Search results

Any good? NEW crankshaft pulley

Cheers buddy. I'd just made a noose out of the old serp belt and was standing on a stool writing my " Goodbye cruel world " letter ... I'll get onto this pulley. If I'm just changing the pulley can I do that from underneath? Col

Hi Dave I was typing my above post as you were posting. Yeah I probably have brought it on myself. Like I said ... these guys are supposed to be the experts in Stoke. There's actually a place here in Kidsgrove that always has Discos for sale and does lots of work on them but he keeps...

Yup I get it guys .... The new guy who has just bought his first Landrover has probably been stitched up by blokes who may not have done it the way you lads would. It's a week or so before Christmas and it's been just a tad cool around here lately. I need the car to pick children up from...

Yup it does ... I've been lucky for many years. This year's been ****e. Ah well. Col

Mike "cowboy garages" After that garage broke off the glowplug I took it to Dales in Burslem. They are regarded in Stoke on Trent as THE place to get diesels fixed. EVERYONE in Stoke tells you to go to Dales. So I went to Dales to ask them if they could get that glowplug out. The...

Yes 300 tdi but there's defo a prob with the crankshaft pulley. That pulley is wobbling all over the place and isn't lining up properly. Colin

So 2 weeks ago ... overheated. Not sure what happened there. I filled up and bled the system and all has been well. Heater is working fine and water level has held solid. Then there's been the problem where it won't start 1st thing in the morning. That led to a local garage taking it away and...

Many thanks Graham I've just been on the bus to Hanley and got some from machine mart. I'll have a brew and then go see if they can get that nut off. Cheers fella Col

Dave They look ideal. I've phoned around and no one local sells them so it looks like a mail order job. That could take a week or so. Thanks for the link fella. Col

You can't get a hacksaw in there ... just no room at the back to get a sawing motion in even if I take the blade out of the hacksaw ( that's a junior hacksaw ). I've tried hitting it with a large flathead driver and hammer but it's rock solid. It's just chiseling grooves into the nut but...

Well the circus continues ... 1st thing this morning and it wouldn't start. tried jumping off a fully charged battery and it still wouldn't fire. So I thought it was time to get that starter off and get it to that autoelectrician for testing/fixing. All the pipes off as per the talk...

Glad I didn't hold my breath. Started car at 3pm. Then left it til 3.45 until I had to go pick wife up. Battery was turning start motor over reasonably quickly but it wouldn't start. Jumped off another battery and started straight away. So sorting the earth lead needed doing and it's...

Well ... I managed to get the bolt off that was holding the earth to the chassis. It was rusty and bent and covered in crap. I've refixed earth to engine at the top. Car started straight away and as been left for half an hour today and is starting first time aggressively. Hopefully that's...

The earth lead connection on the starter is shiny and clean. I checked it and cleaned it and tightened it right up yesterday. This morning I went to car at top of bank and the battery turned it over but slowly and it wouldn't start. I rolled it down the bank and it jumped within 30 yards...

Good idea Barmatt I think the earth has definitely played it's part in this Dave. LOL cheers Sky. It's classic me. I once took the Mother in Law's house apart because a downstairs wall light wouldn't come on. I had all the floorboards up upstairs and all the upstairs furniture up the back...

Spot the idiot comment above by me ... The battery main earth is on the driver's side and not on the same side as the starter. It was whilst messing with the starter connections that my buttocks were twitching as cars flew past. Anyway ... I've had another go at the battery earth where it...

That's right. That probably sounds like a cop out ... but I was working today with the car on a very steep hill which is a main road, so not ideal as cars were flying past and I'd got the car parked on the opposite side of the road so the starter side was on the roadside ( if that makes...

Hi mate This morning I went to Dales in Burslem. They are regarded as the Gods of diesel motoring locally. The guy there said similar to you that whenever they snap off a heater plug there is a local company called Allards who specialise in getting things like this out without removing the...

Now this is getting weird ... After spending 5 mins typing the above reply I went outside and it's dead again. So I tried to jump it off a neighbours car and it started in an instant with the starter motor spinning really fast. ??? Col