pandamaniac
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After so much fun, I must add like Jim Trott out of the Vicar of Dibley
No, no,nnn, no, nno, no don't give up yet!
Dave
No, no,nnn, no, nno, no don't give up yet!
Dave
One of my neighbors has moaned at the council about my Panda sanctuary so either the 4x4 or Guff II has to go.![]()
Well that hasn't worked either. The leak is fixed, engine runs a lot smoother on choke but as soon as you touch the throttle it dies.
Oh well; the Tax runs out at the end of the month and I'm getting fed up so it may be scrapped yet.
My bottom line on carburation is "Stick an SU on it".
Pick up an old Mini item, remembering that all SU's are sidedraft, and whack it on.
Anything will run on an SU and they are so simple they just can't go wrong.
If it won't run then........................ Then it is something else at fault.![]()
Sounds perfectly logical to me:slayer:
1.7 diesel was made from 1.8 petrol block, it has 1.8 crank/stroke but smaller pistons 82.6 not 84 mm like petrol 1.8. The same with 1.9 but it was made from 2.0 petrol dohc block/crank. As you mentioned these are old but bulletproof engines. If your fiorino was 1.7 diesel from factory the best/cheap/reasonable engine would be 1.9TD from tipo tempra delta dedra , early alfa 145 146 , late regata ritmo{strada in UK} or any from the family like 1.4 TD from uno, 1.7 TD from punto mk1, 1.9 from ducato.... anything avialable in UK. I have 1.7 60 hp in my regataD. Slow mule but still lightyears faster than vw 1.6 54 hp from the same eraI know very, very little about Diesel engines but the 1.7...
Thank you all for all the tips, advice, encouragement and critique with this thread.
If I had put the time, money and effort into my Fantasia she'd be concourse now.![]()
If anyone needs any parts let me know before the weighbridge beckons.
I was just reading this post of yours from December, why not put all the money from your parts sell off into the Fantasia?