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6 days good luck with that then

Moved the build day up to the 4th - 10th

gona leave engine head in to get skimed and them to work on the valves and fit the valve stem seals they will do it all for £80

they are horrible to work on them engine are :/

nath2905 wrote:they are horrible to work on them engine are :/

not filling me with bags of confidance here folks
i start this soon on the 4th and have 7 days to do it all with the help of my mate and myself.
i have all the parts ordered so im hoping its just a case of removing, cleaning, fitting and replacing.

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hope to get the engine out on the 4th and leave it in to the place that will skim it that evening.
Skim, test, valve seals all work on it done on the 5th, pick up on the 6th

while head is in on the 5th, work on the brakes, cleaning of parts etc.

Rebuild on the 6th / 7th, replace parts / gastkets etc painting.

8th for anything that still needs done. Finishing up

9th and 10th as spare days for any set backs.

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Is there any positive points anyone would like to add. i could use the confidance boost.

post on here if you get stuck with anythink. its do-able just have work flat out and hope for no problems really

Big Day 2mora Folks !

Got the engine crane from my mate today. All the parts in one big box. Garage lined up for the next week. Tools at the ready. Stick the kettle on.. LETS DO THIS !

Hope you get on well with it mate! good luck!

Good luck mate hope all go's 2 plan

Day 1

Got the car jacked up, and the head out. Had some job removing one of the cam cog bolts as it was on the brink of shearing off.
Droped the head down to get skimed tested and valve seals fitted and valves lapped for £100 and its gona be tight but i need it back by friday evening or else i wont get it back untill Wednesday because they will be closed Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue. If that happens the plan is Screwed / Disaster.

Apart from that, everything else went to plan today, Fingers crossed next few days go as smooth.

good start mate

Jamie1991 wrote:good start mate

Cheers Jamie,

ment to also add to the above post. the head gasket on the car when we removed it. it was 2 thin bits of metal on top of each other, as if it was 2 metal head gaskets. very strange, would this have been vauxhaul standard or a bodge job from someone in the past ??? il grab a photo 2mora to show.

also the manifold gasket was another thin bit of metal. the new one is a thicker sliver looking one.

Going to start work on the lower end of engine 2mora, Gear box, clutch etc. Just make it up as we go along

some head gaskets are usualy made of a few layers of thin metal stuck together, they've probally just come apart as you lifted head off

How would i go about cleaning out the oil/water gullies ?? large flexy pipe cleaner ? any better methods ?

DAY 2

This pic is from before in this project, we came across it again today when the block was out. it was very brittle and fell apart. Seems to be a rubber bung on the lower end of the engine, but i dont know what its called to get a replacement, so i might have to cut a small bit of metal and silicone it into place.
Can anyone please tell me what this is ?? ive searched all over google and the Haynes manual and still cant find it.




A pic of the garage working in...




Heres more pics of todays work...






Got some of the parts cleaned up ...

Close inspection of the rocker cover, removed the rocker cover baffel and was shocked to see what was lurking under it...




All cleaned up...




More pics of the block removed...










Engine bay with engine out...




The old cluth and clutch plate which was badley worn down...






Think it was starting to score into the metal slightly here...




Thats all the work done today. Tomora evening i really hope to get the head back from the guy thats doing the skim and test fingers crossed.

good work mate