1984 MB Engineering integrity

[difflock]

I pulled my wee red SWB 1984 300D "G" Wagen out today, (she had been sitting for about 15 years parked up  in a shed), slackened off the Banjo at the fuel filter, about 5 pumps of the hand primer pump and diesel was pishing everywhere, so tweeked the banjo tight again.

Slackened off the nuts at the injectors, churned her a few times, diesel showing, so tightened them up again.

 

Then about 5 churns after using the glowplugs(and I deliberately had churned her a few times without heating the glowplugs, to get some lubrication about the engine before allowing her to start) 

She started and ran perfectly!

Happy days!

P.S.

This one is another keeper(i.e. forby the Steyr Puch Van) GIW405 was the Coleraine showroom demonstrator, bought by Oliver Murphy, a local mechanic, who maintained her to the highest standards, then sold her to me about 18/20 years ago, so I am effectively only the 2nd owner.

Marcus

[MattyF]

I do really regret getting rid of mine, pissed all over a defender ... problem was I had to rewire the thing after a wiper fuse blew and the rain getting worse on the motorway, a stop at the service station and they definitely didn’t have the old style fuses a two pence made do ... then it caught fire a few miles down the road , luckily it was raining still [emoji23]

[difflock]

Indeed, as I understand the simple difference,  "G" Wagens kept the oil in and the rain out.

[MattyF]

You own two ?
I dragged mine out from under a hedge as the fuel pump had gone and the owner never bothered replacing it, fitted a old xr3i pump , Un seized the brakes and it sailed through the mot.

[difflock]

3 actually!

1984 SWB 300D, bought 1st, and a lifetime keeper/family heirloom in the making.(history as above)

1989 LWB 300D, bought as a "keeper" for the wife to drive, and lovingly fettled by myself, wiper spindles replaced etc etc

1999 LWB 290TGD Van, bought relatively shortly after the 1989 LWB, simply because I got the once-in-a-lifetime chance of the good Sprinter direct injection 120bhp TD/Intercooled engine with the automatic gearbox and Recaro seats, this was then the wifes daily driver.

but

I do intend to sell the middleun, and this the 40th anniversary year being the prime opportunity!

cheers

Marcus

Edited January 19, 2019 by difflock

[Ratman]

Pics?

[Shaff]

Stuck in a hedge or in a shed for years and away they go like they were used yesterday...

When we used to park landrovers up at work over the Xmas holidays for 2 weeks they needed the full rescue package. 

Just goes to show quality lasts!

 

[MattyF]

Stuck in a hedge or in a shed for years and away they go like they were used yesterday...
When we used to park landrovers up at work over the Xmas holidays for 2 weeks they needed the full rescue package. 
Just goes to show quality lasts!
 

Haha ! right there!! Our defender is knackered after two weeks off.... I drove the g wagon from Cambridgeshire to Northumberland a week after it had been in the hedge and it was like a Swiss watch.

[difflock]

They would all need well washed before any pictures are taken, but I had intended to photograph the wee Red one this afternoon, except me bloody camera battery was flat.

Also need to wait to Monday to get the 1989 LWB back together(awaiting a replacement fuel primer pump) and fired up.

Fingers crossed,

Marcus

[Ratman]

They would all need well washed before any pictures are taken, but I had intended to photograph the wee Red one this afternoon, except me bloody camera battery was flat.
Also need to wait to Monday to get the 1989 LWB back together(awaiting a replacement fuel primer pump) and fired up.
Fingers crossed,
Marcus

Na!!! Befores and afters! [emoji106]