There was a "break" in the bloody awful weather today. Didn't last long but was long enough for me to fit the 2.5" 316 Stainless steel exhaust pipe and 4" mixer.
I fitted the retrofitted gear selector on the Paragon Transmission. It was leaking just around the gear selector cylinder so i rebuilt it and reinstalled it. Works great now ... No leaks!!!
I was also able to muck around and fit my new "you beaut … kick arse" Bosch alternator.
I had to fabricate the arm thing but its all aligned nicely and runs well. I get plenty of movement to take off or to tighten belts. I have just have to paint the alternator arm and touch up where the mounting bracket was moved as well as buy a new starter motor then I can sign off on that part of the build as completed ... wooh hooooo!!!!
One thing I did noticed today was that the perko is blowing a bit of smoke at idle. Is that normal?
The smoke was stinging my eyes almost like I was cutting onions. I haven't run the motor for around 4-5 weeks but the fuel is the same as i used last time i started her and the motor is obviously new so am concerned… and not ever having owned a diesel … am confused.
from my experience, an engine blowing smoke is usually f#$ked! … but … that's to do with engines of the petrol variety!
It might be that it always did that or is supposed to do that. could be that here was no wind around when the other times I started her the wind was howling but it just seems weird that since the exhaust pipe went on all of a sudden theres smoke everywhere. When i rev it the smoke goes away but when I back of the throttle smoke puffs out. Took me a bit to bleed the system to get her running so maybe that's got something to do with it so yeah just curious.
I took a video of it and will post to help with the diagnosis.
Took the prop in the get looked at during the week and they rung me today. Its going to cost me $600 to get it to class 1 spec and polished.
The MRI Scan print out showed that the prop was in a very very bad way. Way out of balance, it wasn't at its correct pitch. In fact, none of the blades were the same pitch at all, but i suspect that may have been me when i belted it with a rubber mallet to get it off the shaft, another lesson learned.
Needless to say tho, but it would have vibrated horribly, not to mention the abuse I subjected it to by smacking it around and then getting it sandblasted, which they really shun me for i may add, but again, its a learning curve that I won't ever do again.
Thats Enough of me blabbing on for today.
Cheers
Matt
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I fitted the retrofitted gear selector on the Paragon Transmission. It was leaking just around the gear selector cylinder so i rebuilt it and reinstalled it. Works great now ... No leaks!!!
I was also able to muck around and fit my new "you beaut … kick arse" Bosch alternator.
I had to fabricate the arm thing but its all aligned nicely and runs well. I get plenty of movement to take off or to tighten belts. I have just have to paint the alternator arm and touch up where the mounting bracket was moved as well as buy a new starter motor then I can sign off on that part of the build as completed ... wooh hooooo!!!!
One thing I did noticed today was that the perko is blowing a bit of smoke at idle. Is that normal?
The smoke was stinging my eyes almost like I was cutting onions. I haven't run the motor for around 4-5 weeks but the fuel is the same as i used last time i started her and the motor is obviously new so am concerned… and not ever having owned a diesel … am confused.
from my experience, an engine blowing smoke is usually f#$ked! … but … that's to do with engines of the petrol variety!
It might be that it always did that or is supposed to do that. could be that here was no wind around when the other times I started her the wind was howling but it just seems weird that since the exhaust pipe went on all of a sudden theres smoke everywhere. When i rev it the smoke goes away but when I back of the throttle smoke puffs out. Took me a bit to bleed the system to get her running so maybe that's got something to do with it so yeah just curious.
I took a video of it and will post to help with the diagnosis.
Took the prop in the get looked at during the week and they rung me today. Its going to cost me $600 to get it to class 1 spec and polished.
The MRI Scan print out showed that the prop was in a very very bad way. Way out of balance, it wasn't at its correct pitch. In fact, none of the blades were the same pitch at all, but i suspect that may have been me when i belted it with a rubber mallet to get it off the shaft, another lesson learned.
Needless to say tho, but it would have vibrated horribly, not to mention the abuse I subjected it to by smacking it around and then getting it sandblasted, which they really shun me for i may add, but again, its a learning curve that I won't ever do again.
Thats Enough of me blabbing on for today.
Cheers
Matt
Sent from my iPhone using Trawler
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