chris r

I needed the carport for the musso marathon so plugged enough of the old loom in to run and it started up on some extremely stale fuel. It's sitting on the lawn now waiting to go back into the carport, in the spirit of actually getting it progressed and trying to avoid more scope creep I'm not going to do the fancy twisted loom and go for the braided sheathing or flexi conduit like factory

It's the most reliable vehicle I own currently so nothing to report. Used it for a parts run to get tools to fix the musso. It's currently got a Washing machine in the back. It'll be back to daily duties this week with cruise control set to 115

Assembled it enough to hopefully not leak fluids. Left the rocker cover off to make sure there was oil flowing and nothing was loose The fuel system is meant to be self bleeding but I cracked the lines as everything was dry and there was a bunch of air in the system Chucked the belt on and it doesn't appear to be leaking oil or water. Got it up to temp and the thermostat opened and heater works so that's a victory. Boratgreatsuccess.gif Still need to refit the intake hoses, intercooler, fan clutch etc but that's enough for this weekend. Now it's firing on all 5 cylinders the muffler might have a accident so I can hear the 5 cylinder noises

Number one cyl got treated to new lifters as I only bought two. Trying to remember the sequence of the 22 head bolts was fun. The two plus 90 deg turns was a bit puckering but went well. Chucked some assembly lube on everything Cam caps on and torqued to spec Turned it over by hand a few times and it even stayed timed correctly Got carried away reassembling stuff and nearly forgot the exhaust gasket I attempted to replace the thermostat but got the wrong one. Looks like the musso has a om606 thermostat and fan clutch. Chucked the original one back in for now. Annoyingly I broke the throttle shaft so will need to figure that out

It's fixed. Well the intake side is I checked the exhaust side and No3 has decided it wants to leak Gave No3 exh a quick lap and it's fixed Head just fell on which was nice Now to battle the pins for the timing chain and hope I don't drop the two m6 bolts for the front of the head down the front of the motor

I put the old intake valve in my drill and the neighbor reckoned it was bent. Will find something flat to check again. No burns or other sadness though Replaced both the intake and exhaust on no1 as I had it that far apart. Old and new next to each other The springs did feel soft but that was just squeezing them by hand and not properly measuring them

Turns out the spline sockets at supercheap are the same as triple square or xzn. Much puckering and safety squints what I loosened all of the head bolts Of course one rounded and it was one of the bolts that were recessed Shoved a rag in and lots of cutting oils and managed to drill the head off After about 4 hours of lapping the new valves (and putting the stiffer springs in to give it a better chance of holding) Moment of truth Time to attempt to get some sleep and I'll see how much has leaked out in the morning

Started pulling it apart again and everything was going too smoothly so I said as much and jinxed it

No coolant smells so far which is good, the wiper self park seems to have fixed itself too which is a win. Ordered a socket/driver so I can actually unbolt the head. Hopefully that'll arrive this week. In further ignoring the intake valve leak I've got a lead on a gearbag too. Not quite a traumatic but tremec/BorgWarner is close enough right? It I'll fit with the 202 for the re power

Must have had that tube in and out too many times as this swap went super fast and only fumbled blindly twice before I found the hole Rubber grease was a good idea for sliding the hose on but it also meant the spring clamp wasn't strong enough to seal the hose. Chucked another hose clamp on its fixed for now. Will need to find somewhere to do a stationary cooling system test for the final check

Made it to supercheap before closing time and found a hose that looked like it was long enough to work. Part number came up as a 202 powered commodre heater hose so it'll be perfect for the 202 repower Will deal with changing it later

Best I can find onsite is a few lengths of train track a 20 litre bucket of lube and some 150mm pvc ducting so nothing super handy. In saying that I might have some copper pipe and shit at home buried in the hoard

Yes I have but it takes longer to cure than I have patience for Realistically the pipe belongs in the bin as it's internally corroded and trying to weld or repair it is a waste of time. But where is the fun in doing things correctly the first or second time. I just need to not be at work when supercheap or ripco are open so I can find a hose that'll work with the new pipe

It'll come as no surprise there is a new pinhole in the pipe. But what is surprising is its not where I've welded it. Working this long weekend so it'll sit in the work carpark and think about what it's done.

Of course the cross referencing from various Mercedes catalogues would bite me, some sprinters had a 2.9 5 cyl which ssangyong used and stamped their part number on. Figured the sprinter heater pipe would work as it looked the same in the diagram The bend is nearly in the right place. The mounting bracket is in the correct position though which is nice. The stock heater hose is too short to bypass the core and reach the sprinter hose which is annoying. Seeing as welding the pipe the last two times was a such a success I welded it again and refitted it with a new o ring and chucked it back in. Will see what heater hose I can find in a bargain bin at supercheap that's the right size and make it work

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Not quite overnight parts from Estonia but pretty quick. The old while I'm paying for freight may as well get my monies worth kicked in The coolant tube I welded that's still leaking, Head set, head bolts, stem seals and some valves. Now I can continue to ignore the intake valve leak and just fix the coolant leak

Collected the beagle from storage last week Mixed feelings this morning. I finally sold the beagle to a guy who's been very patiently waiting. Good to have one less car and the logistics surrounding it but the hoarder wants to keep it

Oh after baking off the brake adjuster the brakes have stopped being mega grabby, probably should have looked at them years ago Got a new distributor a while ago and installed it last night Love the nice Electrically conductive paint over everything. I swapped the bosch ignition module over as I don't trust the random one that came with the distributor. Was too lazy to clean it off so I ran a extra earth wire to the screw for the igniton module cover Gave it a oil change but we know what that looks like. Dropped it off to storage so I'll see it in another year

Looks like I can re power the musso with a 202 and traumatic

Poor thing got a hiding going up the Bombay hill. Had to pin it in third and throw my mechanical sympathy away for a little while

Still have this and it's still running fairly well. Fired up with no major dramas after sitting for ages. Rear brake decided to lock up. Luckily it was just the adjuster being dumb so I backed it off Saw that, put the drum back on and said its fixed If course the one thing I haven't changed on the brakes has failed after 46 years Put it right back to work for a no wof no reg run as the other honda needs to go to a new home And have it it's first semi proper wash in probably 3 years Now time to stick it back in storage

https://www.arcweld.co.nz/product-group/3034-lincoln-welding-flex-double-insulated-welding-cable/product?srsltid=AfmBOopX2AZ1FiffZV4SWobWoUws4b9ayWYE2qLhwlKJU8-UoGN93Qig&productId=8415 That's the cheapest I've found with a quick google 4awg should be 25mm, just slap some heat shrink on the ends for the different colours

+1 on it sounding like a 911 up the hill at the end. Sounds pretty good to me

Good news is the head/head gasket don't seem to be leaking The not unexpected news is the pipe is still leaking. Could well be the o ring that goes into the thermostat housing. Or the o ring and my welding After a bunch of digging a found a new heater pipe to replace the one I've welded up. Figured I'd bite the bullet and order the rest of the gaskets, valve and head bolts I need. The whole lot ended up cheaper shipped than just the head gasket set here in nz