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Part 3! New project! Earlier this year I was offered the opportunity to fully buy an item that I used to part own. And I don't think anything of its type has ever featured on this forum.... It's a locomotive... yes a train... Built in 1957, works number 2654 she was used for most of its life at Pilkington glass, st Helens. And she is called Doncaster.... yes Doncaster. It's a back burner project, as it needs shed space to be worked on. The spec. Roll-royce C6T. 6 cylinder, 12ltr non intercooled turbo diesel producing around 200hp and 800nm of torque. Top speed is around 20mph. It's a shunting loco. Designed to move heavy weights at low speed. Plans, reassemble, full rewire, refit all Windows, commission a vac brake system, and repaint... And eventually get her to a railway where it'll be used and looked after. So yeah... a train.... I never thought I'd start a project thread on a train on a car forum....

Part 2 Anyway the car, it's still alive, and has still got all 4 wheels attached to it! Have had a couple of small issues with it, but nothing I can't sort. The alternator bearings decided to go noisy, common fault, the n22a engines auxiliary belt routing puts a lot of strain on the alternator bearings. Put a new alternator on, replaced the tentioner pulley bearing and fitted the new shorter belt, and also dropped the oil and filter while I was there. Also found the pipe that runs between the air box and turbo had split... Upside, the turbo noise is cool as f**k... Down side... unfiltered air entering the intake.... A used pipe is like unicorn poop.... New one from Honda was about £65quid... Next up is mot time!

Part 1. Well.. time for a bit of a general update, Let's see... still work for DFDS, it's given the me the opportunity to travel the lenght and breadth of the UK, and see some amazing sights, like Glencoe, And the not so amazing sights like the industrial centre of Liverpool.... Sorry to anyone in Liverpool, you can't quite beat the beauty of Scotland.... Let's see... I've also passed my HGV driving tests! Been out and about with it. Had some interesting times with it, taking an artic into the centre of Salford isn't my kinda idea of fun! End of part 1