What did you fix/replace on your Mk1 today?

[SpeciP3]

did some skids in the rain and attempted to re-seal some leaky windscreen seals

[Peter Jones]

Started my pet Diesel MK1 Garden Gnome for the first time in 3 months.

Took two batteries and a couple of hours but it eventually fired.

Now everything smells like McDonalds thanks to the biodiesel the previous owner was so fond of.

Pete

[mikinoz]

Now everything smells like McDonalds thanks to the biodiesel the previous owner was so fond of.

Imagine having the contract on McDonalds oil? Crazy volumes must be discarded.

I have a question Pete, how do you decompress a diesel to turn it over by hand, like in a petrol removing the spark plugs - is there a way in a diesel?

[Peter Jones]

I have a question Pete, how do you decompress a diesel to turn it over by hand, like in a petrol removing the spark plugs - is there a way in a diesel?

Drive it 750,000km without a service, that seems to have removed all signs of any compression from my diesel.

Apart from that I'm not really sure - Pull the glow plugs out?

Pete

[Jarred]

dammit, ran out of electicity, looks like i'll have to have a look at my alternator again.

how tight is the accesory belt meant to be exactly?

[Water Boy]

Tell the story

[Jarred]

no story, just ran out of electricity, that's all.

cheers for the help James and Josh.

[dub be good to me]

dammit, ran out of electicity, looks like i'll have to have a look at my alternator again.

how tight is the accesory belt meant to be exactly?

I generally tighten to abt a fingertip of slack.
If the belt was loose it would still charge a little + it would scream as it slipped right?

[Jarred]

I generally tighten to abt a fingertip of slack.
If the belt was loose it would still charge a little + it would scream as it slipped right?

yea, you would think. I might. seems tight enough though. no screaming, and currently the alternator is actually charging [to 13.6-7V], so the alt is working, and the belt too. I think I may have an open circuit or some drain on the system somewhere.

p.s. Simon, don't forget to come to the pub meet, next monday night 7:30, same place as last time.

[Preen59]

yea, you would think. I might. seems tight enough though. no screaming, and currently the alternator is actually charging [to 13.6-7V], so the alt is working, and the belt too. I think I may have an open circuit or some drain on the system somewhere.

p.s. Simon, don't forget to come to the pub meet, next monday night 7:30, same place as last time.

Go for a drive an see if the belt gets hot. But if it was slipping to the point that the alternator wasn't charging, you'd know about it i reckon.