V8 emissions stuff

Take the pulsair system and throw it in the bin - only thing they are good for!

Blank off the ports on the heads that the pipes screw into, easiest way is to dismantle pipes and weld up pipe hole in union then screw union back in. Also blank off connections to filter elbows, if you're still running with them, Austin. Badger.

you can block the pipes up and run without them , or remove them and run normal exhaust manifolds .

i had a 1985 rangie and removed mine .

could get the emissions down below 0.5% and engine ran all fine .

The neater way is to get allen-headed bolts that simply screw in place of the pipes. Got mine from Famour Four.

Neil

I did it this way too. Got mine from Four Plus 4 in Leeds. This way has the advantage that the little grub screws screw right in and so the heads of them don't get in the way of the tubular manifolds I've got on my 110, which would be a problem with the welded up ends approach.

Paul

On or around Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:02:41 -0000, "Badger" enlightened us thusly:

done that. not got a RR-style filter, so the other bits don't apply.

seems to be running quite promisingly, bar for a leak in the oil pump. I suspect the iffy gasket which I refitted (no new on available) in the hope that it'd seal again, which it hasn't.

so now I have to pull it off again and re-seal it. luckily, I've a tube of instant gasket somewhere, I think a very-sparing application will be OK - don't really like it as it could get in the works, so will have to apply a delicate layer, so that not too much squidges out the side. either that or some red hermetite on the old gasket, I suppose.

AAAAARRRGHHH!!!! No, Austin! Get a new gasket and lightly smear the surfaces with grease or petroleum jelly. If you use any form of gasket paste and ANY gets inside, it can cause the pressure relief valve to jam open with disasterous consequences. Badger.

On or around Sat, 13 Dec 2003 21:05:37 -0000, "Badger" enlightened us thusly:

I thought someone would say that. I only used a thin smear of it, and I doubt it'll get in the works, I was quite careful not to smear it where the gears go. This particular gasket stuff is silicone-sort of stuff and seems to set very rapidly - thus, when it was assembled the stuff can't squeeze out of the joint.

I don't have the option ATM, it has to be running on monday morning, at least enough to do about 70 miles a day with the odd oil top-up.

new gasket will be got ASAP, as it still isn't sealing correctly - only a slow leak now though.

meanwhile, bloody steering column caught hold of the oil gauge feed pipe (how, I don't know, it wasn't near it last time I looked - mind you, the old-fahioned type non-collapsing steering columns used to be inside a tube, and thus immune to this danger...) and pulled the f***er off. Hunted around on old engines to find a pressure switch that'd fit, so as to block the hole, and now i've got an oil light instead. Before the gauge pipe got naffed, I was able to observe that the engine has good oil pressure, when it's not all leaking out that is.

Anyone sees an oil pressure gauge pipe kit for sale, I want to know, this one's buggered now. thin copper pipe, 'sall bent a funny shape.

A lot of 'em use nylon pipe these days. I'm pretty sure my local motor factors sell it, or you could give

On or around Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:36:33 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@dev.nul (QrizB) enlightened us thusly:

so they do. indeed, the previous one did. But this one (bought new about a year ago) had copper. In fact, I prefer the nylon ones, apart from you have to keep 'em clear of the exhaust manifold...

will have a look at lowtension.

hmmm.

googling for TIM gauges (which is what's currently fitted) I can get a complete gauge plus kit at 20 quid from a variety of sources.

aha!

at 8 quid-odd. ain't the web wonderful?

paddock don't have V8 oil pump gaskets, however, except presumably in a bottom end set. So that's going to have to wait for a phone call to real steel.

On or around Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:28:08 +0000, Austin Shackles enlightened us thusly:

mean to add that the VDO gauges, while undoubtedly good, ain't what yer call cheap.

's true, but they also sell "Sunpro" ones which are, well, a bit of a bargain. I got a set of three - temperature, pressure, amps - for about thirty-five quid via lowtension's eBay operation.

On or around Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:45:46 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@dev.nul (QrizB) enlightened us thusly:

hmmm. didn't see those. I did however find a replacement pipe kit as mentioned. TIM one that I've got seems a reasonable gauge, in fact, although I was surprised to see the copper pipe; didn;t think anyone did stuff like that any more.