Thread: General: 164: - Parts availability/equivalents
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Old Jul 2nd, 2007, 00:32   #20
woodturner-fran
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That'd be great - sounds like they'd be a good match.

I've had quite a weekend with my new 164. She was overcharging so I got the alternator checked out and a new regulator. Put it in went for a spin and the charging light still coming on dim. Went on to get some petrol. On the way back the fanbelt snapped, I drove on a bit but stopped before she boiled up. Wife called out to tow me home. Pitch dark and when I connected up the rope I snagged it around one of the pipes for bringing the g'box fluid to rad for cooling and pulled it off. Auto box fluid running out on the ground - I was not a happy camper!

So anyway I took the rad out there tonight and very luckily the fitting broke where it had gone into the rad so I was able to get it out with an easy-out and mended the pipe. Got it all back together.

Heres the lucky bit. When I took the rad out, it turns out the top radiator hose was rotten under the jubilee clip. Would have gone at any time. I am lucky also to have a good range of old radiator hoses and got one that fitted AOK. So all is well, after some very worrying times!

Some interesting points: I towed it home in N. Took out the rad and the oil cooler pipe was empty. I checked the auto box oil level and it was off the bottom of the dipstick. It only took a little over a pint to bring it back up. Very little must have run out. Can't really figure out why the old belt snapped. I didn't check it out but it didn't look too bad when refitting the alternator. However there was a bunch of belt material caught under the PAS pump belt. Some frayed bits must have got caught under the PAS belt and got pulled in. What are the chances!

Fran
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