British Leyland

[ducatilover]

Quite possible the bore has been munted, but I would pull the master cylinder off first and check it out, may be ok with a light hone and new seals.

What my Gore BF said is correct.

I'd rip it apart and check it out

[unstuck]

What my Gore BF said is correct.

I'd rip it apart and check it out

Thanks sweetie, will be doing the same on a clutch master cylinder in the morning. Was fun driving it back from invergiggle today with no clutch, not my car though, so all good. Just glad it had a good battery and starter motor.

[ducatilover]

Thanks sweetie, will be doing the same on a clutch master cylinder in the morning. Was fun driving it back from invergiggle today with no clutch, not my car though, so all good. Just glad it had a good battery and starter motor.

It's always more interesting with no clutch

[unstuck]

It's always more interesting with no clutch

It is in rush hour traffic, if you can call it that in Invers. Just about every bloody light was red too.
Fords are tough though.

[ducatilover]

Fords are tough though.

If this was true, you would have been using a clutch the whole way...

[unstuck]

If this was true, you would have been using a clutch the whole way...

Touche.

[Motu]

went googling seems they are a 2 STROKE OPOSSED PISTON 3 CYLINDER DIESEL BUILT IN THE 60S (3 cyl, 6piston, 2 cranks)

I was having a hard time accepting that the Japanese would make such an unusual engine in the '60's - at that time they were either building under license or down right copying other developed designs. Found out the UD engines were very much a copy of GMC or Detroit engines, but used an inline pump and direct injection rather than unit injectors like the Detroit. Made more power than a Detroit, and better fuel economy, but not reliable.

This is a 6 cyl, and has twin blowers compared to the Detroit's single.

[unstuck]

This is a 6 cyl, and has twin blowers compared to the Detroit's single.

Looks sorta like the 11ltr 6cyl Merc motor I have been working on, but the merc lays on its side.

[dangerous]

I was having a hard time accepting that the Japanese would make such an unusual engine in the '60's - at that time they were either building under license or down right copying other developed designs. Found out the UD engines were very much a copy of GMC or Detroit engines, but used an inline pump and direct injection rather than unit injectors like the Detroit. Made more power than a Detroit, and better fuel economy, but not reliable.

"copying other developed designs" is what the Nips did... but improved it, allways would.

This is a 6 cyl, and has twin blowers compared to the Detroit's single.

Where are the 'blowers' I see nothing mechanical of the crank pully end and there aint no turbines on it? EDIT hold on wait a minute... yes I do running off the fly wheel, well done.

[unstuck]

"copying other developed designs" is what the Nips did... but improved it, allways would.


Where are the 'blowers' I see nothing mechanical of the crank pully end and there aint no turbines on it?

I was thinking the same thing.

[Indiana_Jones]

Plans for the weekend? Get that servo off!

It's a Girling Mk. IIB 'Powerstop', so even if I did want to work on it, I wouldn't be able as they're a sealed unit it seems.

Gonna send it down to my father in law and he'll drop it off at the brake place.

Also I got pre-approval for a mortgage, does that means I can go car shopping now?

-Indy

[unstuck]

Also I got pre-approval for a mortgage, does that means I can go car shopping now?

-Indy

Yes, full approval to go car shopping.

[dangerous]

Yes, full approval to go car shopping.

I fucking dear him...

been with westpac all my life, they pre aproved a morgage two years back, even gave us the 1st 100k which went to buying the land... went in for the rest for the house and they said NAH... we were fucked, so told the pack a c@#ts to piss the fuck off... since sorted with ASB

[unstuck]

I fucking dear him...

been with westpac all my life, they pre aproved a morgage two years back, even gave us the 1st 100k which went to buying the land... went in for the rest for the house and they said NAH... we were fucked, so told the pack a c@#ts to piss the fuck off... since sorted with ASB

Shit, that sux. Our mortgage is through Kiwibank, never had any hassles at all in the last 8yrs.

[Motu]

"copying other developed designs" is what the Nips did... but improved it, allways would.

Where are the 'blowers' I see nothing mechanical of the crank pully end and there aint no turbines on it? EDIT hold on wait a minute... yes I do running off the fly wheel, well done.

GM used a different blower for each engine size, or cyl numbers - so that 4/71 or 6/71 blower you see on the top of a V8 dragster came off a 4 or 6 cyl GMC or Detroit. Nissan are probably just doubling up on their 3 cyl engine, complete with blowers.

Easy to further develop a design when most of the work is done, and the budget is huge compared to what the original designers had to work with. An interesting quote I once read about Japanese engineering - ''If one bolt will hold it, two will do, and three will make sure...then use four.''