Got my 3rds today... Sgt....celebrated by drinking

from my Grandfather's sgts mess mug from when he was in England

 

So I removed those 2 sensors. The holes don't go right through. So I trimed the ports off and smoothed the top with jb weld. I'll smooth them out tomorrow and reinsert them

 

Good for you Rescue. Congratulations. Everyone knows that the NCOs run the armed forces!

 

Well damn Man... That's pretty undeniable...
Question: After you run it with the filter, do/would you recommend removing the filter (mission complete) or leaving it for the long term?

 

I'm going to leave them. According to some, casting sand comes out of the engine "forever". I'll check them periodically. Who knows what else I'll catch?!

Jon

 

Put the 2 air breathers back on and just released I never ordered new air filters lol.

Also on the lhs I need to plug 2 holes due to removing the smog pump.

Still haven't put in the coolant yet.

Hoping to roll it out of the garage this week.

 

So I started refilling the coolant following grants procedure, as I have done before seen here with left side jacked up...




...after about 1 hr of slowly filling it up I'm around 20L and I here coolant dripping, it's coming out of the air bleed hole first.... ok.... I cap it... put just a little in and I can here it going into the expansion tank.... that's when I here coolant dripping again.

I guess my patch job of the crack at the bottom failed...

So I removed the expansion tank and have it sitting in the pan draining. Will access tomorrow.

But I did notice that there was a lot of fluid in the expansion tank more then I thought when i removed it so was wondering why it didn't come out of there first instead of the bleed hole?

More to follow tomorrow

 

First day of vacation ya!

So started the repair on the expansion tank. Will know tomorrow if I did a better job.

Changed out the fuel filter...high on fumes now lol j/k. Was easy.

Started cleaning up the garage and getting all the parts i have scattered about together.

Hopefully get it off the stands tomorrow and out if the garage.

 

Sure wish I was as close to getting mine back on it's feet - careful with the cleaning up - generally means you'll be making a mess again if sod is around with the rule book. Got to admire the persistence and focus.

 

sod? Lol

No mess until I get to me new house and new 3 car garage.

I'm gonna have to buy some garage mats to pair the xjs on. Cause who knows when it will leak again lol

 

Perhaps 'sod' doesn't make the transatlantic journey ...

We say Sod's Law or Murphy's Law - it is a way of saying that whatever you think, reality will have something else planned.

For me it is the point where I pack the tools away, clean up only to go get them out again when I spot what I missed despite all those check's, rechecks - I mean what could go wrong - well Sod and Murphy pretty much conclude 'everything' ... set the expectation low that way the level of disappointment is reduced.

 

Yep i hear that. Always happens

 

Got the expansion tank mounted again. Will continue filling up with coolant tomorrow.

Fixed the truck lid latch.

Also took the ant out. It never went all the way down (bottom section). So looked inside. Extended it by hand using the inner gears, the bottom section came out more and noticed a slight bend in it. So bent it back slightly. Also took 2000grit to all the sections to polish them up, then rubbed lubrication oil along the whole section. Seems to be better but won't know till I hook power up to it. Meh was gonna gut the whole system anyways down the road.

 

Rescue
Translation please!

 

Auto antenna I think...

 

Thanks, JJJ, makes sense now!

 

Haha yes the radio antenna in the trunk (boot for you across the pond)

 

ready to come off the ramps. Just need someone to help push as i dint want to start it in the garage in case i ****ed up big time.

Good news i hooked up the battery and didn't see any leaks or anything.

the radio antenna now goes up and down like intended so that's a win.

So while I'm waiting for help I do have a wiring concern.

So when I turn this switch on



The aux fan comes on. that 12" fan is loud and strong fyi. Go spal!

thoughts as I was trying to have it only come on when the compressor comes on. Or by activating that switch should the compressor be tripped?

 

So got it outside of garage.




Wouldn't start. Then I realized that it's a year old gas in it. So just put fresh 91 oct gas with fuel stabilizer, 105 octane boost.

Waiting for the battery to charge back up.

It almost started. I can feel the fuel Ines are charged. Nothing leaking so far.

I'll report back in an hr or so.

Time to tidy up my garage while I wait

 

didnt want to start. I posted in the got a v12 HE that wont start thread. I am thinking TPS as I did the test and didnt here the injectors clicking (anyone got a sound clip on what it should sound like?)