> Our 78BGT has been behaving quite well over the past few months. Not many
> problems. Nothing major. The indicators seem to flash quite fast
> sometimes. All bulbs are ok. Any ideas? Also the overdrive is still taking
> a while to come on. I need to check the gearbox oil, overdrive oil, and
> also the diff oil. I will read haynes up about where and how exactly to
> fill these. The diff has a sqaure nut thing on it. I assume I just pull
> that and whack in some 80W gear oil or something. As for the gearbox and
> OD I can't even see a filler cap. Someone mentioned about a flap to lift
> in the floor but our car doesn't seem to have one. There is a bit of a
> knock from the back end when the power is applied and removed. Almost
> sounds like play in the diff teeth.
>
> The brakes don't seem to be very good at the moment. I am sure the vacuum
> servo isn't working. I can lock the wheels, but the brakes just don't seem
> to grab on. The pedal needs to be pressed pretty hard to stop.
>
> Since I changed the head gasket a couple of months back, it doesn't seem
> to be using so much water. The system needs to be topped up about every 3
> weeks instead of every 3 days. No sign of any leaks anywhere.
>
> Today, driving into work, the temperature got up to half way. When I
> switched off there was a gurgling sound from the heater matrix. I let it
> all cool off and then put about 3L of water into the system! It was pretty
> low. I also noticed the dipstick oil was grey and there was a lot of mayo
> on the filler cap. Oh no! Not the head gasket again? I will check
> compression later. Getting a bit fed up with it. I will go to the scrappie
> tommorow and get a decent proper expansion bottle from a modern car. I
> want to be able to see the level, not wait until it cooks. If it is like
> this in cold winter it will be giving us no end of trouble in hot summer.
>
> I am toying with the idea of getting another B series lump to rebuild and
> swap over. Anyone know of a place in the UK selling B series engines, old
> or reconditioned? What sort of prices would a typical old 100k mile B
> series engine be? What about parts like pistons and bearings? I'd rather
> buy an old engine and rebuild it myself as I can't really afford
> 500-1000ukp on a shiney ready to go one. I have built a few A series
> engines and gearboxes so have some experience. I think the overdrive unit
> is the only unfamiliar bit.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
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