RaceDiagnostics
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Well the engine has been running great all year. Probably got it out for its last drive this year as I saw a gritter out on the road and snow on the distant hills.
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skotl
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Fantastic job
jordhandson
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Lovely well done
You should be proud of that job.
Parm
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That is a stunning motor vehicle
RaceDiagnostics
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Cheap £4500 buy from eBay plus unlimited hours over 10 years to get there.
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They are all priceless hours
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I wish, since we moved house on 20th August, I haven't spent a single day in the garage, house DIY instead and for the foreseeable future. That's fine for the rest of the winter but digging a new sewer trench won't be fun, hope the soil is sandy for an easy dig.
Milkybars
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@RaceDiagnostics ..watched this and throught of you
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It took me three years with a well worn ladies border spade blade fitted by me on to a pitch fork shaft to dig out a 45 mtr run for our new properly laid non leaking foul drains & manholes starting at 1.5 mtrs or so deep to our last pipe into the communal chamber and running up a Dave's home made incline to get 250 mm depth in the service pit chamber at the end of it , with a 150 mm concrete capping path over it all . I was digging a bit every day I was on my feet . One day the water in the trench was freezing almost as fast as I was breaking the ice out and getting a couple of spades of clay soil out . ( minus 12oC )
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I’ve just read this entire thread over the past 3 hours, your attention to detail is incredible, and what a result you’ve got for having it. Cracking job!
I‘ve also learned a few tips for my own imminent engine rebuild with regards to cleaning and electroplating.
I‘ve also learned a few tips for my own imminent engine rebuild with regards to cleaning and electroplating.
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Just did a 2000mile engine check, all looking good.
Compression, before the rebuild they were all ~11 Bar.
Spark plugs.
Remember, spark plug 1 looked like this due to a loose valve guide before the rebuild
I'm pleased with the results.
Compression, before the rebuild they were all ~11 Bar.
Spark plugs.
Remember, spark plug 1 looked like this due to a loose valve guide before the rebuild
I'm pleased with the results.
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Sadly I've had a very slow engine oil leak from the crankshaft rear seal since I did this job, not bad enough to need fixing but annoying enough to make me want to sort it sometime before I'm too old one day.
I suspect there must be a small nick on the journal that was probably caused by me during the rebuild.
Anyway this came up cheap on eBay so I bought it so it would be on hand when I get round to doing the fix.
I suspect there must be a small nick on the journal that was probably caused by me during the rebuild.
Anyway this came up cheap on eBay so I bought it so it would be on hand when I get round to doing the fix.
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Thats a shame after all that time and effort, probably the worst seal to do! I assume the crank doesn't have to come out?
Farside
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Argh, what a bu99er.
