er... Alan I think that looks like a lot of useful stuff there mate! Not crap surely... now mine...
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I suppose the spare sisley in there helps.
SPARE SISLEY! a spare 1000'd do for me...
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Anyway since we don't have any snow I thought bo**ocks I might as well go out n change the belt tonight......so all done bar a little bit of tinkering, the alt belt is a little tight and maybe the timing belt just a tad so as well but he's purring like a kitten without even doing the timing on a strobe and so quiet so got loads of spare time tomorrow so think he's having a wash n brush up.John H
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I agree that I wrote a load of carp regarding the pulley sizes.lightweightmick said:Hi John, not mixing our shafts up?
To avoid confusion I think we need to be picky!
Here's a great link just to remind us all how a 4 stroke engine works:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stroke_cycle
er... note how many times the crankshaft revolves.
1st revolution = induction stroke (down) & then up = compression stroke
2nd revolution = power stroke (down again)-this is the one that make the wheels go round! (then up again) = exhaust stroke
While no1 and no4 are both at the top of their respective strokes, trust me you want the valves to be closed at no1 - hence the camshaft timing mark showing no1 TDC.
Hope that's cleared that up!
I thought you'd written that you could get the crankshaft in the wrong position, and could correct it by rotating 1 full turn.. I really should read more carefully, and shouldn't rush to post.
It's obviously time I stopped posting here.
Bye.
John H
John H said:
Ooops! No offence meant here... it's not always easy to get our heads round things at times... I was trying to help Alan out in a hurry and probably not being very specific... sorry folks
Glad to hear you got sorted Alan! Had you got a spare tension pulley? How much are they new? I fitted a new one on the Ducato this yr - it was £38 inc!
I got a s/hand one from a scrapper for the Panda for £3 but decided against fitting it - hence the pic on adding grease under the lip in the timing belt thread - it's still moaning a bit, but better than it was. I'm going to have to fit a better one before too long.
Glad to hear you got sorted Alan! Had you got a spare tension pulley? How much are they new? I fitted a new one on the Ducato this yr - it was £38 inc!
I got a s/hand one from a scrapper for the Panda for £3 but decided against fitting it - hence the pic on adding grease under the lip in the timing belt thread - it's still moaning a bit, but better than it was. I'm going to have to fit a better one before too long.
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John....Mick thanks very much for the help :worship: John please re-think as you are most def required here, I don't for one second think that Mick was having a pop but was offering his humour at the same time as doing his best to help me, as were you.
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christopher watson said:
Chris mine is shown as 15 +/- 1 with vacum but may be 2 without?
Alan.D said:
yes, with the vacuum its 15 +/- 1. but 2 without the vacuum attached.
John H said:
this posts sounds a little bit fishy. maybe i should skate this issue
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Alan.D said:
Mission Accomplished and even managed to fit in a wash n brush up. interior vallet next and finished for the year (hopefully with fingers crossed)
Alan.D said:
famous last words
. last time i said that, was after fitting the speedo cable, and now the dash is squeeking (sp), and the tailgate rubber has split
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I'm going to change front n back bumpers next year and it's going for the paint job real soon (this year I believe) but it has a youthfull feel again so more interested again which probably means more money soon
