Hi Cobba

I don't know if it still stands but a few years - 8 / 10? - there was an EEC edict to the effect that any one in a member state which agreed could use up to 1000 litres of recycled fuel a year without notifying the tax man or paying duty.

The UK signed up, France didn't, guess where I live now!

There's talk of allowing people to use recycled fuel here now, I think it's one of the face saving moves that will get a lot of trumpeting whilst the powers that be fail to mention how little a dent it will actually make in dino consumption.

I've been running around with 20 / 30% of filtered WVO in my 200 TDI Landy for 6/7 years now, it even passes the emission test every year, you can tell by the smell whether the oil was used for fish and chips or doughnuts, I use it in my off grid genny too.

All I do is filter it and make sure it's blended before fill the tank up, I've had no issues, legal or mechanical.

As an aside, have a look at this, truly unbelievable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2L9dm85Zm0&ab_channel=GeoffBuysCars

Cheers
Stef

Happy New Year to one and all,

Both those who have already had it, and those, like me, who are just about to get there!

Cheers
Stef

Hi Robert.

Got it!

Looks like the first ideas are the ones to go with, especially, if as SiFi says, you can remove the two small spigots......

Cheers
Stef

Hi Robert

I've just looked up a photo of an Lpws injector, is this yours?

If it is you won't need a socket to remove it, it should just pull out.

At the worst way you'll need a slide hammer with a fitting to suit the connection for the injector supply line, the other photo is one I made years back from bits out of the come in handy pile for pulling injectors from Land Rover engines.

The local injector service shop will probably have one laying around or you may have to buy a new pipe and butcher it.

The fab shop mentioned earlier should be able to find you a lump of steel for the hammer and another for the shaft or you can get one for around £20 on eBay and either have the union fitting welded onto it, like mine, or get a nut welded to the fitting to make it detachable, then should you ever need it for something else it becomes multi purpose!

Cheers
~Stef

Hi veasmkii

Welcome to the forum

As you're finding out, there's a lot of good people with a wealth of knowledge here.

If you access to basic fabrication kit you can make a starting handle that attaches like a 'C' spanner using a piece of tube of the same ID as the shaft, cut down it's length to form the 'C' , although you look to have that covered.

As for the rotation of the engine, this may be teaching you to suck eggs, but all you have to do is expose the rocker arms and rotate the engine, if the exhaust valve closes before the inlet opens then that's the correct rotation.......

Bob, I've done the wrong way starting stunt when I walked around to the other side of my CS, it took a couple of goes before I cottened on!

Cheers
Stef

Hi All

I had the same problem, air 'pushing back' into the injector. I lapped the pintle in with jewellers rouge, problem solved

A fivers worth off eBay will be lifetime supply.

Cheers
Stef

Hi All

Saw the above post, I was looking for something to do give me an excuse to avoid doing anything useful and prolong my first cup of tea of the day......


So....


I Googled 'Lister Argentina' and found this

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lister+argentina&iax=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fhttp2.mlstatic.com%2Fgrupo-electrogeno-15-kva-lister-D_NQ_NP_975236-MLA29195537077_012019-O.jpg&ia=images

After gasping at the asking price thought I'd better check the conversion rate, I'm still gasping!

Either I have an order of magnitude problem or, rather than trying to help our US cousins by smuggling old Listers to them we should be shipping to South America!

Back to work....

Cheers

Stef

Hi Steve

I think your first move should be to contact PRM / Newage for some advice, a 'modern diesel motor will tick over between 500 and 1000 rpm, the 'box should be able to handle that, I've no experience with the PRM 500, but it sounds like the clutch plates are not separating fully, when in neutral.

https://www.prm-newage.com/help-centre-marine

As for the lack of a tacho, less than a tenner on eBay for a cycle computer and then doing this....

https://www.instructables.com/Tachometer-made-from-a-bicycle-speedometer-cycloc/

will let you know exactly what's going on with the revs!

Cheers
Stef