would think?
Bernie .

[Helen Grose]

I am not very exciting I swept the floor that was enough for one bloody humid day
Helen the boring one