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Don't want to be a shill for Bilsteins, but here is a good PR video from them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5T8I1yads
brian from laverne
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I have a TD(Touring Diesel) I felt around the output of the tank and can't feel
any bolts for a tank filter/screen. Took off the fuel line and not a drip. Out
of fuel with indicating half a tank. There is a big Allen bolt on the bottom of
the tank. What is that for. I'm assuming I have to tear out part of the back
of the wagon to access the sender.
Next problem. I see foaming fuel and air in the line to the injector. I also
see foaming fuel in the filter. I recently put new o rings on the secondary
fuel filter shaft. Is there a torque rating for this bolt? I had a loose banjo
bolt on top of the filter that caused trouble. Fixed. I have new return lines
but I notice shiny fluid on the #1 injector. The return lines are clean with no
fuel on them. Can an injector leak air? I'm on return & the system won't purge
the air fast enough for the car to run smooth. I do run veggie oil and use a
looped system. I switched to return to purge air but it's not happening fast
enough for the car to run smooth. I guess I could put the system under pressure
somehow and see the leak. Maybe I'll take a bicycle inner tube apart and make a
way to use compressed air to do it. Lawrence Rhodes..
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If the reflective plating is *that* fragile I'd replace the reflector anyway. I'll take the chance. What I still can't find is a part # for the seal between the glass and reflector. After 20 years it could probably stand to be replaced.
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| Yeah . . . that was hard to watch. But . . . The engine and tranny had been removed as evidenced by the height of the body above the front tires. And it was a raw propane fed fire. But from time to time they showed shots of the paint blistering which backs up something I say to people who scoff at my boringly reliable 32 year old German wagon - "My paint is superior to your steel.". And if the scoffers happen to be in a Jeep, I remind them that the company that built my car now owns the company that built theirs. And as a result of that one fact, America now has a remote chance of building cars that have a possible chance to live as long as my rolling German iron. But they will likely not look as good nor be as reliable at 30 years old. Then I purrrrrrrrr away to the unmistakable melody of a 3 liter 5 cylinder German oil burner. But it was still hard to watch. Bogy. |
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