Freelander 1 K series head refit

monkfish24 · Apr 30, 2020

Quick question to put my mind at ease.

Engine waz timed up before removing the head. Ive gone to put the head back on. Head is timed up but exhaust on 3 and intake on 4, valves are open. I dont remember this being the case when I took it off.

To make it worse, Im leaving home tonight to fly to Barcelona for 6 weeks so id like to get this done

monkfish24 · Apr 30, 2020

And just to confirm because I wanted to double check, the pin for the intake cam is in the IN posittion and Exhaust cam is in the EX position.

Nodge68 · Apr 30, 2020

monkfish24 said:
Quick question to put my mind at ease.

Engine waz timed up before removing the head. Ive gone to put the head back on. Head is timed up but exhaust on 3 and intake on 4, valves are open. I dont remember this being the case when I took it off.

To make it worse, Im leaving home tonight to fly to Barcelona for 6 weeks so id like to get this done

There will be some valves open. Make sure the crankshaft as 90° round from TDC, and is on it's mark. The cam pulleys need to be aligned with there marks to, then it should be timed up just fine.;

monkfish24 said:
And just to confirm because I wanted to double check, the pin for the intake cam is in the IN posittion and Exhaust cam is in the EX position.

That's correct.

monkfish24 · Apr 30, 2020

Nodge68 said:
There will be some valves open. Make sure the crankshaft as 90° round from TDC, and is on it's mark. The cam pulleys need to be aligned with there marks to, then it should be timed up just fine.;

That's correct.

I was hoping you'd be around! Thank you so much. I assumed there would be valves open because its 4 stroke and timed at 90 degrees tdc as you say. Just im rushing and very aware that it could be a major problem if I didnt ask the question when I had the chance.

Thank you so much!

Alibro · Apr 30, 2020

monkfish24 said:
Quick question to put my mind at ease.

Engine waz timed up before removing the head. Ive gone to put the head back on. Head is timed up but exhaust on 3 and intake on 4, valves are open. I dont remember this being the case when I took it off.

To make it worse, Im leaving home tonight to fly to Barcelona for 6 weeks so id like to get this done

I had exactly the same heart stopping moment first time I did a HG.

monkfish24 · Apr 30, 2020

Alibro said:
I had exactly the same heart stopping moment first time I did a HG.

Im ashamed to say this isn't my first! Engine is all back together minus fluids. Barred it over and all ok. It was just that moment of, I need moral support, is that right whilst rushing the engine together.

Alibro · May 1, 2020

monkfish24 said:
Im ashamed to say this isn't my first! Engine is all back together minus fluids. Barred it over and all ok. It was just that moment of, I need moral support, is that right whilst rushing the engine together.

LOL now that you mention it.............

monkfish24 · May 4, 2020

Alibro said:
LOL now that you mention it.............

If it blows up, it gives me a good excuse to take my freelander off the wife and get it prepped for hill climb like I originally planned.

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