Leyland 272 "missing"

[DevonianRedneck]

Took the manifold off this evening, looks like number 4 injectors giving me the agro, so I shall order some up directly, treat her to a whole new set , tis done then and I can have the other three old ones as spares on the shelf, fingers crossed she'll be viddy soon enough.

 

[Ley253]

No guarantee that the old ones are still working at the correct pressure. To have them reconditioned, with new nozzles costs £ 35.00 each at my local diesel shop.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Just have a look at the heater plug see it is not leaking fuel into inlet manifold

 

[Ley253]

Just have a look at the heater plug see it is not leaking fuel into inlet manifold

Hasnt got one

 

[DevonianRedneck]

Hasnt got one

beat me to saying that.

 

[onthehoof]

beat me to saying that.

Hi @DevonianRedneck I think you might have our old tractor, did you purchase it from Cheffins Vintage sale a couple of years ago??

 

[DevonianRedneck]

Bought it off a dealer down here, he bought it from up country so it could well be yours, it's got some distinguish ing stickers on the windows, it would be awesome to know some history of the old girl, the original reg plate for example would be super useful, it's got some "make sure their safe moves" stickers on the rear window, and above the front windscreen, if that helps narrow it down.

 

[DevonianRedneck]

Hi @DevonianRedneck I think you might have our old tractor, did you purchase it from Cheffins Vintage sale a couple of years ago??

Just remembered the "radio cambs" stickers as well, and seeing your location, makes it even more likely it might have been yours

 

[onthehoof]

Definitely sounds like ours, I recognised the loader brackets, although we never had the loader, my dad bought it from Cheffins about 15 years ago and used it on a hay tedder, that's the only job it ever did we used to put it away with the tedder still on it and get it out the following summer would always start as soon as you touched the key.
We only sold it because it wouldn't lift when it got hot. Now if I remember it used to miss when we had it and we had the injectors checked, spoke to mechanic who did it today and he thinks the injectors were fine but there was a problem with one of the tappets which had a hole in it where the valve had worn it, but not 100% sure as was about 4years ago can't think why we didn't fix it though at the time, but it would be a good thing to check to see if that is your problem, sorry I didn't see your post earlier

 

[Will 1594]

Definitely sounds like ours, I recognised the loader brackets, although we never had the loader, my dad bought it from Cheffins about 15 years ago and used it on a hay tedder, that's the only job it ever did we used to put it away with the tedder still on it and get it out the following summer would always start as soon as you touched the key.
We only sold it because it wouldn't lift when it got hot. Now if I remember it used to miss when we had it and we had the injectors checked, spoke to mechanic who did it today and he thinks the injectors were fine but there was a problem with one of the tappets which had a hole in it where the valve had worn it, but not 100% sure as was about 4years ago can't think why we didn't fix it though at the time, but it would be a good thing to check to see if that is your problem, sorry I didn't see your post earlier

Warranty claim

 

[onthehoof]

Right, just spoke to him again and he said we did replace it, I don't remember though so he might be getting confused with someone else's tractor
We didn't have a logbook though when dad bought it so can't tell you it's history.
Wish we kept it and got a new hydraulic pump

 

[onthehoof]

Just remembered the "radio cambs" stickers as well, and seeing your location, makes it even more likely it might have been yours

Did it miss when you got it or is it a new problem

 

[onthehoof]

Warranty claim

From the dealer???

 

[DevonianRedneck]

Did it miss when you got it or is it a new problem

It's only started in the last week or so, I've had it about six months or so and not noted any hydraulic issues yet so possibly it's had a pump between you and me owning it. I'm gonna double check the valvetrain now to make sure I didn't miss anything whilst I had it in bits, it's nice to know a bit of history about the gear, and goes to show what a small world it is

 

[X344chap]

No guarantee that the old ones are still working at the correct pressure. To have them reconditioned, with new nozzles costs £ 35.00 each at my local diesel shop.

£60 will buy you a pop pressure tester - if you are looking for a new toy to play with.

 

[Ley253]

£60 will buy you a pop pressure tester - if you are looking for a new toy to play with.

I had thought about it, and new Sparex nozzles were £20 each! worse still, I used to do injector repairs! Expensive senior moment having them done in the shop!