Recent content by gait

difficult to know at this distance, just a sense that cutting out the middle man may help

yup, that's what the rivets do. Having said that. When I bought my truck it had 10mm plates full chassis length on the outside of each chassis rail, bolted. Previous owner's previous truck had broken a chassis and he didn't want a repeat. I removed the plates (I needed to keep final weight below...

just guessing - the engine is possibly 4M42, twin camshaft, with VP44 pump. pump same as Steve's engine. Code 23 on engine ECU was pump timing control valve. Question was whether pump reconditioned by a general diesel shop or by Bosch? Not whether it was reconditioned. Did reconditioner know...

if I've read correctly the fuel pump has been rebuilt by a diesel shop rather than Bosch. There's possibly a microprocessor in the fuel pump that can throw errors to the vehicle ECU (the source of 23 in Steve's case). I would have the pump checked by Bosch. Just guessing as I have no idea which...

welcome Pete. Not much help to you. Behind the scenes solving Steve's problem through email was a bit of a saga as various avenues were explored with much miscommunication due to email. Required a lot of disciplined methodical problem solving and meticulous description of problem and each step...

thought I recognised it ..... the second pic in Mog's post (thanks) is of a scratch build from flat panels, not a converted cargo box. Here's the build page. https://www.epicycles.com/Truck%20Blog/2010-01-01/2010-01-01.htm Panel dimensions provided to panel manufacturer, cut to size (and...

the Canter frame is not mild steel, some type of higher strength steel.

happened to me on Canter occasionally, similarly at low speed. Diff oil change helped.

ta, let me know how it goes please - it does look very promising ..... somewhere along a track recently my rear diff breather "fell off". I'm not in a hurry - got diverted into house painting during lock down and there's a lot of painting.

something like this could probably be modified - a tyre valve stem that can be installed from outside, same principle as the blind tank connection but smaller diameter. https://www.colbyvalve.com/collections/colby-valves

just some idle thoughts .... its about 12 years since I went through my design exercise, so had to resurrect it from memory and technology has improved/changed. One of my constraints was the cost of solar panels so I built my vacuum insulated fridge. Another was inefficiency of aircon (COP has...

another suggestion is insert a rivnut (add some sealant) into the hole and make/find a pipe connector that will screw in.

this is a half inch blind tank fitting, I wonder if there is something the right size for the diff. smallest size from this manufacturer seems to be 7/16" with 3/8" npt thread. I don't know the hole size in the diff. it wouldn't be overly challenging to make similar / smaller.

not sure where the vehicle will travel but there are narrow streets in some countries - the mirrors are a pain to pull in.

in Aus its more likely to have been used for fertiliser or other spraying than snow plough. But same clues about corrosion. sometimes last bit of chassis cut off behind spring hangers to allow for spray tank fitting. Including the big junction box near front towards left under the cab, all...