Will it be fixable? Bodging is the way forward...

[Jay]

Yeah, and the GTD pump and injectors... twin turbo? 

Weren't you gonna pop the AAZ in your caddy? or have you changed plans?


Hopefully I can sort the SB, but if you do want rid of the AAZ let me know 

[Chris-White]

... twin turbo? 

on a 4cyl......yeah, great.

[JC]

1, where was my phone call 

2, where are the piccies 

3, yes, yes i am a cnut 

[Guy]

2, where are the piccies 

3, yes, yes i am a cnut 

yes... 

[Diamond Hell]

Jay, you're a numpty.

Glowplugs out, spin it over, see how it sounds.  Dump the oil and swap some new in.  Then try and spin it over on the starter, with the stop solenoid disconnected. 

You might like to check you've not popped the fused link on the glowplugs after the immersion, too.

If it's toast then an AAZ using your injector pump and injectors will see good power.  It should all just bolt up with your ancilliaries, too.

You got a Golf instead of repairing the Frontera because the Frontera is minging gash rubbish.

[Jay]

Jay, you're a numpty.

Yup that's me. Lesson learnt though. Water IS deeper than what it looks, don't attempt to cross.

No one has said to spin over on the starter with the FSS disconnected, that without the GP's in? and the reasoning for that is just to pump out any extra water in the cyl's right?

The electrics seem OK, dash lights come on as does the GP light and goes off in the usual time.

If it does turn out to be fubar'd I'll store it until I can get an AAZ (looking at a real family car now anyway so this will become a toy either way, maybe just sooner than expected), though I've the AAZ is not as rev happy as the SB because of the longer stroke, but with the gov mod, ' Max fuel screw' and some other pump mods along with blocking the W/G and a MBC I'm sure it'll be even more fun.

I'm still tempted to store the Frontera and eventually fix it and have some mudding fun, SWB stylie.

[danny_p]

fronteras  urgh nasty.   that said i did meet a very nice one today  managed to value extract 40 ltrs of petrol from it  worth more than it was 

[Diamond Hell]

I'm still tempted to store the Frontera and eventually fix it and have some mudding fun, SWB stylie.

No no no.

There are much better, lighter bases to build something to play with from.  Google AWDC 4x4 trialing to see how much fun you can have at about 5mph.

The reason for disconnecting the stop solenoid and removing the glowplugs is exactly to spin the motor over to get any remaining water out of the bores and it's also safer to get an idea of whether it will turn over happily without it running.

When you say 'rev-happy' bear in mind that compression ignition motors don't rev over approx 4750RPM under any circumstances, so it's not like you're talking about chalk and cheese here, more mild cheddar to slightly more mature cheddar.  The worthwhile mod are the injectors and the enrichment diaphragm - it's much more aggressive on the SB and RA motors, which is what gives them their punch (and smoke).

[Jay]

I'm still tempted to store the Frontera and eventually fix it and have some mudding fun, SWB stylie.

No no no.

I was joking, calling a bloke I used to work with who does recovery etc and will give me £40 for it. Gonna rob the spare wheel which is 100% perfect and unused and flog it for w/e on egay.

[Jay]

Bloody arse! 

At first I wanted to have Wednesday off to fix it, then they changed their mind 10mins later, so it became Thursday, again they needed to change plans, so it became Friday (score 4 day weekend) then again and it became Thursday, then and it became Friday again now I've got to do it Saturday!

F@ck sake, I hope the cylinders haven't started rusting   


Thank f@ck I've got Monday off too.

Almost tempted to get Crazy Quiffs to have a look at it tomorrow so I can try get the interior dried out over the weekend.