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« Reply #375 on: 03 September 2007, 00:57:43 »
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I've got the day off tomorrow....   ....might go out and have another poke at it...

Have you now...  I'll see what I'm doing...

Here we go again. Cheltenham to Wakefield to Cardiff to Milton Keynes. What did I say?????
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« Reply #376 on: 03 September 2007, 01:00:53 »
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I've got the day off tomorrow....   ....might go out and have another poke at it...

Have you now...  I'll see what I'm doing...

Here we go again. Cheltenham to Wakefield to Cardiff to Milton Keynes. What did I say?????

Er.. that I get about a lot? ;D
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« Reply #377 on: 03 September 2007, 01:01:25 »
Plus.. an excuse to go out in my new big boys toy ;D
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« Reply #378 on: 03 September 2007, 01:02:46 »
Oh, well, it's up to you ::)

Anyway, it's been a looooong day..........zzzzzzzzzz
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« Reply #379 on: 03 September 2007, 01:05:34 »
Hehe, I might not be so keen after about 4 cans of something strong in the bath, and the first time I've not got to be up early in weeks!!!

I'm going out for a fryup before I go anywhere!
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Re: Project Tractor engine swap
« Reply #380 on: 05 September 2007, 14:32:09 »
I can't find any 'notches' on the original engine - anyone know where they are on the BMW tractor unit?
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« Reply #381 on: 05 September 2007, 22:32:03 »
I've set up up a seperate poll to decide next step.
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« Reply #382 on: 05 September 2007, 22:33:34 »
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« Reply #383 on: 05 September 2007, 22:34:32 »
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« Reply #384 on: 05 September 2007, 22:37:01 »
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They say 'Great minds think alike' :y
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Re: Project Tractor engine swap
« Reply #385 on: 07 September 2007, 22:29:42 »
Right, I guess swapping the head over is probably the next step then.....    .....anyone ever swapped a tractor head?
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« Reply #386 on: 07 September 2007, 22:44:59 »
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Right, I guess swapping the head over is probably the next step then.....    .....anyone ever swapped a tractor head?

Yeeessssss, but it was B&W not BMW.....

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« Reply #387 on: 07 September 2007, 22:53:08 »
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Right, I guess swapping the head over is probably the next step then.....    .....anyone ever swapped a tractor head?

Yeeessssss, but it was B&W not BMW.....


Where's the diagnostic socket on that then? It seems to be getting through AR35's at a high rate!!!!
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« Reply #388 on: 07 September 2007, 23:10:47 »
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Right, I guess swapping the head over is probably the next step then.....    .....anyone ever swapped a tractor head?

Yeeessssss, but it was B&W not BMW.....


Where's the diagnostic socket on that then? It seems to be getting through AR35's at a high rate!!!!

Socket is under the turbo air filter top right.  Check size compared to the ladder spacing.....  Big bits for little hands with a 35 foot stepladder in the crankcase if required....

Roughly 12 to 14k horse, direct drive to the propellor shaft, 2 stroke 6 cylinder diesel.  110 revs flat out - thats one hundred and ten - and 35 revs at dead slow ahead/astern with compressed air start.  Turbo compressor turns circa 150k revs plus, weighing in around the 6 tonne mark.

Happy days!   ;D


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« Reply #389 on: 07 September 2007, 23:51:15 »
take the cylinder head off the original engine and get it pressure tested,you never know it might simply be the head gasket
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