THE MRS 96 3.1td WIZard

[MUVIT]

oh when hopefully they start showing the tennis on 7 & 7two

[stardog]

Has the mechanics in Darwin given you a report back on the engine with the oil leak Ben.

[MUVIT]

got a call that they had to speedy sleeve the Cam seal, not sure if its stopped leaking oil?
Wait til monday I guess.........
Have no Idea what its gunna cost.

[stardog]

That's good to hear the oil leak is fixed Ben must have been a mongrel of drive back home with out the air con working in 39 deg heat up there this time of the year.
When I had the problem with the air con fan not working I pulled the fan out and run wires from the battery + and - and it worked so I removed the glove box lid and removed the resistor it was blown so a drop of solder on each terminal fixed it Holden spares wanted $180 for a new 1 no thanks mine has worked for the last 5 years with no problems I would check that out for the fan not working.

[geeves]

had to speedy sleeve the Cam seal,

wasnt this a rebuilt motor?
Speedy sleeve on a cam works to give the seal a new face to run on but the real cause is a groove worn in the cam or the wrong seal used. If the seal surface of the cam is worn then the lobes probably are as well. Cams are not expensive and they had to take it out to fit the sleeve

[MUVIT]

dont think the cam was removed to fit the speedy sleeve for front seal.
The mechanic topped up the engine oil to the top dot 1.5 litres.. So it was stil blowin some smoke on the way home.

Not 100% sure if they replaced the cam during the rebuild.
Never seen one for sale new. Guessing they would be a custom grind maybe.

It scares me to think how much ive spent on it this year, considering the old motor 300thou+ was still chugin away ok before we choose to re build one rather then buy a new car....
And we still had to buy a new car. Lol

the big kick in the teeth is i finally got it back & the rego runs out next week.
Murhpy's law

[MUVIT]

Stardog Steve bought the Wizard.
Hopefully he can save it.

Geeves is it possible to add to the thread title?
something like :
THE MRS old 96 Wizard & new MU/X LST

mite get a MCC falcon deluxe bar fitted to the LST next month
Xrox are making 120L replacement fuel tanks for Mu/Xers, but take up 8weeks to make.
Brown Davies are apparently soon to release one aswell.

Hopefully the MU will see some love this year aswell

[stardog]

I'm getting there with the wizard bit by bit if the new glow plugs and injectors don't fix the rough start up might be retentioning the head bolts if I can find a socket to fit those star shaped head bolts.
If I remember you said you took the head off to get TDC on no 1 piston might have to get a gasket as well from kiwi cylinder heads.

[geeves]

THE MRS old 96 Wizard & new MU/X LST

That almost worked
Dont think I can change the complete topic

[nb422]

Stardog do not use the kiwi cylinder head gaskets. They are known for premature failure, plenty have failed in the first few hundred km, especially the diesel ones