Hi all
Glad the BoK's still thriving. I've been incommunicado for some time
because my Townie's been off the road since November with pretty terminal
engine hassle - basically the double pulley on the end of the crankshaft
came loose and chewed up the crank end keyway big time before falling off!
Enquiries into getting the crankshaft reworked or replaced led to the
conclusion that we may as well replace the whole 2CT lump as it wouldn't cost
much more. As well as which, the engine's pretty much shot anyway,
following its history of overheat, head skim, gasket replacement etc. It
never really ran like it did when we first had it after that.
My question is, does anybody know what's involved in getting hold of a
new double pulley? The garage arranged the new block, but it's come with
only a single pulley and they're headscratching a bit at present.
Anybody else had similar problems? And how's your story ended up Mark?
Are you finally back mobile now?
Just as an aside, our alternative transport since New Year is a FX4S Plus
London cab!!! 220,000 miles since 1988 and built like a brick shithouse.
Cooling problems? What they? The rad's so huge it never even gets warm. It's
actually half-muffled to get the running temperature up! It's great to think
that the Townie's going to seem really fast when it gets going again!
Cheers
Steve - (#1922) Steve Ford Elliott, 21 Jan 02
Hello Steve,
It is very rare that I have messages posted towards me and I am grateful to that in some respects.
My virtual engine strip down and rebuild cost me just over £2000 and part the way through I found I could have had a 'reconditioned' engine for £650 complete with turbo but no history. It would have come with a 3 month warranty against defects.
The rebuild took absolutely ages, it went over to the garage in the first week in June and I got it back the first week in September.There were unlucky complications in between with my van being hit by a lorry whilst it was in there care and the delay due to repairs and spares ordered.
The next 3 months were spent taking the van back and forth with loss of water and overheating problems which I would like to say very quietly appear to have been resolved. I have had no further problems since mid November.
The place I used was Benchsound Ltd over in Stanford Le Hope, Essex (01375-676646). Their reputation is good and they do have a history, apart from mine, of working on our imported vans. If you need any parts they will be able to find them. - (#1935) Mark, 22 Jan 02
Steve, if you've no luck as yet with the pulley, try:-
Beatties Toyota Breakers
028 30 839535
David - (#1955) david miller, 25 Jan 02
You could try your local Toyota dealer.They have been Issued with a directive by Toyota that they should treat imports as official uk Toyota's. My local dealer is very good. - (#1958) Richard, 25 Jan 02
Steve,
I had a similar pulley problem,-- check the archives! Luckily I caught it before it caused to much damage. After searching in vain through all the N Ireland Breakers and I mean them all! and in fact many mainland Breakers I ordered a new pulley, woodrift key, bolt and washer, through my local Toyota dealer and yes they sent the wrong one !( a single belt pulley )- despite the fact they checked their microfiche for the part number relating to my 92 Liteace. David Millar ( who many of us have come to rely on - and should be thankful ) was able to supply me with the correct part number. Having informed the dealer that this was what I wanted they got the right pulley, but they were still adamant that it was the wrong one for my vehicle. The receipts are somewhere but from memory it cost about £180 all in. Yea it's not, cheap but when your stuck !!
I considered options like changing the alternator to a single pully system but at the end of the day it snowballed the cost / number of changes / alterations required to align eyerything.
As there have been a couple of promlems related to the crankshaft pulley I would recommend a good threadlock compound ( Loctite ) is used to ensure the bolt does'nt come loose again.
Good luck, If I can be of further help, please advise - (#1960) stephen Judge, 25 Jan 02
hi i had same thing on my litace 2.0 td fwd got new pulley from toyota £236.00 in 2 days but look for cracks on it as my new one had a crack down the middle of it ,thay gave me a new one after i bit of shouting .make sure that the washer on the end of bolt is not to thin with it ratteling about as when you put the new one on the bolt hits the back off the inside of the crank, i took about 1/8 off the end of the bolt and this worked ok good look anything else email me
- (#1975) wick, 27 Jan 02
230 pounds for a new double pulley seems a tremendous amount to pay but, it would seem that there is no alternative. My lathe is not big enough to handle the pulley but, if I do have the problem, I should approach a local engineering shop to bore,sleeve & put the keyway into the pulley before purchasing a new one. I should think that this job could be done effectively, providing that there are no cracks and that the rest of the pulley is sound. Also, it should not be impossible to graft a second pulley onto the new, single pulley. It should be a straightforward engineering job. I hope this does not sound simplistic but, I do feel that the motor trade has got used to "replacement" while, fortunately, there are still some good engineering shops around who have to practice renovation and repair.
Meanwhile, I have dealt with Bullivants in Derby who import our type of vehicle and, I think, do break one or two and have helped me with spares. It's worth a try to see if they have a spare s/h pulley. Tel 01332 666242 - (#2002) John Davis, 30 Jan 02
Problem with these pulleys is thatthey are actually "harmonic balancers", c/w rubber layer between light alloy pulley and steel hub. If the worst came to the worst, why no run a single pulley like the earlier models? - (#2010) david miller, 30 Jan 02
Thanks all for the tips. While this thread has been going on, my garage has gone with Dave's idea of fitting a single pulley setup with a beefier alternator (I think). They say it should go fine as long as I don't have everything on at once, when the belt might slip due to heavy alternator loading. It should all be included in the original price quoted so we'll see - I'm getting it back soon. - (#2086) SteveFE, 4 Feb 02