I did some math too.. on my fuel bill again.. 25.1 on the dash vs 25.3 brim2brim.. i think that's about as close as you'll get with variations on when the fuel pump shuts off etc. Very happy!! And it's still tons better since i did the gearbox...

You know what mate, I do admire your commitment to your 38'. 💪😎

I sometimes get sucked down the YouTube wormhole of "Street Side Manufacturing". Forging brakes discs from scrap oil drums, children packing fireworks, turning great crank shafts on a 1950's lathe with no guards or whatever. It's certainly...

All correct. Changed thread title !!

Did some maths regarding parts, garage costs and the like. Normally I would never do that, so far besides the initial purchase yeaes ago everything just felw under the radar expense wise. And yes, I know how priviledged a posituon it is to just...

À "get me home" fix 🤔

Repairs that get you from where the crank breaks to a place you can install a new one. Very usefull when travelling to those countries, nothing you would use long term.

Get a thermometer on the high & low side pipe & compare the temperature. FYI, my little Merc C180 Coupe wasn't getting cold at idle, so checked the pressures at idle & 2500rpm. All looked ok, but the vents weren't as cold as expected. Then I...

Aircon & fridge compressors never run continuously.

Yes it’s a risk but a well calculated risk I believe 👍

Don't mean to offend but if you don't know the difference between a brake pipe and a cable maybe best to get someone else to do the job of changing it, just saying.

It's brake pipe, very common on those. Kits are available, change them both sides. Brake Pipe

Hbrake cable is the thing that runs through the hook attached to the lower arm.

Handbrake cables are cables and do not leak.

brake pipe by the looks. New pipe needed, don't drive it ;)

I can say the compressor on mine doesn't run constantly or on Elliotts. I'm not sure if it's designed that way as to not freeze one side of the system 🤔

Cheers, I remembered that!

However you adjust the pump angle, the final movement of adjustment must be toward the engine.

Right, got her running but she's very lumpy & idling at around 90rpm. So does that mean I need to slightly loosen the second row of bolts on the FIP and knock it forwards a touch. Guess the pump needs to be rotated anticlockwise a touch too. I'm...

No good guessing, what modulation figure do you have with the engine hot? I assume that you mean 900 rpm not 90?

yes, sorry. 900rpm not 90. My brother has the nanocom. I'll see if I can get a reading when he comes round.

I'll be keeping my old 38😎👍

no run out checks before or after the machining and a locking bolt drilled through the crank journal and then skimmed sheer skill :( let hope the crank shaft bearing regrind is as precise. love the health and safety sandals and loose clothing...

Lost skills we once used to have plentiful available in this country

Hiya. Just my own opinion, but that is quite high for the earliest L322. I'd also add 200k km which is approx 125k miles, unless the gearbox has already been done do it straight away. If it has been done at the 70 -80k miles, you are getting...

I’ll get hold of some easy start and see if that gives me any clues. I didn’t think it would be that sensitive to one or two failing glow plugs. It’s easy enough to get hold of some so I’ll try that if the easy start and Nanocom tricks don’t...

Just out of curiosity, because one of our daily driver might need replacement in a year or two, what are the main weaknesses of the L322? Because those TD6 with around 200,000 km go for around 7-8 k in Germany. Would be a nice car to commute 300...

I'd say you'll be putting a gearbox in it, it seems to be the weakest link on the early cars and as BiB has suggested, a couple of grand seems to be about the sum to do it properly. Look at it this way though, you've got an early car which (I...

Just for the record, I think I figured out what the interior lighting contact is used for, it is (cpupd be) the constant plus. In case of 13 pin sockets, 7 pin sockets don't have one. Either way, I might just use it as a constant plus, saves me...

I know that grill, looks goofy if you ask me. And those additional headlights obstruct air flow to the radiator. Another issue just came up, the manual window regulators are obsolete... Which means I somehow have to make the electric windows...