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Nay....and with the JD you plug in the block heater, and then idle it to warm up the cab on those cold winter mornings....
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Made a new roller for the drawbar chain on the lathe. Simple bit of billet turned down, but it makes all the difference for operation,
Has he still got the tracks? @Cato
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Thanks, I'll do a message thing on FaceBook and find out.
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Has some but they’re improved ones that he made. He probably won’t sell them.
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Get this MG2 nonsense off this MG5 page!
Back from 2 weeks away, garden is super wet and ready for some crawler action!
Back from 2 weeks away, garden is super wet and ready for some crawler action!
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Stop lurking on this forum page and buy an MG, I can feel the temptation from here!
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Crawler update.
I won this Ducati IS11 a month ago and went to pick it up yesterday. It was almost 600km away. Hmm.
Well, my good friend gave me two Triumph Toledo doors and a dash from a Dolomite to deliver to a man from the internet in Auckland. He paid me, which was great. Then I also bought a really nice Tipco set a while ago and sold it (for the price I paid) to an avid collector I know, also in Auckland, so that was good. The trip was going to yield some payment.
Doors and toolkit dropped off, it was time to pick up the engine, which was no hassle - cool small diesel engine, then we went to the beach and finally the hotel, before setting off back down the North Island today.
It’s been ages since I had a good road trip and enjoyed it immensely. I also enjoyed the price paid for the engine - just $11.50!
I won this Ducati IS11 a month ago and went to pick it up yesterday. It was almost 600km away. Hmm.
Well, my good friend gave me two Triumph Toledo doors and a dash from a Dolomite to deliver to a man from the internet in Auckland. He paid me, which was great. Then I also bought a really nice Tipco set a while ago and sold it (for the price I paid) to an avid collector I know, also in Auckland, so that was good. The trip was going to yield some payment.
Doors and toolkit dropped off, it was time to pick up the engine, which was no hassle - cool small diesel engine, then we went to the beach and finally the hotel, before setting off back down the North Island today.
It’s been ages since I had a good road trip and enjoyed it immensely. I also enjoyed the price paid for the engine - just $11.50!
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@Dieselman 63 Always good when a plan comes together!
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Head off. Bore looks good. Not much carbon deposits. No scratches, looks workable.
You should have called in here. Have a spare bed.mof course, you could have brought the crawler for ame to have a hoon around the paddocks. It looks so much fun.
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Trying to remove the accessory and starter pulley. The cap screws were completely seized in there. This called for drilling.
I don’t really like doing this but it’s the only way. I drilled beneath the depth of the head, then snapped an easy-out in two to make it shorter and fatter, this got the heads cracked and off the bodies. The pulley was corroded and mated to the flywheel.
I’ve got no clue how I’m going to remove that centre nut, I’ve got the block strapped to the bench at the moment with a rod of alloy through the small end to stop it moving, obviously I don’t want to exert huge forces on it as I fear the small end will crack before the rusted nut goes, at least I’ve got access to it now.
I don’t really like doing this but it’s the only way. I drilled beneath the depth of the head, then snapped an easy-out in two to make it shorter and fatter, this got the heads cracked and off the bodies. The pulley was corroded and mated to the flywheel.
I’ve got no clue how I’m going to remove that centre nut, I’ve got the block strapped to the bench at the moment with a rod of alloy through the small end to stop it moving, obviously I don’t want to exert huge forces on it as I fear the small end will crack before the rusted nut goes, at least I’ve got access to it now.
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If you haven’t got a socket, cobble one together and use a big impact gun on it. That’ll come right off I’m sure.
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Yeah but the only way to hold it in place is with a bar through the small end. Would much rather snap the nut than the small end!
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With a decent impact you probably won’t need to hold it at all. If you do you could quite easily add some prongs to a bit of flat bar to go over the spokes on the fly wheel or starter pulley I think you said.
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Have you got access to remove the big end bolts?, if so pack some wood in there to stop the crank turning.
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All food for thought. Cracked open another compartment, oh joy, it’s the washable gauze oil filter!
The thing looked very sorry for itself. This engine needs a lot of work. Tidied up ok, though.
Washed it in petrol, for the H&S purists out there. Nothing cleans old oil like petrol!
The thing looked very sorry for itself. This engine needs a lot of work. Tidied up ok, though.
Washed it in petrol, for the H&S purists out there. Nothing cleans old oil like petrol!
