nah more like the driver tbh :slap :^O
Thunderbird 2 letdown again!!!
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No, has to be a fuel problem M8 , battery is full of life . I know little about diesels . Have to get a tow to the garage , pi$$ed off with it now , luckily its only let me down at home up to now .
sorry Deke, I thought you had narrowed it down to low voltage on the fuel valve.
diesels cant be that hard, but I do know they are fussy about clean fuel, hence the fuel filter,
try pressurisng the tank and see for any leaks on the line, therefore your pump sucking air,
clean filter, clean jets,
pump doing its job, cant think of much else,
oh, and make sure the return line is ok too otherwise you will get airlocks.
diesels cant be that hard, but I do know they are fussy about clean fuel, hence the fuel filter,
try pressurisng the tank and see for any leaks on the line, therefore your pump sucking air,
clean filter, clean jets,
pump doing its job, cant think of much else,
oh, and make sure the return line is ok too otherwise you will get airlocks.
Thanks for that Steps . The fuel lines are OK till they dissapear above the tank , hopeless to work on really without getting up on a ramp . As I said I thought I'd cracked it . I'll get it to the garage next week now.
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Ffs. If you lived closer to me mate id get my dad to sort it out for ya. He's been a mechanic all his life doing car and boat engines alot of total rebuilds etc. I asked him about your van and he said something about a fuel pump in the tank? Or maybe I've got that wrong. Not much help am I ffs. Hope you get it sorted mate
Someone else mentioned a pump in the tank M8 . I think that may be later models . I have a spare fuel guage tank unit and thats all it is , a float switch with the flow and returns connected to it.
The pump is driven by the cam belt .
Thanks for the offer.
The pump is driven by the cam belt .
Thanks for the offer.
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Get wife's car sign written [legitimate business expense]
Give wife the van
Take wife's car
get roof rack
rip out rear seats
fit little trailer
use wife's car
.......................simples.
I used to be quite good with cars, Minis mainly. Many a sunday spent lying in driveway under the car covered in oil and sh1t. [not from fixing car, usually a rough saturday night]
Now with the sensibility of age and experience I take my vehicles to a man. Man fixes vehicle, I give beer tokens. Job done................... :coat
Give wife the van
Take wife's car
get roof rack
rip out rear seats
fit little trailer
use wife's car
.......................simples.
I used to be quite good with cars, Minis mainly. Many a sunday spent lying in driveway under the car covered in oil and sh1t. [not from fixing car, usually a rough saturday night]
Now with the sensibility of age and experience I take my vehicles to a man. Man fixes vehicle, I give beer tokens. Job done................... :coat
Thanks Kercher.
Wife disabled .
Wife's car has to be automatic.
Seat quite high.
Thunderbird2 ...Manual ...no power steering ... seat too low .
Will follow your lead and take vehicle to man . Trouble with me , I try to fix everything myself , can't be doing with lying under cars now.
Wife disabled .
Wife's car has to be automatic.
Seat quite high.
Thunderbird2 ...Manual ...no power steering ... seat too low .
Will follow your lead and take vehicle to man . Trouble with me , I try to fix everything myself , can't be doing with lying under cars now.
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Daft isn't it. We advise people not to meddle with Electric if they don't know what they are doing, yet we try to fix everything ourselves! [i am more guilty than most, believe me] But there comes a time when it is right to hold your hand up and admit defeat; just wrankles abit though when you are sure you can do it. I have had many a disaster resulting from 'hope and confidence overruling experience'
The main reason I bought this house 30 years ago was the huge garage [house used to be a dairy and the garage was for keeping the milk floats in]
The Great plan was to get a rear end damaged car, a new shell and swap the bits over; so getting a cheap newish car. 3 children, two grandchildren later, losing my [established 60+ years] business 2.5 years ago and having to start again meant the garage is now my store/workshop and the car project is just waiting to start. I just need the donor car, the new shell, the time, the money, the interest, the space and then it's good to go! I can see it ending up being a van and not a car though.... :coat
The main reason I bought this house 30 years ago was the huge garage [house used to be a dairy and the garage was for keeping the milk floats in]
The Great plan was to get a rear end damaged car, a new shell and swap the bits over; so getting a cheap newish car. 3 children, two grandchildren later, losing my [established 60+ years] business 2.5 years ago and having to start again meant the garage is now my store/workshop and the car project is just waiting to start. I just need the donor car, the new shell, the time, the money, the interest, the space and then it's good to go! I can see it ending up being a van and not a car though.... :coat
may not even be the fuel system at all....
last year my astra had similar problems - randomly cutting out, not starting, working later, then not stating again. turned out to be the crank sensor. new sensor later and no problems since
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last year my astra had similar problems - randomly cutting out, not starting, working later, then not stating again. turned out to be the crank sensor. new sensor later and no problems since
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same here. i fix just about everything myself. rarely get someone else to do it unless its somethign i cant do or dont have time to do
Thing is I don't see any electrics on the injector , I see a fuel temp sensor (I think) and a something from the crank which seems to act like a choke on the injector.
Garage guy reckoned there is an early type fuel/engine management circuit board even on the Model T so who knows .
Chippy across the road says he'll tow it for me next week.
Garage guy reckoned there is an early type fuel/engine management circuit board even on the Model T so who knows .
Chippy across the road says he'll tow it for me next week.
weigh it in......
is the engine direct or indirect injection? if its direct, then there must be a signal from the crank sensor to the injector (via ECU)
DUH !! I see the injector unit ...... the fuel arrives via the hand primer .....and theres that choke mechanism from the crankcase. I see pipes from there to each cylinder (where the spark plugs would be) .
Whether its direct or not I don't know Andy. I don't see any leads to an ECU anywhere.
Whether its direct or not I don't know Andy. I don't see any leads to an ECU anywhere.
AFAIK direct inject has no glowplugs
i think some do, but most newer engines dont
Ah ! I definitely have glow plugs 'cos I've changed a couple .
what year/model/engine size is it?
1923 Model T Ford 100cc 
Sorry I tend to do that in defense against the pi$$ takers at the wholesalers , the sparks who drive the latest 4x4s and posey pick-ups .
Sorry Andy its a 1995 Ford 55D 1800cc ex BT Escort Van . Bought it 11 years ago. No probs until now .
Sorry I tend to do that in defense against the pi$$ takers at the wholesalers , the sparks who drive the latest 4x4s and posey pick-ups .Sorry Andy its a 1995 Ford 55D 1800cc ex BT Escort Van . Bought it 11 years ago. No probs until now .
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