My collection of T2's

[solarman216]

well before they are moved on I thought I would take a couple of pics, this four are all road going starting from the right is the new TDi for the Mrs, it was not purchased for her, rather to do the welding that the previous owner could not run to after spending a lot of money on other things, and sell it on, so when it failed the MOT and needed £200 welding they put it on Ebay, I picked it up for around £400, finally got round to sorting it and it is a lovely motor, the Mrs wanted it for the bull bar, leather interior, CD changer and she always wanted blue rather than the green she had before, and I am hoping that the sort of driving she does that it will be better on fuel than her petrol, the next to the left is my new motor, older than my current one but got LPG conversion, so should also save money on fuel, (dent in NS wing to me unimportant) next to the left is my current motor a real workhorse, currently having a power transplant and also found some tin worm that I had not seen so this will be sorted before I sell it, this will be a cheap work type motor as the interior has seen hard service, long MOT tax till end May, and last is the Mrs ex motor, again although it was MOT'd not too long ago found some worm that I have to attend to before I sell it, but this is a much cleaner motor (well it would be wouldn't it I was rarely allowed to drive it and if I made it dirty ?????????. Rick

 

[solarman216]

so that is four of the 8 now we have a TDi scrapper and my off road motor, and in a shed is a LWB petrol chassis and my old petrol off roader, but hopefull soon will be down to six, Rick

 

[judd750]

Yes the terrano seems to grow on you and multiply
Started with one to pull the tin tent.
Now got three !!!
A 98 lwb
99 lwb
And a 2000 swb

andy

 

[puddle hoppers inc.]

well before they are moved on I thought I would take a couple of pics, this four are all road going starting from the right is the new TDi for the Mrs, it was not purchased for her, rather to do the welding that the previous owner could not run to after spending a lot of money on other things, and sell it on, so when it failed the MOT and needed £200 welding they put it on Ebay, I picked it up for around £400, finally got round to sorting it and it is a lovely motor, the Mrs wanted it for the bull bar, leather interior, CD changer and she always wanted blue rather than the green she had before, and I am hoping that the sort of driving she does that it will be better on fuel than her petrol, the next to the left is my new motor, older than my current one but got LPG conversion, so should also save money on fuel, (dent in NS wing to me unimportant) next to the left is my current motor a real workhorse, currently having a power transplant and also found some tin worm that I had not seen so this will be sorted before I sell it, this will be a cheap work type motor as the interior has seen hard service, long MOT tax till end May, and last is the Mrs ex motor, again although it was MOT'd not too long ago found some worm that I have to attend to before I sell it, but this is a much cleaner motor (well it would be wouldn't it I was rarely allowed to drive it and if I made it dirty ?????????. Rick

lovely pic. my favourite is second from left. mike

 

[solarman216]

Judd750 yes they seem to have sex regularly.

puddle hoppers, this has been my workhorse for 3.5 years and the only reason I am parting with it now is because of the LPG on the new motor, yours if you want it, Rick

 

[puddle hoppers inc.]

i dont have cash for toys but if i did, i think that one looks "just right". wheels,stance etc proper :thumb2

 

[solarman216]

i dont have cash for toys but if i did, i think that one looks "just right". wheels,stance etc proper :thumb2

yep it has 31's on but not going with it, they will be going on my LPG motor, Rick

 

[jims-terrano]

Just told the wife to stop worrying because we now have two.

 

[rustic]

Wow, one is enough for me to worry about:augie

My Mav has been the second car most of it's life, hence the low mileage, but it is still used daily, rarely at weekends though.
Once a month, we do use it for the family visit, to clear the cobwebs out. A few red line runs, does clear out the carbon deposits.
The long distance work is done by the Picasso, 50+ mpg even at 70 + 10% mph :thumb2
The interior volume that each can provide, is about the same, but the Picasso has a flat floor, and with the rear seats removed you could camp in there.

However the Mav can carry twice the weight of the Pic... (another use of the word pic:lol)

 

[bry]

Both Rick and Andy have good fleet.Could start a business. Maybe called Terrano Tours.Lol.

 

[solarman216]

Engine change

so this has been my week end, this is the old one from my work motor, rattles well on start up, will post pics of the big end shell when I have time to look

 

[solarman216]

and where it came from

 

[solarman216]

replacement been sitting on the workshop floor since well before Xmas

 

[solarman216]

while it was out and easy to get to thought I would check the maf, just as well I did, this is bottom side

 

[solarman216]

and top side

 

[solarman216]

after very gentle cotton bud and pure acetone, (not nail varnish remover as it has added stuff to condition nails and will contaminate the wires as they get hot) you can use alcohol as in tape head cleaner

 

[solarman216]

this is how I extract a spigot bush, fill it with grease and drive in a close fitting punch

 

[solarman216]

bush pops out undamaged

 

[solarman216]

now the good bit, although the big ends were worn this did not explain the performance loss compared to what it did perform like, I suspected the EGR so drilled a hole in the top (you can see it to the right of the vac pipe connection) and used a punch to drive the valve closed, vac disconnected so thought that should sort it, well now it is out found I can blow down this pipe so it is not seating

 

[solarman216]

my cure