Dr. Tergin discovered a leak (red oval) where the exhaust manifold connects to the exhaust pipe. This rebuilt 300Tdi engine was supposed to have a turbocharger but there simply wasn’t room and I knew I wasn’t planning to do the sort of driving that needed the turbo. It was still a bitch to get the exhaust system connected. And it appears somebody sort of skimped on the Turbine Inlet Flange (red arrow). George will have Andy Cain at Capital Machine fabricate a most excellent flange and then make some improvements to the exhaust system. Larger diameter exhaust for starters and we’ll probably do away with the muffler altogether since there’s general agreement the truck could not possibly be any louder.
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“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” — Bertrand Russell
There is a story I heard from a British friend:
It seems that Toyota did an experiment where they locked a cat in the trunk of a Toyota and upon opening the trunk several days later discovered that the cat had suffocated.
Land Rover decided to copy the experiment and locked a cat in a Land Rover.
When they opened the Rover several days later they discovered that the cat had escaped.