h4nd Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 You know, I didn't re-check the points... so y'know, clean em, face 'em. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 23 May, Hang on, this shouldn't be leaking fuel here... Clean up, running: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 May 24, but not well, still fouling plugs. I know the air cleaner is a bit shit, so Here's a part number that the local agent tells me is unequivocably NOT a Daihatsu part number Gave it a wash/dry, good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 June 4 Coil? Nope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 Aug 1: I then noticed the fuel inlet bush on the carb was loose (see banana pointer) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 June 4 Coil? Nope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h4nd Posted August 8, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2021 Then @EpochNZwanders over one day to have a look at VW suspension on the drive. After, we have a quick look at the DAi, and it starts on the jumper cables. Hang on!. The battery is showing 12.8V after settling after charging, (OK), but drooping to 10V and less under load when starting. So I head off to Faast fit who supplied it, he tests it (OK on the hygrometer, but poos output current). It's just been a dead battery, all this time! Faast replaces under warranty (good service), and I throw a wee brass strap on because it's a slightly different shape. Runner! Drive to work. It's oookay, but not running well, maybe a little lean? Found an online airfilter dimension search (finally), and toss one in, then change the carb back to the one on the right (no hole in the barrel from long screw), and back to normal for that motor. Sheesh, what a chore. I need to remember to check the basics first. Anyways, it bloody great to be punting this around town again, and now I can get back to important tricky jobs like changing the carpet. 22 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h4nd Posted January 8, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2022 Except, no. I got to pondering the battery fail. I have a phone charger with a V meter. So I plug it in, and start watching. After a start it's between 13.8 and 14.5 as it should. Then after 5 min (replacing the charge taken by the starter motor), it started climbing, the gauge started flashing at 15V (nice feature), so at 15.7V, it's pretty clear why the battery was boiling off and putting white crusty around the terminals. Ah, oops. 5 or 8 years ago, it had that problem, and I took it to an auto-sparky, but now I think about it, it's killed a couple of batteries since then. Testing, testing: I put it on a variable power supply, it makes a cute buzzy noise. OK, looking closer, he'd bent the high-V contact away (incorrect, there's a spec gap), but the switching V was also incorrect (too high). So I set the gap in the contacts at the bottom correctly, and adjusted the switching voltage by bending the tab holding the resisting spring (per online guides). It Bench tests OK now. Tossed it back in the car. It's a shade low at start when idling, but now comes up to correct V, and doesn't over-charge. Golden. I wandered down to the battery merchant who'd been a GC, and told him it was a car electrical fault that killed the battery. He wouldn't accept payment for it, just told me to let him know if I was ever selling! Cool. People can be really good, if you treat them right. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h4nd Posted January 8, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2022 Set the points and check the dwell with the meter @governorsam gave me (thanks man!) running out the bonnet: Sweet, set. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h4nd Posted January 8, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2022 Damned Posties intimidating other road users... 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 Then it started leaking coolant at work. I'd only just got the rad patched up, so, damn. Then I realised it was just the always wet leaky gutter at work: 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 Except it wasn't So, I popped the top to have a look. HMMMMMMMMMM Yuck LHS cylinder, ooookkkkaaaay..... RHS: It took me a day to realise, but something about that RHS was just scratching my brain. (More story later, Milk bottle lolly prize if you can spot the problem already). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h4nd Posted January 8, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2022 it was this: Ah, ok, some bogan had put the bolts in the wrong place, and the long one eventually wore through the water jacket. I had a think, and realised the cooling is only 15psi at ~100deg C, so, JB Weld! Tickle up the top of the piston Button up the top of the engine Then decorate the front of the Prius... 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 Of course, the next day, on the way to the xmas BBQ, my rash fit of piston cleaning caught up with me so I was down to one cylinder again, but that only took a couple of minutes to sort out. Good. So now I can go sort out that shitty carpet... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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h4nd Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 I'm stealing some electrons from the Dai. Maybe some of you know I have another OS vehicle, which would be much more suitable for a wee open road excursion to somewhere near the sounds, somewhere near summer: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 More Daihatsu manual pages, now including lubrication system for @Datsunrides who's doing this L38 info: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kf-CdvnuB3tBH6RVCWjvZmkiRqvjfpRN?usp=sharing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h4nd Posted October 18, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 Crust be gone: soo, has WOF. Garage complemented the work, so Hamish at Hammer'N'Weld did a nice job, (at a reasonable price!) Oh cool, the bottom is done, so now I can sort out the shitty carpet. 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h4nd Posted February 7, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2023 Except no. Over summer for the last month or two, the old girl's been getting increasingly spluttery when hot. I know, in summer, right? I once looked under the bonnet, back on Dec 11: Ah yeah, that head gasket's not looking that flash. I really oughta hold a BBQ and invite a casual engine swap party soon. And then there were some good ideas about quick-n-dirty gasket repairs over in the tech spam thread (Roman's gift keeps on giving!) But, I'd forgotten the first and second rule of owning a 2T: So I threw those in the Barry-approved ND spark plug cleaner for 2 min, and fitted and test drove the toy and kiddo around the neighberhood. Sweet. Full thrash, back on tap. So I can ignore that for a little while longer. Right, what was next? 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 How's the serenity? Birds chirping, the quiet hum of Lyttleton traffic wandering by (cough) Anyway, fill'er up; oil water and change the plugs. Routine maintenance hmmmm. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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