bloke said it stopped with a bit of a bang, assumed it was the belt so pulled the front off and was disapointed to find the belt all in one piece
so he put it on ebay, i put me £50 max bid on and walked away
anyways 99p later it's mine - there's also a really tidy looking dustbin that came with it containing the alt,starter, timing chest cover and lots of other items - the bin was worth a fiver
so - timing belt looking ok but the crank only turning about 100 degrees, and stops with a bit of a thud
as this is being completely stripped for bits with a view to using them for future builds i didn't go straight in for the kill and took the lift pump, vac pump and oil filter off first - peeking through all looked reasonably good
rocker cover off next, still looking good
head off ......
oh fook !
cracked piston
a properly fooked piston
even the good piston looks like it's been snogging the bottom of the valve
ouch
just the one very slightly bent push rod
bottom end will be off tomorrow ......
so he put it on ebay, i put me £50 max bid on and walked away
anyways 99p later it's mine - there's also a really tidy looking dustbin that came with it containing the alt,starter, timing chest cover and lots of other items - the bin was worth a fiver
so - timing belt looking ok but the crank only turning about 100 degrees, and stops with a bit of a thud
as this is being completely stripped for bits with a view to using them for future builds i didn't go straight in for the kill and took the lift pump, vac pump and oil filter off first - peeking through all looked reasonably good
rocker cover off next, still looking good
head off ......
oh fook !
cracked piston
a properly fooked piston
even the good piston looks like it's been snogging the bottom of the valve
ouch
just the one very slightly bent push rod
bottom end will be off tomorrow ......
