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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 10:44 pm 
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Froudey, no I only did the right side.

I will replace them all next week, and I didn't see any point in wasting good grease.

BenJ


Fair enough, just wanted to check i wasn't reading the post wrong lol

 

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 11:46 pm 
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Doesn't matter what they come out like as long as they go in ok.

Never a truer word spoken there Ash! I live by it :)

 

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 11:55 pm 
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Check your inner seals - if there's grease weeping onto the steering knuckle, or the grease looks like it's had water ingress at the inner bearing, change them along with the bearing.
Rusty rollers will destroy themselves fairly quickly.

 

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 12:36 am 
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Thanks guys for the tips.

I had installed new seals along with the bearings. And there really wasn't grease all over the upright either.

I don't think I have a socket quite that large, and recall using a brass drift to puch the cones out of my old Valiant rotors years ago. What I do remember is that you need to use a drift made from stuff softer than the bearing cone.

I suspect the bearings may be faulty, but I don't see how I can prove that.

Oh well, new bearings this week.

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:23 pm 
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Bloody wheel bearings.

I had a similar problem. I found the seal face of the spindle was pitted which damaged the seal.
I polished it like crazy.
seemed to be ok afterwards.

 

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:45 pm 
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Bloody wheel bearings.

I had a similar problem. I found the seal face of the spindle was pitted which damaged the seal.
I polished it like crazy.
seemed to be ok afterwards.

^^ And I followed your example shortly afterward.... Although it is yet to be proven if it is "okay" or not and if it is keeping in water or keeping it out... Damn rusty bearing!
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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:29 pm 
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I am unfamiliar with Impco gas systems but I believe your converter is blocked or may have a split diaphragm which is why you have a gas shortage. I had a bad gas fill last year and the gas was stuffed and hardly ran at all. I fitted a different converter (regulator) and it runs fantastic now. I had a BRC (yuk)and now an OMVL and the OMVL is massively better at cold running. It never stalls anymore! The car was plagued by needing petrol warm ups ever since I bought it 9 years ago. I had poor gas running and cold stalling for 8 years before I swapped it out last August.

 

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 11:37 pm 
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Bloody wheel bearings.

I had a similar problem. I found the seal face of the spindle was pitted which damaged the seal.
I polished it like crazy.
seemed to be ok afterwards.


Hmm, maybe that is the issue. I will inspect it carefully, and see what it is like. Thanks for the suggestion.


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I am unfamiliar with Impco gas systems but I believe your converter is blocked or may have a split diaphragm which is why you have a gas shortage. I had a bad gas fill last year and the gas was stuffed and hardly ran at all. I fitted a different converter (regulator) and it runs fantastic now. I had a BRC (yuk)and now an OMVL and the OMVL is massively better at cold running. It never stalls anymore! The car was plagued by needing petrol warm ups ever since I bought it 9 years ago. I had poor gas running and cold stalling for 8 years before I swapped it out last August.



Well, I am quite prepared to remove the LPG entirely now.

I installed the XR Fuel Pressure Regulator on Sunday, and the Wagon is now going better than it ever has. In combination with the EL Ghia ECU, it really has some get up and go. Sounds good too.

Very tempting do ditch it, very tempting.
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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 12:02 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
Bloody wheel bearings.

I had a similar problem. I found the seal face of the spindle was pitted which damaged the seal.
I polished it like crazy.
seemed to be ok afterwards.


Hmm, maybe that is the issue. I will inspect it carefully, and see what it is like. Thanks for the suggestion.


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I am unfamiliar with Impco gas systems but I believe your converter is blocked or may have a split diaphragm which is why you have a gas shortage. I had a bad gas fill last year and the gas was stuffed and hardly ran at all. I fitted a different converter (regulator) and it runs fantastic now. I had a BRC (yuk)and now an OMVL and the OMVL is massively better at cold running. It never stalls anymore! The car was plagued by needing petrol warm ups ever since I bought it 9 years ago. I had poor gas running and cold stalling for 8 years before I swapped it out last August.



Well, I am quite prepared to remove the LPG entirely now.

I installed the XR Fuel Pressure Regulator on Sunday, and the Wagon is now going better than it ever has. In combination with the EL Ghia ECU, it really has some get up and go. Sounds good too.

Very tempting do ditch it, very tempting.
BenJ



Ya got to ask yourself do you really need LPG? I would keep it if I was constantly stopping and starting running around town etc.

But then again I wouldn't not a fan of lpg.

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:37 pm 
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I worked out what I saved running LPG over unleaded a while ago.

Over 400,000klm over 11 years in 2 cars.

ok rough figures and not 100% accurate at all but a good guide anyway.

400,000 x 14L/100klm = 56000L cripes! ( car not space shuttle)

so... 56000 x $0.90pl petrol average over 11 years = $50,400.00

LPG 56000 x $0.40pl average = $22,400.00


Ok so I used about 10% petrol in that time but you get the idea!

I figure about $25k saved using LPG.

 

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:59 pm 
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Yes, I understand the potential savings of using LPG.

However, I am not getting the full enjoyment out of my car while using LPG.

Over the last few days, I have been running around on Petrol, and loving it.

The wagon is finally at a performance level on par with or better than my old Red EB sedan.

It is fun to drive again!

And that is worth a ton of money in my book.

BenJ

 

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 12:03 am 
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And we all have to remember the govt is going to be jacking up the price of LPG sooner than later. Remember little Johnnies increase he put into law......

 

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 2:20 am 
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And we all have to remember the govt is going to be jacking up the price of LPG sooner than later. Remember little Johnnies increase he put into law......

yepp 2012

 

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 2:40 am 
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And we all have to remember the govt is going to be jacking up the price of LPG sooner than later. Remember little Johnnies increase he put into law......

yepp 2012



Good point, but that does not mean petrol is going to stay the same, gas will still be cheaper.

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 Post subject: Re: BenJ's EB T5 Ghia Wagon
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:04 pm 
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of course we all want LPG without sacrificing performance.

 

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