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PBBIZ2
First weekend away with the new motor - did not go well.
Got into Burgoynes without incident and stopped to have a look at the hut - car world not stat - battery appeared totally daed or at least it was sitting at 13.5V then turn the key - down to 4V - fark. Jump started it with a cable across to the aux battery - all going.
Drove over the hill to the next capsite, parked up then heard a hissing and splashing sound - oil pissing out of the sump. Checked further, 20 cent piece slot hole punched in the sump - lost about a liter of oil.
BD changed the coils and the ones they put in are sloppy and way too soft - coil went to full compression at about 1kph and came down hard on a mount bolt holding the front diff guard in place - fark
Popped bonnet and aircon belt had turned itself completely inside out on the pulley - how the hell can that happen?
Anyway, luckily had a slug of instant metal, so cleaned up the slash and fixed the hole. Starter issues just got worse and had a look at the belt but the mechanism to adjust the belt defies everything i have seen so far, so left that alone.
Rang BD on Saturday after climbing out of the valley to get phone coverage. They are organising a new starter motor and sump, out of Eagle Spares in Melb on Monday - will see how long this actually takes. I will have to have another chat with Scotty at BD about the belt though. Couple of shots attached. Going to weigh the front of the vehicle to match a set of coils correctly.
Engine itself runs hard and well, really happy. Fuel consumption way better that the overloaded 2.8 - approx 1/4 tank better for same k's. Have not filled it back up yet as cant rstart it when it stops at the moment.
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