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Did you drive it home on the freeway or gave it a little brake in time and went the slow way
I took the long way home and fretted like a protective mother over the egt gauge and oil pressure the whole way
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Did you drive it home on the freeway or gave it a little brake in time and went the slow way
Good news.They crushed a copper washer (sounds like somebody didn't get the torque right heh)
I'm probably just being overly-sensitive. It's fine at higher RPM (though it feels to me like they already set the idle a little higher than it was pre-rebuild)
The hand throttle is hooked up and working yep. When they get the tach up and working again I'll see where I am
On new engines, they use a special running in oil. Maybe that's what this is.They have some kind of special oil in it right now "for hardening", and it needs to go back to the rebuild shop at 800km to get that pulled out.
And all the other diesels. I remember getting a drive of a brand BJ40 and the owner showed me how to use it. I thought it a great idea. Ive always used them on my steep driveway, just turn it up a little and the engine would idle in reverse while I concentrated on mirrors traffic etcYep I'm always tweaking that hand throttle on cold start. I pretty much think everyone does on these 13BT
I know the feeling! I've gained an acute sensitivity to any odd noise, vibration, or smell that comes from my Cruiser, and most of the time its nothing. I think I am finally getting to the point in my project where my attention to gauges is no longer a dangerous distraction, but it takes effort not to be staring at them constantly.I took the long way home and fretted like a protective mother over the egt gauge and oil pressure the whole way
I'd love that. We'll be back up there one way or another (bj78 or fj-crusier) in the spring. Part of the problem I think is just not really having a baseline to compare it to. It's hard to know what unhealthy sounds like when you don't know what healthy sounds like..I know the feeling! I've gained an acute sensitivity to any odd noise, vibration, or smell that comes from my Cruiser, and most of the time its nothing. I think I am finally getting to the point in my project where my attention to gauges is no longer a dangerous distraction, but it takes effort not to be staring at them constantly.
If you ever make it back to the Northwest with the Prado be sure to give me a shout, I'd love to meet up!
Lost oil pressure yesterday (thank goodness for that aftermarket oil-pressure gauge). Stopped the truck where it was and had it pulled home. Oil blasted all over the engine compartment, so thick it's hard to tell where it's coming from, but I suspect it's that same little oil-cooler or whatever that is beneath the filter. Towing it back to the rebuilders tomorrow .