VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Awesome. Glad you've saved a few quid every little helps as they say!Mine were rusty, he did a pressure test check they were fine before hand, and also repainted them. Good as new now! Link to post Share on other sites
Therusterman 59 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Good to see you've made a start Luke. Have you got to the point yet where you took a step back and asked yourself 'is this really a good idea?!'I would like to do a similar thing with mine, but need it to get to work. Think it might be a bit of a rush on my 4 days off. Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I took that step last night, I also asked myself "can I put it all back?" and "why did I start doing this?" Lol Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Look what fell out when I took the covers offLucky they kept the timing in order I have to say though there are literally no chain wear grooves on the guides Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I reckon their knackered mate. Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I've got the full set of new ones anyway so as nothing has happened it doesn't matter anyway.Where there are only supposed to be 2 pieces, there are many, look at the only very feint chain runner marks, if these are original after 100k that's impressive, looks like (as long as it doesn't smash) it would last like a million miles.Got the head off and wasn't as mucky as many I have seen on the internet, think I'm going to leave the crowns alone as they don't have much on at all and think the risks of getting carbon down the rings or bores outweighs what looks like would be no benefit. The classic failure pointStarted seeping at the gasket portsAfter many hours with brake cleaner, many kitchen rolls, an old loyalty card and delicate use of a razor blade, a clean head. The gearbox is good and clean now too. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Good work mate. Will be back together before you know it! Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Yeah the crowns look like they've been burning quite cleanly, even if the gasket has been weeping. shouldve seen the amount of sludge i had to scrape off mine! looks like its going fairly straightforward matey Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I do use this once a year, its awesome stuff, I also only use V-Power which is supposed to have much better detergents etc Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Painted up the block, looks like new now Found that some oil had gone into the water jacket when the head came off so I've given it a degrease and thorough flush out too. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 wish I had painting my block now before putting it back together! Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Old head bolts made into a thread chaser, which worked awesomely and handy head alignment posts Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 What paint did you use for your block? Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Good old Hammerite smooth silver. Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Did this last night, very awkward by yourself! Painted the head so its nice silver too. Link to post Share on other sites
Woodyman84 3 Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 looks like things are coming along pretty swiftly now Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Ha it doesn't feel like it, I'm gonna do the chains etc get the 2 chain covers cleaned and ready to to go straight on next. The head bolts, while not being a complete walk in the park to tighten up, it wasn't as hard as people on forums made out to get the final quarter turn on. But I did brush the underside of between the bolt heads and washers with literally 1 little drop of oil to ensure they didnt bind when turning, the threads were dry i must point out, and was using a 3 foot breaker bar so prob just had good leverage. And I had also properly cleaned and dried out the threads of all debris. It was really tough to get the old ones off compared to torquing the new ones up though and I've been paranoid I haven't done them tight enough, but did them up to book spec so am also wary that any tighter and they'll be over tight. Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Incidentally, I have found an important detail the bentley manual has overlooked, with 3 different bolt lengths it doesnt say anywhere what bolts go where, while by the positions etc you could do it but still, someone could do it wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
Woodyman84 3 Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 good prep always makes a job alot easier, sounds like you have done everything too the book mate Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 It stopped raining after forever so I got the new chains and guides onAfter checking the timing marks and positions about 9 times I torqued up the intermediate sprockets but the crank kept moving even with a bar on the pulley, so I got a bit inventiveFront path crank seal replacement only takes these bits, plus a screwdriver and hammer, the new one is a nice much tighter fitCovers all sealed and the tensioner bolt installed, then hand wound twice more to be certain.While waiting for it to stop raining I re-did the PAS pulley and accessory bracket. Link to post Share on other sites
Therusterman 59 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Making some steady progress Luke, look forward to seeing the finished article! Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Fingers crossed it all works first time when it's all re-assembled lol!I got the clutch on today, took a fair while longer than I thought it would as I couldn't get all the dowels to line up with the pressure plate, got there in the end though, the fly wheel bolts were harder to put the final 1/4 turn on than the head bolts were!Fitted the new fuel filter, the old one was minging and the petrol that came out of it was murky brown, it was cleaner going in! Lifetime item my arse!And my injectors came back from Mr Injector, they look like new but haven't taken them out of their packaging yet so they stay good and clean till fitted, I didn't get him to paint them I'll do it myself.Here's the report for them, not a massive improvement so they weren't in too bad shape, but they are 16 years old and now they are perfectly matched. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 good progress there matey....... still, 6% flow rate increase on one injector now means you have an even spray across all cylinders, so that can only be a good thing :) one of mine was down 13%! Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Yea they've all improved and now matched flow, what numbers did yours get before / after? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Here are my results Link to post Share on other sites
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