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by RickJ
Wed May 22, 2019 2:35 pm
Forum: L400 Technical
Topic: Shut down and stayed down
Replies: 5
Views: 4039

Shut down and stayed down

Issue resolved. I retorqued the inj pump pulley back home and added some red high strength loctitie to the threads in hopes to never suffer this issue again. I used a ball pein hammer to carefully tap the cracked front housing back into place as best as possible. Using some 2 part Devcon plastic ste...
by RickJ
Mon May 20, 2019 6:49 pm
Forum: L400 Technical
Topic: Shut down and stayed down
Replies: 5
Views: 4039

Shut down and stayed down

Hi Growlerbearnz, Thanks for the reply Nope not fixed. Worse actually. .. While messing about with it yesterday I all of a sudden noticed a crack in the front cover in way of the inj pump timing gear area. I immediately removed the pump to find that the nut had in fact backed off and so had the timi...
by RickJ
Sun May 19, 2019 9:48 am
Forum: L400 Technical
Topic: Shut down and stayed down
Replies: 5
Views: 4039

Shut down and stayed down

HELP! Hi all I own a l400 with the 4m40 diesel. I use it as my daily driver. Yesterday while running some errands, she stalled while driving along a main road at ~40km/hr. I was able to pull off and into a parking lot. I figured it was an air in fuel issue as it just seemed to loose power and shut d...
by RickJ
Thu Jan 12, 2017 7:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: L400 engine mileage
Replies: 15
Views: 10744

L400 engine mileage

No, Its been 11 years since I last worked on her. Other ships since. Same company. I did however, spend a month in the drydock on her sister. It was quite fun actually. Almost identical. The biggest difference was that rather than having 3 Caterpillar 398's for the ships service generators, she was ...
by RickJ
Sat Jan 07, 2017 8:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: L400 engine mileage
Replies: 15
Views: 10744

L400 engine mileage

In My Humble Opinion: I've got a 1992 Starwagon (L300) with a 4D56T Mighty Astron engine. I bought her in January,'08 with 61,XXX kilometres on her. She now has 218,500 kliks on her. This engine (and maybe the 4M40) has a 21:1 compression ratio, they are built strong. Having discussed this with the...
by RickJ
Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:36 am
Forum: Parts Wanted (Non-Commercial)
Topic: Drivers side (RH) Window motor or entire regulator
Replies: 2
Views: 3158

Re: Drivers side (RH) Window motor or entire regulator

Hi, Originally I replaced the brushes from a princess auto bargain bin motor. Easy job, done it many times in the past with other vehicles. This one however, after coming back to life, would catch and grind once it hit a specific point. I opened up the "unopenable" motor gearbox to find th...
by RickJ
Sun May 29, 2016 11:15 am
Forum: Parts Wanted (Non-Commercial)
Topic: Drivers side (RH) Window motor or entire regulator
Replies: 2
Views: 3158

Drivers side (RH) Window motor or entire regulator

As said, Im looking for a drivers side window motor or the entire reg assembly. Preferably in the greater Victoria area.

Thanks in advance,

Rick
by RickJ
Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:18 am
Forum: L400 Technical
Topic: FEBEST Ball Joints
Replies: 11
Views: 9145

Re: FEBEST Ball Joints

Could we bother you for some numbers?
by RickJ
Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:10 pm
Forum: L400 Technical
Topic: FEBEST Ball Joints
Replies: 11
Views: 9145

Re: FEBEST Ball Joints

Thank you Yukon..It will be good info to know.
-Rick
by RickJ
Fri Nov 27, 2015 1:06 pm
Forum: L400 Technical
Topic: Stereo harness adapter?
Replies: 7
Views: 5148

Re: Stereo harness adapter?

I purchased mine off the shelf at Walmart when I purchased the van. I'm sorry I cannot remember any details on it but if I recall it was labeled as Mitsubishi. It was under 20 as I recall.

Rick
by RickJ
Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:21 am
Forum: L400 Technical
Topic: sunroof -- stuck open!
Replies: 6
Views: 4083

Re: sunroof -- stuck open!

try pulling it slightly while pushing the button and see if you can manual align it as it closes. Failing this, you will find a hex head socket under the forward interior light which you can use an allen key to manually close it. You may need to break off the round cover to access it. The cover will...
by RickJ
Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm
Forum: L300 Technical
Topic: Loud knocking, shaking, then died on hwy...
Replies: 15
Views: 9133

Re: Loud knocking, shaking, then died on hwy...

Here is a link to a video which shows as I was describing..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJAZvqQp0KY
by RickJ
Fri Sep 11, 2015 4:50 pm
Forum: L300 Technical
Topic: Loud knocking, shaking, then died on hwy...
Replies: 15
Views: 9133

Re: Loud knocking, shaking, then died on hwy...

While it could be a timing issue due to a slipped belt (and we cannot tell due to the fact the pointer is missing), what I would do first is start it and while it is idling, crack open each injector pipe at the injector top one at a time. If it is an injector, issue when you find the faulty fellow t...
by RickJ
Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:03 am
Forum: L400 Technical
Topic: Oil pan drain my plug threads? Size for a Fumoto?
Replies: 3
Views: 2483

Re: Oil pan drain my plug threads? Size for a Fumoto?

On my van I can confirm that the drain plug is a 14mm x 1.5 thread.
by RickJ
Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:16 pm
Forum: Delica Modifications
Topic: Pyro and Boost gauge - what kind and where did you mount 'em
Replies: 136
Views: 66699

Re: Pyro and Boost gauge - what kind and where did you mount

You can easily make it yourself. I used a piece of 1/4" plate steel I had laying around for the exhaust manifold side. I traced out a paper template of the shape and bolt hole pattern and glued it to the steel as a drill template. I was later able to drill and tap a center hole to mount the com...

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