Recent content by Greystroke

Turned out to be the wire just below the fusible link. Auto electrician replaced 30cm of wire that had been turned to carbon. Suprisingly nothing happened to the link itself.

Had to work out why I could possibly need my electronic work diary, but once I figured that one out, unfortunately still no luck! The lights work when connected directly to the battery via the positive terminal only. Couldn't find anything wrong with any ground cables either. Off to the auto...

My alternator died yesterday, and during the replacement I accidentally left off the insulator from the regulator. Didn't notice it until I went to connect the positive power back to the battery, at which point quite a bit of smoke poured out from the wiring I was holding. Disconnected it and...

What other parts are there? The only other parts involved are the gearbox and the instrument cluster in the dash unless I'm missing something. I just want to do away with the mechanical cable if possible.

I've replaced the cable itself several times over the years which is part of the annoyance.

Might be a long shot but is there a some sort of aftermarket electronic speedo cable/sender for the HJ75? The physical cable has always resulted in a jumpy speedo which drives me mad and I'm a bit over having to replace it when it finally gives up and breaks.

Didn't get her for speed :)

We have a 1990 75 series that came with a 2H, that ended it's service life with 1.2m km on it after finally giving up a piston and me not wanting to pay to rebuild it again. Donor engine came from my 60 series. Currently a 12HT with 1.3m km on it. Definitely seen better days, but sits at around...

Before it went for a rebuild it was at to around 12psi, never really hit that though. After putting the new turbo in the boost controller didn't come back with the car so it was at standard 6psi. No issues for a while until the above mentioned issues kicked in. Replaced all filters a week ago...

Originally put this in the 70s tech but feel like that was the wrong place, so moving it here. Recently gave the old 12HT a bit of an overhaul, new injector pump and new turbo. Was running sweet at 10psi at ~350c for a few weeks, then about a week ago something happened and the boost now...

Hi all. Recently gave the old 12HT a bit of an overhaul, new injector pump and new turbo. Was running sweet at 10psi at ~350c for a few weeks, then about a week ago something happened and the boost now doesn't want to get over 7psi. EGT is waaay up on the slightest inclines too (like 550 - 600...

Be interested to see how the non hardened faces hold up over time. Might be something to look at on my old girl as she's doing something very similar. Think I would get them refaced though.

Update. So the drive into work today was smooth as... I'm at a total loss as to what was causing this issue. I did 3 things recently to the engine none of which I thought would have caused this. 1 put a new gasket on the air intake. 2 cleaned the boost gauge hoses by blowing down them (I'll come...

Put the same info on the troop carrier of Australia Facebook page and got a few more ideas to work thorough. So far I've got; - Turbo boost leak, compression coming back through valves and creating an over pressure at the butterfly valve. (Doesn't seem likely to me as the butterfly valve in a...

Checked it tonight when I got home. With the engine off the accelerator goes all the way down with ease, engine running it goes firm at about halfway again. Can't afford the down time of a mechanic at the moment but this car is starting to get the better of me lately.