heartbroken and sorry to you all .....the story

[briggie]

sell all your CB kit and buy a new car?

Jim

sell my kit yes , but it wont bring in enough to buy a car , most of it is 30 years old , might get 200 tho :nenau

 

[cncfabs]

according to the manual , it has a timing chain , its on page 26 of the em bit .

http://bebrs.pie-dabas.net/Webs/Terrano/R20/em.pdf

Thats the 3 litre 2.7 is gear driven

 

[Freebird]

my plan was to go to one of those door loan collector thingies , get a loan of £750 , buy the other mistral , then i have a car that runs and one for spares , but sheila said no ( roughly translated )

Ffs one of the most stupid ideas you have had, i dont believe you ever considered anything like that........

 

[briggie]

sell my kit yes , but it wont bring in enough to buy a car , most of it is 30 years old , might get 200 tho :nenau

equipment is ....

stalker 9 fdx with variable power ( up to 12 watts fm/am...18 watts ssb )

uniden 20-30 ... frequency display doesnt work and gets very hot after 5 mins or so ( new output stage prob )

bremi 400 watt mains linear ....( 200 watts fm/am .. 400 watts ssb )

small 70 watt mobile linear

gp 27 half wave aerial

stinger torndao 1.79 metre mobile aerial with mag mount

 

[briggie]

equipment is ....

stalker 9 fdx with variable power ( up to 12 watts fm/am...18 watts ssb )

uniden 20-30 ... frequency display doesnt work and gets very hot after 5 mins or so ( new output stage prob )

bremi 400 watt mains linear ....( 200 watts fm/am .. 400 watts ssb )

small 70 watt mobile linear

gp 27 half wave aerial

stinger torndao 1.79 metre mobile aerial with mag mount

the stalker is a highly sought after radio , but it seems to be a few kc's off frequency .. easy to sort if you have a scope ( i dont )

i have had many international contacts with the stalker :thumb2

 

[briggie]

http://www.cbtricks.com/radios/teaberry/stalker_ix_fdx/index.htm

 

[jims-terrano]

Right back on subject!!!

Can't wait to hear what Clivvy has found out, hope it's good news.

Jim

 

[briggie]

me too

 

[briggie]

Right back on subject!!!

Can't wait to hear what Clivvy has found out, hope it's good news.

Jim

he might be dismantling my electric folding wing mirrors :lol

 

[clivvy]

RIGHT IM HERE.

ok, for starters, i've nabbed Petes mirrors...only joking.

anyway, i went down with my mate and we had a chat with the garage (nice blokes by the way) and they showed me the problem. The description goes like this:

start the car-engine VERY shaky from cold, but does start and rev as you would expect. Everything appears to work perfect, but then randomly you get a "knock" I noticed that this knock only SEEMS to happen when you have let go of the acellerator, and the engine slows down to idle, then it knocks, but the garage reckons that when its warmed up it does do it when accelerating also, but is still random.

The knocking noise sounds like a single part inside the engine towards the rear, but sounds can be decieving. the chap says he hasnt actually had chance to look properly, and plans to do this Monday. he said the problem he has in diagnosing the issue is that if the knock is inside the engine, he has to take the engine apart to find the issue, and that costs.

Its really frustrating, because i have nothing else to report, its as simply as the description above. a single knock when the revs are released and the engine slows down to idle. Other than that, the engine runs as sweet as any diesel i've heard.

the only other thing i noticed was the pwoer steering belt is brown and worn, and did seem to wobble a bit, but that could just be the belt slightly mishapen? the viscous fan is ok, so its not that, and the other belts seemed fine.
???

 

[jims-terrano]

That's me stumped then, best leave it to more mechanically minded people then. BTW thanks for the txt Clivvy:thumbs

Jim

 

[extreme-4x4]

so we are no better off then . ffs the knock could be anything from an engine mount to exhaust or a sticky valve

if it is oiled i cant see you can break one of these engines,

i still say its something loose from the gearbox change . or lack of oil ... is it the same garage now that did the new gear box ?

ank them what way they changed the auto box what was removed and check everything is tight

 

[clivvy]

so we are no better off then . ffs the knock could be anything from an engine mount to exhaust or a sticky valve

if it is oiled i cant see you can break one of these engines,

i still say its something loose from the gearbox change . or lack of oil ... is it the same garage now that did the new gear box ?

ank them what way they changed the auto box what was removed and check everything is tight

same garage yes, but i asked about the gearbox change, he is going to check, but didnt think it was anything to do with that, and im inclined to believe him as its worked for well over a week and a few hundred mile since. Could well be something sticking though, thats something i said as i was listening to it, and the chap agreed it was a possibility.

 

[extreme-4x4]

same garage yes, but i asked about the gearbox change, he is going to check, but didnt think it was anything to do with that, and im inclined to believe him as its worked for well over a week and a few hundred mile since. Could well be something sticking though, thats something i said as i was listening to it, and the chap agreed it was a possibility.

exactly the right sort of time for something to work loose . now a month or several thousand miles . is when its safe to assume its all tight and working ok .

those wheels didnt fall off the f1 car in the pits or at the end of a race ... but did after a short period of driving equivalent to a week or couple of hundred miles on a road car by my reconing

 

[briggie]

how about we just scrap the useless pile of crap , and i save up eventually for another one ?

 

[briggie]

how about we just scrap the useless pile of crap , and i save up eventually for another one ?

there is a lot of good parts on it , so its my way of repaying your amazing act of generosity , then at least i wont feel as bad because im giving something back to the club

 

[extreme-4x4]

how about we just scrap the useless pile of crap , and i save up eventually for another one ?

give in if you want..... i have with plenty of cars before and paid the price. but not with a t2 they dont die

i wont feel any better getting my donation back id rather see you on the road... end of

 

[briggie]

give in if you want..... i have with plenty of cars before and paid the price. but not with a t2 they dont die

i wont feel any better getting my donation back id rather see you on the road... end of

i am not a quitter , ive survived my illness , but i dont want to spend anymore money i havent got , i got to really like the car and the independance it brought me , but how much is this going to cost ? , i feel guilty as it is , im trying to protect the club and its members from any more expense , perhaps when ive calmed down and had a cuppa i may feel a bit better .

many kind regards

pete

 

[clivvy]

well, look, we need to wait until monday when the garage have had chance to have a look. I am not sure if their having a look will cost anything. Like extreme says, could very well be something to do with the gear box they fitted, makes sense. Best way forward I think is to remain neutral about the car till we have some facts. We can then weigh up what to do with it. I dont mean its US that make the decision Pete, you do, but we are here to help mate. It would be nice, somehow, to see it fixed....

 

[Deleted account DD]

Noises are fine to fart about with but what is associated with it when they drive the thing. What does the oil pressure do ? what does the power sound like? is it misfiring or just not running? does it lose power under acceleration if at all?

Theres so much that a 1/2hr test drive would tell them and lead a knowledgeable mechanic into a decent first diagnosis without stripping down which I am sure they will do eg is it big ends that make loads of noise form cold then thump under load ? (trawling the depths of my memory) but the point remains the same.

Far too early to give up.

May become economically impractical but thats way down the line.