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Thanks for thinking of us. Really enjoyed reading about it and others' comments too.

Thanks for that info guys. I pulled the dipstick on another M4500 a couple of days ago - it has S2200 embossed on it too, so I will relax... :-)

Wozza said: "I'm not keen on driving since you lot have the steering wheel on the wrong side. "I'm quite keen on a few of the places mentioned already, but don't want to just the typical tourist things. I've been looking for some of the little hidden gems to try and experience as much as...

If you have the opportunity I'd recommend visiting Maui for a few days or more. Wife and I were there in April last year, for 10 days. Second time I've been there and really enjoyed it. If you get toured out, I'd suggest doing what we did: stayed at a B&B, hired a rent-a-dent and set our own...

Ummm, it appears to be good quality? Beware cheap knock-offs. Listen to the Wolfman.

I was looking for a bucket levelling indicator too. Then I found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8m3euwQIa0 Size makes no difference.... :-) 48 seconds in from the beginning the guy explains it. So I attached a flat bar to the bucket and it works great. Interesting video.

Thanks, given your experience it sounds like I should shelve that idea.

Thanks for the clarification NIW. There seems to be a reasonable call for info on fixing the leaks from the delivery valve holders on these (Bosch K type?) pumps (this forum and quite a few others), do you think a sticky or article would be useful? Or are there too many differences within...

While we are on this subject... a couple of observations/questions. 1. If an O-ring (#210 in wolfman's post) is leaking, then the copper seal (= copper washer, #50) must have been leaking as well (or was before reinstalling the delivery valve holder). 2. My experience with an older 6 cyl (S2600)...

Yes, the tyranny of distance :-) Price was US$67 per injector, excluding sales tax of 15%.

To wrap up the story: got the injectors serviced - apparently 4 had virtually no spray pattern, just raw fuel, one had a bad spray pattern, and one had a more-or-less OK pattern. Pressures were "a little low". Shop says that there's no sign that the injectors had been serviced previously -...

Thanks guys, looks like its a job I'd better get the injection shop to do. All 6 injectors have ND stamped on them and "1570", all are S2 except the rogue S1. If a cylinder gets washed for any length of time, does the surplus diesel add to the oil level appreciably? How will I know if a...

Thanks Flip, so maybe I need to be thinking about injector work. Thinking about SCpumpguys comments, aside from not running smoothly it seems like when it's starting from cold (with glowplug preheat), for the first one or two crank rotations it sounds like a couple of cylinders are firing, but...

There's more variabilty between the injectors than I would have expected... but I'm no expert. What do you think? I can take more photos if needed, but here are some close-ups"

Thanks! I'd been wondering if the S1/S2 difference might have been the cause of the engine not running as smoothly as I'd thought it should. The compressions and leakdown don't show any significant issues, so I was looking for reasons in the injectors. I can't find any information on reading...

I pulled the injectors to check the head clearance, do a compression & leakdown test, and have a look at the injectors themselves. 5 of the 6 injectors are stamped "1570" and "S1", but one is stamped "1570" and "S2". Can anyone please tell me the difference if any between an S1 and an S2? Does...

Pulled an injector: M24x2.0 mm pitch in case anyone else wants to know in future. I'll post sketches of the dimensions of the adapter and hole in the head later.

Yeah, the dealbreaker for me was the oil company changing the formulation - but not the name or packaging - so it was no longer compatible, and not updating all their web-based info. I only found out because I pay more attention to detail than many. For big users of their product the oil...

I run an older machine and had the interesting experience that the aftermarket oil supplier (Chevron/Texaco/Caltex in this case) reformulated their oil so the ATF-J oil they recommended on one of their websites as suitable for power steering use on my tractor was no longer suitable according to...

If someone doesn't have the complete answer for you, this might be a useful starting point but you'll have to do some more research: the HF $29.99 compression test kit looks exactly like one TU-15A I bought from Aliexpress, except that the box is different. I had to get the short black...