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Welcome aboard, boys in the southern hemi have more manners....

Hi MR Shuffles, take a couple of pictures, I have to do mine and happy for you to be the test case. Tommo

I didn't take if off. The big end cover is rivited on and I was not interested in extra work at 8pm with parts all over my drive. I will look to pull apart again on the weekend to check the piston, make shift spring, clean and regrease with some silcone (white) grease in the piston. The bearings...

Hi Guys, The inlet and outlet unions on the compressor are not pressurised or airtight have no 'O' rings or brass fittings. The nylon clips are hardly water tight or even airtight therefore the cannister does not need to be totally pressure sensitive. Tommo

Hi there, I have the same canister on my TD5- the plastic pipe work carries air from the filter behind the right park light to the compressor. I believe the cannister it to be an evaporative container to remove large volumes of moisture before reaching the compressor. I don't believe crutical to...

Well, we are up and running, thanks for the advice, finally decided to dismantle the whole unit, compressor and electric motor full of water. Couple hours of cleaning and discovered one of the brushes was not making contact. Ripped a spring out of a blue pen to preplace a broken coil spring...

Well, it's hard to be under a car when there is 36degress and enless sunshine at the beach. There is voltage at the compressor, upto 14 volts when I activated the extra lift. I now believe the compressor has an issue. A couple of questions; Replacement vs repair? What are my options...

Have some sparetime this weekend, will investigate more. Will let you know if I require more help. Cheers Tommo

Thanks guys, is there a way of checking voltage at the compressor without completely removing it.

Any thoughts about testing, repairing the air compressor. My TD5 dragging its backside, has two new bags 6 months ago. Tommo

Thursday morning - 25 degress, sunshine, sunshine, sunshine. Spent the weekend at the coast. Awesome.

hi All, Tommo from Queensland Australia, where the sun shines 24/7