My rebuild thread! 3.9 disco v8

[fett]

Just spoke to him, real nice bloke. Just placing my order. They don't have the cam in though said it should get in next week so thats not to bad and £12 for next day delivery

Yeah hes good, which cam were you after?

my stuff ships tomorrow apparently

those dizzy drive gears are more expensive than you think/they should be

 

[bencorkill]

Yeah hes good, which cam were you after?

my stuff ships tomorrow apparently

those dizzy drive gears are more expensive than you think/they should be

Yeah i know £50odd!!!!! MAD! viper hurricane , mildest cam apart from standard

 

[fett]

are they getting one in for you?

 

[bencorkill]

are they getting one in for you?

Yeah said early next week

 

[bencorkill]

Sliced most of my hands/fingers on piston rings today! bloody hurt when using the degreaser on the pistons!!!
Pretty much every fingers got a cut like that only noticed when my latex gloves turner red!

 

[fett]

glad I got new pistons with rings already fitted lol

 

[bencorkill]

just spoke to my mates dad, he does alot of corvette work, said he will do my heads for alot cheaper than the machine shop, clean, disassemble, inspect, new valve stems seals, re seat. Gonna clean up and drop off this weekend

 

[fett]

nice one mate, waiting for mine to come back atm

 

[discomark10]

Result ... also did you not remove the old rings?

 

[bencorkill]

Result ... also did you not remove the old rings?

Yeah old rings out, will get some pics of my rings etc tomorrow. anybody k ow where i can get a set of timing cover and water pump bolts as most of mine aren't really reusable and a few are completely not useable

 

[discomark10]

I ll find a link.. its in polish or somthing but google will translate it. Its all unf or somthing so you can get high tensile stud and nuts if you get real stuck.

 

[discomark10]

Found one in english.. has lots of pics with part numbers
Allbrit MG ROVER & Land Rover Ersatzteilkatalog

 

[bencorkill]

Is it worth putting new springs on the head?

 

[fett]

I have not bothered as they all looked ok, if you are using a cam within the .43'' lift they should be ok as standard otherwise you will have to change them anyway

 

[discomark10]

I changed them, my thinking is they may have lost some of their spring rate and not seal as well as the have.. but there not compulsory

 

[bencorkill]

Pistons all finished, went from
To
Took my water pump off front cover, found some scrub marks on cover is this anything to worry about?
And behind the pump the metal facing doesnt look good all pitted?



Received all the gaskets today, assembly lube an running in oil

Gonna take heads, engine mounts and front cover and water pump in on sat an degrease ready to re assemble, now just a waiting game for real steel to get the cam shaft an dispatch with all my other bits

 

[discomark10]

the pump should work fine, lots of cavitation on it!
how much was the running in oil?

 

[bencorkill]

the pump should work fine, lots of cavitation on it!
how much was the running in oil?

thats the word! running in oil was £16 something a bottle but got 2 so didnt need to mix with 10w40. Says use for first 500-1000miles then change back to normal oil hopefully have engine done n dusted by end of the month if all goes to plan

 

[fett]

comma sonic would do that job £15 for 5 liters

 

[bencorkill]

Noting much happened yet just bits of cleaning. Opened my rad today wanted to take a peak, looks nice and shineyyy! didnt realise it was a nissen only £175 delivered!

Gonna drop heads off on sunday so hiopefully have that done by next weekend and rest of the bits from real steel should be with me by mid week