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    GSF Parts are useless!

    /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ WHS. :lol: :msn4:
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    Torquing the Fan

    Thanks for the reply people. Didn't think of looking in Haynes,tried Bentley but failed to see it. All done now,hopefully won't need to pull the engine for a while,everything has either been refurbed or is new.......Famous last words :roll: :roll: :shock: :lol:
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    fresh air hose exiting tinware question

    On the other hand, old melted heads and pistons can be turned into quite attractive ornaments or ashtrays, which look nice on dark wood sideboards. :lol: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ :lol: :lol:
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    **update 2**finally got the video uploaded to you tube.....

    Well i got the Dynamo back after it was refurbed,put it all back together last night and hit fitting the engine this morning starting at 8am. What a f**kin' nightmare!!!! I left all the xorst/xchangers and brace bar still attached to the engine when i removed it(followed some advice on here). I...
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    Torquing the Fan

    Do you need to Torque the Fan on the back of the Dyno?? If so what is the setting??Had a quick flick in the Bentley when i took it off to see how to do it but found no info.
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    yet another insurance quote

    been quoted 166 notes from RH Insurance for 25k fully comp domestic use + class 1???whatever that is,garaged and the spouse on the policy,mind she has stated i am to anal about condition of bus so said she has no intention of driving the van. I said "What if i put my back out again when we are...
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    Hot start relay- is it worth doing?

    not to sound thick or anything but how do you wire one in :shock: :roll: had the said problem a couple of years ago albeit i didn't do much mileage last year so wondered how difficult it is to do?? :roll:
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    **update 2**finally got the video uploaded to you tube.....

    Had a local Vehicle 'lectrician cast an ear and eye on the noise/squeal and advised to shim out the endfloat,while he's at it new bearings and armature all for 40 notes :P Went to start the van up to leave and i flooded the bloody carb :oops: :oops: still can't get to grips with starting it...
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    fan belt tension, drivin me mad !!

    [/i][/b] :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Not easy are they Bob!! Spoke to the Vehicle 'lectrician today who is gonna refurb me Dyno and told him the cufuffle i had with the key and he said to put a small centre pot on it to form a tiny ridge so you then have to tap it in the...
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    what kind of camper do you drive?

    vote cast,campobile bit of a give away really :roll: :sick0019:
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    **update 2**finally got the video uploaded to you tube.....

    SO AS HEADING STATES UPDATED...... I fitted the woodruf key as explained early and seamed quieter but ran for about 10 mins and the niose came back so off i went to the local Auto Electricians and it's an engine out job :( :cry: So i've pulled the engine and have checked oil deflector plate...
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    yet another insurance quote

    Rang Cherished and asked for quote........... Looking for Fully Comp,25k value,5k mileage and commuting to single place of work(sunny days only :lol: :lol:) Best they could do was max of 3k miles NO COMMUTING TO WORK,garaged,just myself to drive for 180 of my hard earned pounds,even after the...
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    **update 2**finally got the video uploaded to you tube.....

    Update on this then............ I had me woodruf key come today,what a frickin pain in the arse that is to fit :roll: :shock: everytime i slid the back half of the pulley on it pushed the woodruf key up ever so slightly which stopped the pulley fully going home then push abit harder and the...
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    yet another insurance quote

    yet another thread ref insurance. Adrian Flux. Have been quoted 163 notes fully comp with 25k value. last year it was about 120 notes,why has it gone up???
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    **update 2**finally got the video uploaded to you tube.....

    here is where i am at. as per last nights update and two video's,trying to spin shaft etc etc i treid a new belt and put 6 shims all original ones which came with the van and started up the van,fan turned fine no squeals then it started to ever so slightly but a squeal not a grumble. again i...
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    **update 2**finally got the video uploaded to you tube.....

    Thanks for the swift replies fellas!! Well i have took your advice and have taken fan belt off and the complete top pulley assembly by wiggling the back plate repeatedly til it worked loose.I rotated the shaft clockwise and no grumble or noise was present,anticlockwise and there was some minor...
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    **update 2**finally got the video uploaded to you tube.....

    if i'm honest it sounds metallic :cry: and deffo coming from around the dynamo. would it be a bad top pulley??if it was would it sound metallic?? could it be the brushes sort of arcing??? i struggle to bend down and lean into the bay at the moment due to recovering from spinal,lower lumbar...
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    **update 2**finally got the video uploaded to you tube.....

    Hopefully i have managed to upload the video to you tube so with any luck you can view it/listen to it atlast :lol: :lol: I have tried the screwdriver in the ear and onto the dyno casing but i could not hear/feel any grumbling so i am at a loss as to what it is. Any help much appreciated. The...
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    engine noise what is it?

    i've uploaded the video to photobucket but it does not show in my albums,yet the mobile phone states it was uploaded successfully :| :evil: :evil: :evil:
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    engine noise what is it?

    does it work for you now?? :?
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