Pete Lewis
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the fact both sides are in differing positions makes me think this is something growing under the chrome
Pete
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on recon alternators we had some good experience of when a diode had failed they just cut the wire to that diode
reduced the output ability but the warning lamps stayed off ...nice box, crap inside it
wonderful !!!!!!
Pete
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it is probably silver solder has a higher melt but that all looks like its had a lot of diy work done in the past life
you dont need to desolder the diodes
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have to say there is a program on tv about Dr pimple popper ???
sorry ...........thats really useful Ha !
Pete
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getting the guy on the assy line to understand Phasing the Props on a truck with three shafts and two centre bearings was a challenge with getting all the yokes aligned and the variety of centre bearing bracket heights .....can be a nightmare with all the power derivatives and wheelbase tonnage thrown in for good confusion . all in the hands of a well meaning plonker with an air wrench
Pete
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as its so easy to have the firing order wrong when messing about i would get No1 on tdc comression stroke check where the rotor is pointing , use that as No1 ....324anti clockwise for the ht leads
as you had the odd pop and bang thats where i would recheck
and with so many duff condensers try with is disconnected it should idle ok with it missing
but it wont drive .
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and i dont think that would pass the current MOT reqd for welded patches
they seem to want a complete plate now not a jigsaw
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overdrive can make vibrations if the 3 planet gears where not aligned on build
there are dots on the gear teeth and faint scribe lines on the carrier all have to aligned to get the
best running of the gears
Pete
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i drove her out of Silverstone back to Tring with 2 jags and ERA4b on board , valued a £5 m (1997)
it was hard not to get carried away down the M4 at around 60mph
we (now being Renault) sent a TS3 over to the Berliet collection as they were interested
happy days
Pete
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just a thought
what oil was used ?? the shaft ...was this a poorly hardened after market one used on the last rebuild
the needles have been seriously skidding . not rotating quite unusual
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it was the TS4 that was cancelled by silly chrysler they had invested far too much into cummins
Vale range of noisey crap engines we were at i think chobham test track with a cummins and a TS4
wich really trashed the cummins so embarrassing it signed the death nell for the commer unit
they were ordered to scrap the 16 runners 4 were secreted away one is running in NZ
they used same cyinders and added one more so around 286 in and 240 bhp from memory(long faded)
being involved with pre production testing it was quite normal for a 16ton TS3 to
get 18/24 mpg which is still astonishing
Pete
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Here you go the Ecurrie Ecosse Commer is up for sale again
in 2013 she made over £8m
if you look at the gallery the red gear knob shows she was fitted with a 6 speed gearbox
I tried to get Dick (previous owner ) to fit a two speed axle which would really change the performance
but we never achieved that , the orig 3D199 engine was swapped to a later 3D215 in the late 90s
1960 Commer TS3 Ecurie Ecosse for Sale | FISKENS
and for the sounds of a TS3 3D199 of the same vintage
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i have always used a slab of upolstery foam and cut it in strips glued to the tunnel use around 18mm
thickness takes up all the wonky gaps .
some have to cut the return off to get a fit .
on the front facing i reversed the bolt which i added a nut to make a stud ,then wing nuts on the inside .
Pete
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looks like a pretty std dash mount push button starter switch used as a upgrade
lucas did make a push button switch for this wiper switch but i dont have one now
we used it for years on trucks
Pete
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you may need a bit of gorilla flakes for breaky it moves but as i said its there to collapse on impact but it will move
to make it easier you can undo everything but you must set the slip clamp on the shaft as per the workshop manual >
Pete
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dont forget you can adjust the stand off of the column its all collapsible so it will be able to move the
whole column often just needs a really firm shove as the tube is in a slip clamp and the inner shaft
has the slip clamp all to allow collapse in a crash so its all ...moveable in and out
Pete
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1 hour ago, dougbgt6 said:
We DO have something in common!
1968, I broke dad's ratchet and bought a Britool to replace it before he found out. He said I'd spent too much and I should take it back and get his cheaper original. I bought him the original, but kept the Britool. The new original lasted another 5 years before he broke it, I've still got the Britool.
Doug
on the opposite side of the pond ,Micks had new 'stanley' britool ratchets dead out of the box
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5 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:
electrical contacts from loom to seat to pre-tensioner , .
colin .
checked the wiring under the seat ?
checked the wiring from seat to module ?
swapped pretensioner from left to right to see if issue follows ?
rgds
mick
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Gandy hadjets and Italian tune ups all come in very handy at times of frustration .
Pete
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have a fir selection of battery tools , one mistake i made when homebase was taken over by bunnings
they sold a load of lithium battery drills impact drives for £6 i bought one of each
then went back to but the stock to flog at the club meet but some greedy basket got there before me
the pile was ....gone .
but a full impact 1/2 drive for £6 was a worthy bargain
i have 4 makita drills one over 20 yrs old still buzzing nicely with a few new battery packs .
of my hand tools the 1/2drive Britool ratchet i had as apprentice in 1964 it still going strong .
as for cars on bricks ive said before we had a guy from the assy line pulling a gearbox off his ford
the bricks toppled over the car dropped punctured the fuel tank and his paraffin garage heater
lit the lot up and he fried whilst trapped under the car ....nasty
one item not mentioned is a side slip gauge like gunsons trackrite ,so easy to set the geometry up in seconds and saves a fortune in idiot garages and tyre wear .
Pete
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really the fast idle screw just need to have a small gap to the cam ,choke fully in.
the cam should give you the correct fast idle
Pete
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i think pink is generally OAT you cant mix it with BLUE it will jellify.
dont think pink is advised on old cast block motors as there will always be residue of the previous blue stuff , blue has improved over the years way back it disolved alloy parts they developed a alloy compatible call AA that seems to have disappeared .
i think if you want to use blue you need a strong mix of washing soda to clean out all the system
then refill with blue , do not take the chance of mixing blue and pink as the air will be blue !!!
im sure there will be a lot of bright ideas about the Pink stuff
Pete
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i fear i keep coming across all sorts of problems locally and on here with this make of electricals
off to test one on saturday....yes its got a acus dizzy fitted only fires on 3 of the 6
dial up problems and google shows all marques have problems seems it is a std feature .
if they work thats fine a good few have good reliability but if they dont you join the queue of headaches
the snag is if you keep sorting out problems you never see the good ones
Pete
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Dave yes vac at idle around 18-21 inhg running on light throttle around 10-12inhg
on overrun throttle closed up to 28inhg
there are no seals on these engines and you do need oil down the guide to lube the valve stems
there is little oil in the rocker zone unless you have the external oil drench fitted
so on a worn guide there wont be that much ability to suck volumes of oil down a guide
as theres normally very little in the rocker zone on a std engine
good place to make oil smoke is overfilled dash pots ...simple to check
and never discount contaminated fuel if its not a continuous smoker
Pete
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why not talk to club shop who are supplied by Bell
Pete