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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
10 minute job that escalated The choke knob warning lamp died so it got a new bulb -
Simple huh? I wish... In theory, once the rubber cover is peeled back & the lens is popped out the bulb should come out. However, it's in a recess with b-all room around the bulb to grip it & all that happened after sticking a piece of rubber tube to the bulb with a dab of superglue was that the top of the bulb came off. Extricating the remains using dental picks took a while because I couldn't see properly inside the knob with it in the dash & the knob & inner cable weren't for budging out of the switch behind the dash cowl. Even with the cowl removed complete with cable detached from the carburettor I still couldn't figure out what was stopping the cable coming apart. Bulb base came out though once I could see it properly & when reconnecting the cable to the carburettor the outer cable had 10mm ground off so that the inner cable poked through its screw nipple rather than barely being long enough for the screw to grip it - a little niggle that's wanted sorting since, um, about a year back but was thwarted because the clips at the knob end of the outer cable are a pig to release with the dash cowl in place. ---------------------- |
 Tue 08 Nov 2011 @ 20:59
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
At great expense Exhaust fell to bits at the back, resulting in having to drive with windows shut & heater blower on all the time to prevent exhaust fume from getting into the cab while a new one turned up from Germany. Looks the part -
but the old one was labelled 'Carlton estate' & would have fouled a floor brace if it hadn't been butchered. New one also runs too close to the butchered floor brace - 
& the tailpipe stops a few inches short of clearing the rear bumper. Probably due to the front silencer outlet being cut down to fit the old rear section because the rear suspension strap sits too far back on the new resonator when the right way around to clear the lock seam along the box - 
One more item for the shopping list that never ends: a sleeve to shove the rear section back to where it should be. Or a new front silencer if I can find one. ---------------------- |
Thu 10 Nov 2011 @ 20:27
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philbradshaw wrote: ... Or a new front silencer if I can find one . Isn't that what's on the parts auction site?:? Link ---------------------- |
Thu 10 Nov 2011 @ 21:01
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Thanks for the thought Graham, but mine is CF2 with the long single silencer, patched up already - 
(From memory the outlet pipe should be longer.) ---------------------- |
Thu 10 Nov 2011 @ 22:35
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
10,000 miles already After fixing the rear exhaust not much has fallen off since, apart from white paint apparently applied on top of polished original paint.One thing that was a puzzle was the heater running cold during freezing weather along with the temperature gauge pointer barely moving from the cold end of the range. Fuel consumption wasn't too good either, down to about 16mpg from consistent 20mpg. Thermostat checked out fine, starting to open at 88C and fully open by 100C. Tried a new one in case the old one was getting tired: no change. Then tried a 92C thermostat [QTH 118]. Result: heater, gauge & fuel consumption back to previous. Likely the 88C thermostat will have to go back in once the weather is consistently warmer but on the Opel engine it's just a hose clip to undo to get at it so that's not a problem. Another niggle was the engine idle getting erratic, tracked down to the Air-Vac system vacuum motor diaphragm well split with added interest of broken link rod to the air flap. Bit of 3mm welding wire made a new link rod & a Marigold glove cut up to fit worked as a diaphragm for a while & proved that fussy idle was just down to the air leak. Really needs a replacement vacuum motor (later plastic body one that can be dismantled from the air intake) & I'm figuring on hoisting one off something like a Corsa. Meanwhile the system is disconnected & vacuum tap plugged; not noticed any difference in engine performance ... yet. Otherwise the van has been reliable so things are looking good for catching up on the ToDo list, already in progress with getting some paint on the woodwork in the back because it got mighty soggy over the winter & only now is dried out enough to work with. ---------------------- |
Fri 16 Mar 2012 @ 11:00
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Fab! Hi Phil,I have spent the last couple of days reading your blog and have found out so much information regarding CF2's and how they tick that I just want to say, thank you. If it wasn't for guys like you who explain everything, including fabulous photos and detailed instructions, guys like me would be very reluctant to 'have a go' at the more complicated stuff. It is the conveying of knowledge that makes this club the best on the web. Martin |
Sat 17 Mar 2012 @ 23:16
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Thanks Martin. 
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Sun 18 Mar 2012 @ 00:14
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
MoT test time A bit of a tinker the week before (actually a B service because it was due).Apart from service bits it needed one track rod end, a couple of bean can + exhaust glue patches on the silencer & the idle mixture turning down. Result: pass, no advisories; CO 0.15% (3.50% max allowed), HC 821ppm (1200ppm max allowed). One happy bunny 
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Mon 14 May 2012 @ 16:49
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Excellent news
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Mon 14 May 2012 @ 18:22
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Well done that Beddy man! Actually Phil, if your Beddy doesn't pass it's MOT then what hope the rest of us mere mortals? Martin |
Mon 14 May 2012 @ 22:53
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Helps that the tester is only a few months younger than me so we're on the same wavelength when it comes to older motors. Testing station is just that too so they're not looking for work. Decent coffee too.
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Tue 15 May 2012 @ 00:26
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Hi Phil have they altered the pass rate on the emissions only it used to be CO 4.5. Dave ---------------------- |
Tue 15 May 2012 @ 07:29
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Dunno about MoT test standards but for the CF petrol engines it's been 3.5% max for idle CO from when emissions regs kicked in. ---------------------- |
Tue 15 May 2012 @ 10:08
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Great news, so does that mean you're ready to start work on my van now Phil? ---------------------- |
Tue 15 May 2012 @ 20:01
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Emissions hmmm... thats odd, where ever we've took ur van for MOT,the maximum CO's are 4.5% for our engine, have these new regs been placed just in certain areas, for example, where the LEZ law is in place?---------------------- |
Tue 15 May 2012 @ 20:12
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
I'm going off GM tech data 1981 for 3.5% CO. Flow chart for non-CAT as a PDF file is here - 4.5% CO to 31 July 1986, 3.5% after. ---------------------- |
Tue 15 May 2012 @ 22:43
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
If you read what's posted you will understand..... the pass for UK MOT by VOSA on a none cat car/van is 4.5% CO and 1200ppm HC. When Bedford set their emission max limit on their 2.3 engine they set it at 3.5% co which is 1.0% below the max legal limit . ---------------------- |
Tue 15 May 2012 @ 22:44
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