Caddyslammed 16 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 no scraped knuckles now plz good luck!!! Link to post Share on other sites
hvr6 88 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 hope all goes well :-) Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted November 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Urgently need a rear engine mount if anyone has one? Link to post Share on other sites
rosserooni 0 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 I have a vibratronics rear engine mount and a vibratronics gearbox mount, PM me if your interested Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted November 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 I've got front and gearbox. I'd need the mount today? Link to post Share on other sites
rosserooni 0 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 I can post it to you today??Or your welcome to come pick it up? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted November 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Can't get anywherefar to get it mate, needed today / tomorrow. A standard one will do the job to be honest, anyone? It's going to hold things up If can't get one Link to post Share on other sites
rosserooni 0 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Its a long shot but is anyone travelling up from south to near you today or tomorrow that could take this one up to you? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted November 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 I don't think anyone is... All northern monkeys!!! Unless anyone could do their club chairman a massive favour? Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 There is one sat in mine but am not able to get it off but if you can get to mine anything you want is there for the taking Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted November 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Well I thought I'd post up the progress for the day! Early start this morning, ready for action!It didnt take long before Tony set to work Say cheese... Tony's standard poseEngine has seen better days to be honest!sheeeet! it's gone!?!ahhh, there it is didnt take more than an hour to whip out!the start of stripping the engine..head gasket defiantly has failed... im pretty sure my finger should not be there...surprisingly, the bores are in pretty good condition, honing marks still visible....Thanks to Eastwood John popping over to lend a hand Head being cleanedup..head is now looking better...same treatment for the block.meanwhile... the head was being stripped to replace valve stem seals, and new hydraulic lifters..Ceramic coated raceland manifold fitted.new timing chains fitted...I sorted out the intake stuff ready for fitting...New thermostat housing / crack pipe / thermo stat fitted... (new waterpump fitted earlier in the day) ARP headbolts being torqued up, unfortunately one of the nuts fell down into the timing chains, so had to remove gearbox again to retrieve it which put us back a little...Well, we called it a day then... beer to drink, Chinese to eat, and a shit boxing match to watch We had some issues with some bolts snapping, and the biggest pain the arse was the rear engine mount bolt snapped, so cant get the engine in this weekend, until a new one has arrived... or my mate's neighbour has success removing the snapped bolt from the current mount Tomorrow... heater matrix / coilovers, finish engine off. going to give it all a jet wash along with the engine bay while its all out too...Laters Link to post Share on other sites
cornishvr6 52 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 That is an amazingly fast rebuild, good work guys, when can i book mine in for a 24hr turnaround? lol Link to post Share on other sites
b19drg 0 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 great work , bet it feels brill to get cracking on it , top work Tony as always aswell Link to post Share on other sites
Caddyslammed 16 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Nice mate, i love days like that, good bits, bad bits, and swearing etc lol, but its fun, its why we do it, and i am sure the end product will be great!! Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Good work fellas! Nice to see tony's hard at it again! And john's mucking in too!Pete, make sure you vid the initial start up!! Link to post Share on other sites
legvw 0 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Lovely jubely! :-) Link to post Share on other sites
*P3nfold* 0 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Sounds like it was emotional. That is fast work!! Are you going to bring the car to the Christmas meet? Link to post Share on other sites
eastwood john 1 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 glad to av met you pete, nice to see you again tony, hope ya got home safe,+ glad to have met you jay,rearly glad to have come over this w/end and helped out, head spinning though abit on saturday lol,next date 27th ok for then mate, are you painting on that day, sounds like a job for shell lol, thanks again pete, Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Seabrook 4 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 nice work guys Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted November 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Ok....next update for you all folks today was a late start in comparison to yesterday, with a lovely fry up thank to my lovely other half. So, we got the Coilovers on first of all.I needed to shave some off the callipers to squeeze the Brock B2's on the front... this turned out to more than I thought!! Sooooo, i'm going to try the wheels on a Golf tomorrow to see if the 288mm brake setup will be a better option...John and Jason came over today to lend a land with getting the dash out to replace the heater matrix.... Thanks very much guys Rear coilovers on... and rear brock B2's fitted.... It wouldnt be the same if there wasnt a cheesy photo of Tony in the set, so here it is!ahhhh, here's the offending article! goosed! and here is the car stripped out... didnt take long at all at this point new matrix ready to rock and rollnow on the ground... note that no engine is fitted, and ride height is yet to be adjusted..... 58mm, front 57mm is what I am going for That's it for this weekend.... will next play in 2 weeks time when the engine can go back in...Few items needed as a result of age / damage etc.... will get these over next couple of weeks Adios for now amigos! and lastly, special thanks to Tony for all his hard work (and for putting up with Eastenders and coronation street on Friday night ) Link to post Share on other sites
jason2875 0 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 good day all round pete, happy to help out mate ;-)nice to meet you as well john ,will give you the list of jobs i need doing tony lol Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted November 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 glad to av met you pete' date=' nice to see you again tony, hope ya got home safe,+ glad to have met you jay,rearly glad to have come over this w/end and helped out, head spinning though abit on saturday lol,next date 27th ok for then mate, are you painting on that day, sounds like a job for shell lol, thanks again pete,[/quote']you too mate! Although you need to drink more brews (not home brew either lol) tony has just txted me, hes just got home safe and sound.... will be 27th / 28th getting it all back together, and want to hammerite the cross member / engine block / any other rusty bit lol... so bring a wire brush with ya oh and gotta finish the dashboard off / ride height / tidy up engine bay... then should be all good! thanks again for your help this weekend matey. Link to post Share on other sites
eastwood john 1 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 didn`t now you were taking pics pete, would av washed me hair if known,lol Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted November 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 good day all round pete' date=' happy to help out mate ;-)nice to meet you as well john ,will give you the list of jobs i need doing tony lol[/quote']thanks again mate hope you can make it in a couple weekend's time to get it finished up really good weekend's progress Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted November 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 is hammerite ok for painting engine blocks with? I.E heat resistant? Link to post Share on other sites
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