|| snipped-for-privacy@bbc.co.uk wrote: |||| Remove fuel pump fuse, spin on starter until oil light goes out, |||| shouldn't take more than a few turns - the pickup of oil is pretty |||| quick with the serpentine pump. |||| Fit fuse, start engine and hold at 2000rpm for 20 minutes to |||| "break-in" the camshaft lobes. (If auto, put transfer box in |||| neutral and main box in "D", handbrake FIRMLY on, this prevents |||| accelerated wear of the input shaft seals, the main cause of "A" |||| clutch failure!) |||| If you need to return to idle during the initial 20 min, don't let |||| it sit there for any length of time as cam lobe wear will occur. |||| Badger. ||| ||| Thanks for tip on the auto box, I forgot about doing this and you ||| reminded me just in time! That saved 20 mins of unnecessary wear on ||| the A clutch. I just cranked the engine and once started the oil ||| light went out within 3 seconds, so there was nothing to worry ||| about! The followers were a terrible racket, but slowly and surely ||| they pumped up and went quiet. Just got to keep an eye out for ||| leaks and check the levels etc, and run it in now. Any special ||| techniques here? ||| ||| Alan C || || Am i missing summat here? It's a P38, how did you put it in D in the || normal box & neutral in the TX box at the same time? || || Unless mines different you cant do that can you? Either high or low || range etc? || || Nige
There's an empty fuse holder (it was fuse 11 on the Classic Rangie) and if you put a fuse in there it puts the tbox in neutral. It should be in your handbook under "important things to do if you ever have to be towed".