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I'm not allowed anything sharp.
Stop eating yer crayons then ...
The red ones don't taste of strawberry anyway ...
I'm not allowed anything sharp.
If/when i eventually get an engine for ours i had thought of putting the oil filter on before fitting engine to car, then I could at least fill the filter. it is hard enough to get the right angle without it being full of oil. I am not sure if there is any reason this isn't a good idea.
Awesome. Good luck with the start up.Just an update.
When I opened up the engine cylinders 2,3,4 looked fine with the usual star shape on top of the piston, they cleaned up quite easily, cylinders 1 and 5 had heavy deposits of soft soot on the piston top. The engine has always been a bit Smokey and struggled on the MOT last time and so even though I didn’t need the extra costs I found a local place who said they can test/overhaul the injectors ( In Silsdon) , I took them to be done, they promised they would be done on Tuesday next week, hope this works out, I have been trying to get some decent used ones for some time but its very difficult, like so many things there are people who replace things and then put the duff ones on E-bay as " from a good working engine".
Using the time to get the last bits together
Put the front crank seal in check with the Vernier to try and get it square.
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Put the pulley back with my impact gun and some locktite on the bolt,
Its far from pristine but it is looking a bit cleaner now, have my eye on that power steering box.
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Few more pipes and wires, still never seen a picture of how they are routed when brand new so just try my best.
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The slam pannel and other bits at the front are a pain.
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Well starting to come together.
Just need the injectors back, decided just to fill it with oil when I put in the injectors and pour it over the cam and rockers, then take out the relay and spin it on the starter untill the red light goes off, then bleed the fuel system and cross my fingers.
Hope to have some news by Wednesday
It'll be mostly excitementStill waiting for the injectors, hope they will be done by tomorrow.
Annealed the copper washers and put numbers 2,3,4 injectors in and filled up the cooling system, getting a bit nervous now.
Will try that if you like.Very nice mate, you could always do a cold start video with it running
Half a dozen starts so far and she fires instantly even cold, took it for a run of about 35 miles yestetday and performance seems fine pulls much when better hot.Is she starting nicely from cold ray?
Thanks I wondered about that, in total probably done close to 50 miles, including about 5 miles at 50mph on the A59, couldn't see much drastic damage some slight marking on the cams, valve rollers were very shiny I have some pictures and will post tomorrow.I knew someone who seized his Ford OHC engine this way. It lasted about 5 miles. I think the Pinto engines had an external oil pipe serving the head and he'd succeeded in blocking it with sealant whilst trying to address a minor oil leak. So after 35 miles I think if this was going to happen you'd have noticed by now.
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