Well guys I sold my house a year ago and thought I would buy myself a nice early bay. So I saw Matt_b had a full resto Devon for sale. Believe me the work on it is top notch!
As I have no garage to work out of at the moment, I thought it would be just the ticket! Deal done and 1 happy family.
There was a whine on the gearbox. It turned out to be a worn/bent finger on the clutch release. I've sorted out a few other bits on it and been on literely 2 road trips. I noticed the engine ran fairly hot......
I drove to the local town and on the way home the flywheel fell off! My wife had to drag the bus home. She could hardly hold her hand still by the time we got back! Drilled the old dowels out and torqued it back on.
Next I set off for Dubs int Dales. A 40 mile trip. As I hadn't done any servicing I changed the oil and filter before going.
When I got there my daughter of 5 told me that there was a noise from the engine! I found the bottom pulley was loose. Tightened it and started it back up. The noise was still there! Let it cool down and tried again. No better. Checked the oil and there was no oil on the dipstick!
Got recovered home and fell out with the bus!
As I have been off over Christmas I thought I would drop it out and have a look. So far I have found a piece of mig wire in the sump! There are various bits of tinware missing and I am just going out to split it. I'll post some piccys as soon as I can.
I know this isn't the previous owners fault, but he paid a big chunk of money to Airspeed UK. And once again the bloke has used Stevie Wonder to do the spannering!
Sorry for droning on, but if you are going to get an engine built, please do the research. I hope this guy gets what he deserves! Richard Trent if you are going to build engines for a living do it right or don't bother!
Rant over!
Catch ya kids!
As I have no garage to work out of at the moment, I thought it would be just the ticket! Deal done and 1 happy family.
There was a whine on the gearbox. It turned out to be a worn/bent finger on the clutch release. I've sorted out a few other bits on it and been on literely 2 road trips. I noticed the engine ran fairly hot......
I drove to the local town and on the way home the flywheel fell off! My wife had to drag the bus home. She could hardly hold her hand still by the time we got back! Drilled the old dowels out and torqued it back on.
Next I set off for Dubs int Dales. A 40 mile trip. As I hadn't done any servicing I changed the oil and filter before going.
When I got there my daughter of 5 told me that there was a noise from the engine! I found the bottom pulley was loose. Tightened it and started it back up. The noise was still there! Let it cool down and tried again. No better. Checked the oil and there was no oil on the dipstick!
Got recovered home and fell out with the bus!
As I have been off over Christmas I thought I would drop it out and have a look. So far I have found a piece of mig wire in the sump! There are various bits of tinware missing and I am just going out to split it. I'll post some piccys as soon as I can.
I know this isn't the previous owners fault, but he paid a big chunk of money to Airspeed UK. And once again the bloke has used Stevie Wonder to do the spannering!
Sorry for droning on, but if you are going to get an engine built, please do the research. I hope this guy gets what he deserves! Richard Trent if you are going to build engines for a living do it right or don't bother!
Rant over!
Catch ya kids!
