Mark Piercy's latest activity

Into a jeep (wash my mouth out) something not sure what.

Yes got to agree, range rover are great work horses lol!

Talking about a full refurb rather than the seals?

yes complete strip down and rebuild look fr Bosch VE injector pump rebuild on U tube

I had a Subaru Legacy that only use to make a strange noise going down hill and backing off throttle. I later found out it was probably the DMF as per @Datatek. It was a clanging sound like someone was ringing a bell.

my cranshaft damper sounded like the adjuster pulley bearing was let go and the reason i found it was the front pulley damper was that you could turn the fan and the front pulley would turn without the cranshaft turning until the dog clutch...

DMF Failed.

When they work LOL

Became hard to hide... Even worse, it caught up with my bank account... Luckily, not a lot is missing: roof tent, tires, distributor, roof bars. And there, only the tires are really required. And the fuel lines and other hoses. I just hope...

The damper makes a right crackling noise and when it goes it's done. They stay noisy and fail full stop, not a intermittent thing👍

It it a dual mass flywheel on the manual 🤔 they can give the odd rattle and then rattle constantly 🫣

Bit of a mystery this ... Driving yesterday and set off and suddenly there was an almighty racket. I thought the gearbox input shaft bearing was toast. Dumped the clutch and then tried to pull away again and it was fine. Did this a few more...

They're great work horses.

Mines been earning it's keep again, road trip up to Knaresborough with friend of mine to take engine, box, rad and few other bits out of Dodge Durango got there at 8.10 this morning managed to get it out and all loaded up by 5pm got home at 7.45...

Ooh, nice engine transplant there🤔

Ah and no maf indeed

Yes cold engine and level check straight after starting

beat me too it Keith !! Was typing as you posted.

Did you top up with the engine./gearbox cold & engine idling? I assume no MAF on your car?

Guillain-Barre is auto immune and certain inoculations trigger it. I have to be very careful in this respect

Test result was vague. Told doc I had ear infection again, hence penicillin, but it sorted the dull ears & taste issue. Maybe it was false positive !!

So she found out about your parts stash then 😂

Doesn't really hurt in all fairness.

Wrapping beyond the engine compartment serves no useful function, and if it is wrapped like that the tail pipe will get hotter, hence the problem. What causes rot and corrosion is not getting the exhaust warm/hot before stopping and turning off...

I Would think wrapping past the initial joint, where temps are cooler, will accelerate rot and corrosion. The exhaust isn't hot enough at the tail pipe to do any damage or the factory would do something about it

Does it hurt so? The tail pipe needs some heat protection, otherwise it is going to melt my bumper end cap!

You're only supposed to wrap the headers 🧐

The rest of the exhaust is wrapped! And we have wraps for dinner! Not sure about the color so, the beige is nice, but the surface is not sealed. Not sure how that's gonna work with fording, mud, stones and sand when off-roading... The spray is...

At least they haven't said they will do it without knowledge of the job. It's a big job that immobilizes the car and involves a certain amount of time. I've not done mine yet but need to so at some point even after 270k but I know it's going to...

Oh dear, missed oil changes in a previous ownership 😔 It's a big job that's for sure and if not done it's engine life over 🤯