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[theolodian]

No one's around to answer questions when you get stuck!  

 

If I only had some beer for while I wait . . .  

[Dean]

I'm here.... been out for the sun now back in the shade!

[theolodian]

Yeah, definitely a day worth enjoying.  Got there in the end I think.  About to lower it down and take it for a drive.  6hrs to adjust parking brake all told.  

[Admin]

Sorry, myself, Mark & Jaime were busy trying to make a silk purse from a sows ear.  

Also known as make the tractor run better!  

We succeeded in making the gear changes nice and smooth, but there is little that could be done about making the engine not sound like a no.22 bus!  

[JamesV6CDX]

Sorry, myself, Mark & Jaime were busy trying to make a silk purse from a sows ear.  

Also known as make the tractor run better!  

We succeeded in making the gear changes nice and smooth, but there is little that could be done about making the engine not sound like a no.22 bus!  

Any progress on the cooling?

[TheBoy]

We succeeded in making the gear changes nice and smooth, but there is little that could be done about making the engine not sound like a no.22 bus!  

I know you and M_DTM are secretly jealous....    ....in fact, MDTM told me he desperately wants a 2.5TD, but is too shy to publically admit it  

[Marks DTM Calib]

Very embarrassing....

On the test drive I felt like I should be stopping at every bus stop....

Now convinced that the cooling issue is a big build up of crudd in the system as every thing else checks out ok...

[TheBoy]

Very embarrassing....

On the test drive I felt like I should be stopping at every bus stop....

Now convinced that the cooling issue is a big build up of crudd in the system as every thing else checks out ok...

I thought once you got used to the immense power, and was no longer scared of it, you quite enjoyed it....

[theolodian]

That's OK.  I ended up having to strip it all apart even though the parts were all replaced last year.  I didn't get it adjusted quite right.  The shoes were dragging a bit, but after 10 miles they stopped.  

How well is the parking brake supposed to hold?  Yank it up, put it in drive, and it holds a small amount of throttle but creeps if you are more aggressive.

[Markie]

That's OK.  I ended up having to strip it all apart even though the parts were all replaced last year.  I didn't get it adjusted quite right.  The shoes were dragging a bit, but after 10 miles they stopped.  

How well is the parking brake supposed to hold?  Yank it up, put it in drive, and it holds a small amount of throttle but creeps if you are more aggressive.

to be honest that sounds like mine....and i was not over happy with mine.

But it very recently passed an MOT  

[theolodian]

How well is the parking brake supposed to hold?  Yank it up, put it in drive, and it holds a small amount of throttle but creeps if you are more aggressive.

to be honest that sounds like mine....and i was not over happy with mine.

But it very recently passed an MOT  

That's the important bit!

I haven't had drum brakes in a while.  I forgot how much worse they are than disc brakes.  And then these are tiny, so that's just how they are I suppose.