Showing posts with label piston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label piston. Show all posts

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Land Rover Perkins Prima Engine Conversion

TDi and N/A engines have some fundamental differences, mechanical as well as fueling. The major mechanical ones being compression ratio and piston cooling. The injection pump is tuned to suit the type of engine and expected use, so I would expect an engine from a car to be set up with the flexibility required. There are ancillary differences between engines, the most obvious being different water and oil pumps on van engines. Sumps from cars have smaller capacity than vans. TDi engines have a different breather system with two hoses to the sump.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Chrysler 41TE (A-604) Piston Housing Now Included in TransTec Kits

TransTec rebuild kits for the Chrysler 41TE (A-604) now contain the low/ reverse piston housing. This housing is stamped steel and is susceptible to distortion, especially around the screw holes. Therefore, the housing should always be replaced during a rebuild. In fact, ATRA recommends using a new housing in their recent technical bulletin #231.

Monday, May 24, 2010

1995 Mazda MX-6 Brakes System Removal & Installation

BRAKE SYSTEM' '1995-96 BRAKES Mazda - Disc & Drum FRONT DISC BRAKE PADS
Removal & Installation 1. Raise and support front of vehicle. Remove front wheel assemblies. Remove lower lock pin/guide bolt. See Fig. 2 . Pivot caliper upward and support using rope. 2. Remove pads, shims, guide plates or pad guides and "V" springs (if equipped). Replace pad if lining thickness is less than specified. See MINIMUM PAD LINING SPECIFICATIONS (FRONT) table. 3. To install, reverse removal procedure. Use Disc Brake Expander (49-0221-600C) and an old pad to push piston fully inward to install disc pads.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Chrysler 727 and 904 Pro Brake Part Installation

Your Chrysler 727 / 904 Pro Brake valvebody is designed to have a reverse lockout safety feature. To engage reverse, the shifter must be placed in reverse and the Trans brake switch must be depressed simultaneously. Install a good bolt-in sprag! If necessary, refer to a transmission manual for detailed instructions on disassembly and reassembly. The transmission should be completely disassembled, and thoroughly cleaned.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Alfa Romeo 156 Brake Replacement

The procedure below was written up for a 1998 2.0 Twinspark with vented front discs but should be the same for all 156 models. The shape of the pads will differ between vented and solid discs at the front. Later models have larger rear discs and therefore different pads. It should not matter if we are talking standard brakes with normal or drilled/grooved discs with high-speed road pads - the process is the same. The only difference is that some front pads don’t have the wear indicator so you will need to tie the cable back out of the way if not required.