Recent content by julianf

I sprayed neat screwfix no nonsense degreaser onto my 300 once. It even (allegedly) started dissolving the white lines on the road. It must have some caustic stuff in it too as I've soaked extruded alloy in it for weeks before and it goes fuzzy / furry so I'd not use it on mating faces but...

Very very occasionally someone will answer the phone. Its way more difficult than it should be.

I should buy one. I've got the removable steering wheel, but not the lock. I never really understand why the orange bits come up for sale separately, but they do (sometimes) Anyone want to flog me one? I wouldn't mind the storage mount also, but I can spin a pair of them up on the lathe...

As above, the bolt has a tiny hole in it to maintain the internal pressure on the pump. Its non standard. Which stuffs up my usual suggestion of getting a longer bolt and doing a double banjo, as you won't be able to get the bolt longer. People break 300tdi engines often - I would suggest...

I think I got about 22mpg out of mine when we spent a week driving about France. 2.8 international engines tgv Mostly motorway, rather than nipping down the shops. I had to spend 17 euros on French diesel. The rest I took with me (cheap magic monkey juice)

Order up some banjos in the right sizes and some clear nylon pnumatic hose and make up some fuel lines. I don't mean the whole lot, just bits and pieces. It will let you, very easily, see air ingress etc. Even if you just do the final bit from the filter to the injection pump, or the bit...

Iirc the sender is just a temperature dependant resistor. I think it works by sinking current from the gauge, through the sender, to ground (negative). There's one wire to the sender as it's grounded through the housing / body, back to the battery negative. To test the gauge, apply +12v AND...

I didn't refit one when I did the bulkhead, thinning I'd get loads of drain back and I'd have to activate the pump for a while to get any water (this wasn't intentional, I just didn't have th valve) Curiously, the performance seems no different to before? I did, however, change from 300 washer...

Thread revival (via my google search on looking to remove a tip) - Ive been running my 300 on and off (not many miles) for a couple of years now, with a stuck tip. Not many motorway miles, but devon hills on boost. Tip still stuck. Was thinking i should get around to doing something about...

autosparks. but the bulkhead loom is about £1k if your bulkhead loom is salvageable, get it all out of the car, and onto the kitchen (etc) table, with a battery connected up, the bulbs etc in place, and a wiring diagram. go through it all, and work it out, and repair it. if you can do that...

ps bare in mind that a 300 loom from autosparks is insane money, so look up the costings before you get too carried away

Id go 300 loom, and get blade fuses etc. If you change the headlights to LED (either a drop in bulb in standard housings or all-in-ones) you dont get the heat at the connector. I can see no bonus to keeping the older loom if your going to be changing the temp sender etc as it is - the thread...

I just looked it up. M12 fine thread has a 1.25mm pitch. These use a 12x1.0mm thread. So, yes, 12mm but not standard. Again Ali express has the tails. eBay probably does too.

Wanted: Pair of 88" van sides, with small rear windows only (no side windows) I don't care about the paint job at all, but I'd like the metal to be reasonable. I'm at J27 on the M5 (tiverton area) - anyone got a pair close-ish? They seem to be on ebay up north all the time! Picture...

seems to be working again for me now...