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[PhilipGCaldwell]

right, cam timed up, its 107 degrees instead of 106 but its the closest i can get it with a bog standard duplex kit

tomorrow, head on and rocker gear
saturday - gearbox on and check idle gear endfloat
sunday - clutch on and fit ancillaries, fit megajolt loom

WEEKNIGHTS - FIT ENGINE

[twrminisport]

Good man

[PhilipGCaldwell]

didnt get a chance at the weekend to do anything unfortunately, the garden needded weeding and lawn cut as well as shopping DIY etc etc

did make some good progress tonight though

lifters in, pushrods in, head fully torqued down, rocker gear torqued down, and tappets correctly adjusted

Happy days, the exhaust valves dont hit the block so my careful measuring and remeasuring of the clearance paid off

i put a spark plug in 1 bore and it seems to be building up plenty of pressure when cranked, happy days




gearbox on tomorrow, and check idle gear endfloat

Edited by PhilipGCaldwell, 07 June 2011 - 09:54 PM.

[PhilipGCaldwell]

IAM AN ABSOLUTE EEEJIT

just realised ive put the valve stem seals on the exhausts not the inlets!ARGH

head off tomorrow

well, best i discovered the problem now rather than later i suppose, wasted an evenings work

[Scholes2012]

just consider it as a dry run. I would have kept quite, we would never have known. keep us posted.

[PhilipGCaldwell]

just consider it as a dry run. I would have kept quite, we would never have known. keep us posted.

haha, yeah, im a believer that if a blonde moment is experienced then it should be owned up to

[JustSteve]

IAM AN ABSOLUTE EEEJIT

just realised ive put the valve stem seals on the exhausts not the inlets!ARGH

head off tomorrow

well, best i discovered the problem now rather than later i suppose, wasted an evenings work

I put 4 of mine on, then forgot to do the others... we all do stupid things

[miniman92]

Put them on all 8 phil, wont do it no harm. Also does your cylinder head have the water bypass stump, as your water pump appears to have and in the photo after you had torqued down the head you hadnt fitted the bypass hose. If I were you i'd fit one of the straight hoses when you re-fit your head as apposed to the congregated ones, they are much less hassle if you haven't already.

Edited by miniman92, 08 June 2011 - 01:45 PM.

[minimaff]

Sounds like a good build, good luck with your quest.

[PhilipGCaldwell]

Also does your cylinder head have the water bypass stump

well spotted, no i havent fitted the yet, as i was having trouble removing the stump out of the original head, was gona try and get it out with the persuasion of the oxy acetylin burner at work but not got round to it

was guna try and install it insitu with a corrugated rubber as i already have one, will look into it

[PhilipGCaldwell]

ive ordered a new bypass piece, cant get the old one out, also ordered new stem seals and new head gasket, so therefore on hold again until the pacel comes

[PhilipGCaldwell]

right, I have stem seals on ALL valves!lol

put on new headgasket and its all back on fine

fuel pump on and tappet chests back on

gearbox tommorow then clutch over the weekend

possible install on Sunday, but dont hold your breath!

[twrminisport]

*starts holding breath*

[puresmartie]

looking good

[PhilipGCaldwell]

Well, its coming on, nearly all back together, need a few tools from work to finish it off (big socket for crank pulley bolt and flywheel bolt)