RangeRoller dt
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@Grrrrrr s method is far more believable Pretend you sold it to someone that keeps it for you. He got away with having V8 in garden for years by telling her it’s Gorsky’s....and she believed it
Your not gonna hide it behind a smart car, even if you fix the EAS and set it to access
The v8 is back. Getting a bit crowded back there.
jamesmartin
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a jackIs there a way to fool the EAS into "thinking" the engine is running?
I've got half the engine apart and had to raise her (I have one way valves that are tee'd into the block) to get the last exhaust manifold bolt out.
I can't be arsed undoing the tees each time
So I figured if I could jump something and push the down button to make it drop to a certain height...
I know , lazybut...
brianp38dse
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Has he sorted the missfire or is it still being a bit of a pig.
Need to take the heads off and have a decent look. Hence why it is now around the back awaiting disassembly.
brianp38dse
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RangeRoller dt
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Remember if she asks it’s gorskys
And the other one is yours
And the other one is yours
That serious then, worn cam by any chance.
Don't know. Since he discovered the compression was f*cked he hasn't done anymore investigation. Either way it will be engine out or some major surgery so it is waiting for the time and money to sort it.
brianp38dse
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RangeRoller dt
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^^^ +1
Ahh it makes sense so thats where the Jag v12 is going
Oddly enough, I did a bit of rough measuring the other day. Width-wise it should fit but length-wise I think the rads will have to be moved. On the plus side the slam panel is easy to remove so is open to modification. That just leaves the issue of mating it up to the box.
Sorry? Have we drifted off topic again?
Wasn't that a chocolate bar?
I prefferred a Marathon.
RangeRoller dt
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Not old enough to have eaten a marathon but even now I remember the heightened bliss from the old blue smarties.
I'm nutty enough as it is, don't need to eat anything with nuts in
Thought I had replied to this already! Ahh well, here's the culprit...
The block and head have faired well enough. Here's the block... There's no gouges or anything. The carbon will clean off.
I found a bad thread on the tensioner pulley bracket which holds another idler pulley so I got it heli coiled. I also asked them to clean up the particularly manky valley manifold. Nice job
There are a few marks, but they'll come off with some ally clean or Dr Magic oven cleaner
I'm doing both banks even though the right bank seems unaffected. But I've ordered composite gaskets and new head bolts. Looking for stainless bolts for the exhaust manifolds to keep the job easy....for next time
While I'm at it, see those bastarding exhaust manifold shields can you get replacements? I've destroyed the left one because 4 bolts were rusted to the point where nothing fit them and I couldn't get into them. The right bank is fairing slightly better with only one bolt being a dick I can get into it between the shock absorber and the air spring turret. But I think the rust has shrunk the head so nothing will take it off, not even my Irwin socket
How in the name of jeebus did they put them on there? I can only assume they go on when the engine is sitting on a bench!!
The block and head have faired well enough. Here's the block... There's no gouges or anything. The carbon will clean off.
I found a bad thread on the tensioner pulley bracket which holds another idler pulley so I got it heli coiled. I also asked them to clean up the particularly manky valley manifold. Nice job
There are a few marks, but they'll come off with some ally clean or Dr Magic oven cleaner
I'm doing both banks even though the right bank seems unaffected. But I've ordered composite gaskets and new head bolts. Looking for stainless bolts for the exhaust manifolds to keep the job easy....for next time
While I'm at it, see those bastarding exhaust manifold shields
can you get replacements? I've destroyed the left one because 4 bolts were rusted to the point where nothing fit them and I couldn't get into them. The right bank is fairing slightly better with only one bolt being a dick I can get into it between the shock absorber and the air spring turret. But I think the rust has shrunk the head so nothing will take it off, not even my Irwin socket How in the name of jeebus did they put them on there? I can only assume they go on when the engine is sitting on a bench!!
