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I note you say it's been sitting in a paddock for most of this year - if it hasn't had antifreeze in it then odds on it's a cracked head...
you don't say if it's losing coolant.
If it's not then check injector timing as has been suggested - I've been told stories of imports with timing way off.
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Yup, no antifreeze in it. I'll check if it's loosing coolant.Originally Posted by Grumph
What I might just do is go to a diesel mechanic and tell them I'll pay them an hours labour if they can diagnose the fault. Since it's just a mechanically injected engine it should be quite simple to diagnose the problem if they know what they're doing.
Loud and Uncouth
Faaaark..old mans car to the max~!!!
My old man is eighty-fuckin-six years old and has an '86 Skyline GT-D pillarless, a Jappa-Caddy!!
A freakin' DIESEL labelled as a GT? - it's like saying a Hayabusa 250!!
Or mature boi-racer.
Or a s3nsitiv3 cop......
Mwahahahaha....
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Not a lot of choice in ChCh I'm afraid...guy at the Diesel doctor told me my LD28 had broken the cam belt.....pardon ?.....broke cam belt mate.....now tell me the truth please, it has a cam chain mate.....much embarassment.
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Gotta admit, slow it may be but Papa Scumdogs dredge has covered about a gajillipon killermeters...chains are way better than trendy faggoty belts IMHO.
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My LD28 was in a CF Bedford - PC Cresta (you won't know what that was scummy) diff and O/D - 130K cruise with bikes on board.
And the wife still brags about dragging off a Porsche 944.....
I'd still have it but it finished up as a Bedford shaped block of bog.
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It's about time I bought myself something sensible that's not going to get me into trouble with the police.
Loud and Uncouth
I think it is "you WILL know what that is scummy'.
$3,100 brand new they were, the Viscounts were Pommy import models twin headlights, bucket seats etc..and cost more.
Cool cars.
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Oh I wish I coulda been there!!!!
Can't bling you twice in a row! Our Nissan Pulsar is of course chain and at 186k it's still running like new. I reckon cambelts were one of the vehicle industries worst ideas! Cam chains aren't THAT noisy that one needs a belt... Classic_Z had a Toyota Rav4 in that had premature cambelt breaking 30,000k before it was due to be replaced. Of course the previous garage is unknown as all they'd done is write on the paintwork that it was next due at 205k. It is possible they didn't change it at the time and just pretended they did....
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LD28 has a camchain,and an injector pump belt.Bit of a trap if the injector pump isn't working but the cam is going around.
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My second "car" was a CA Bedford and I also owned a PC Cresta which was a fabulous cruiser! I always want the Viscount, though, and the FD Ventora with the 3.3 and 4sp...
Yeah the CF's could rust faster than an HQ Holden!
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My 14 month (in 1973) old 3.3 Victor (4-speed) would out-run anything - including cop-cars. (apparently...)
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Ok duly amended - but really they were POS - when i worked at the Farmers who were agents all the staff cars were PC's...the staff took pleasure in breaking them.
And the later ones when they went unitary construction would stretch if you pulled a caravan...no joke the door gaps would open up.
However the diffs drop into CF Bedfords and give a resonable open road ratio.
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Or so I've heard... LOL!!! They were as fast or faster than the V8's of the time! A genuine factory hot-rod that had the style the speed and the handling to see off about anything less than an Italian exotic of the era! I'd have one today!My 14 month (in 1973) old 3.3 Victor (4-speed) would out-run anything - including cop-cars. (apparently...
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That's why I bought a Victor...
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