stuu
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Mothers rrs was the same. Its actually horrible keeping any rust at bay as i live litterlly a mile from the North sea you can come out in the morning and see grime/sea salt on your windscreen.I've à client with a 1999 Toyota corolla with less rust on it than that bar!
paulpdh
Active Member
It's never enough bits....
Forgot to post last night whilst in Tesco special offer on 10w/40 semi synthetic 4ltrs at £20 but with club card £10 At till comes up £8. So guess who's doing an oil change this week when new filter arrives
Henry_b
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Check the rockers and shafts, a common problem with the Rv8 is the rocker arms are fitted with a cup at the pushrod end and a steel shim or pad at the valve end. These pads are curved to allow the valve to slip/slide across the top of them the standard build is not the best of rocker designs the pads can wear a groove from the top of the valve and can often fracture or break away resulting in very noisy valve gear and subsequent follower.
They'll come off tomorrow, though at the moment the heads look new, not even a hint of old oil stain.. we'll see!!
Henry_b
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No varnish is a rarity on the RV8.
They must be new heads..
Henry_b
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More than likely had a HG job plus a skim, they're usually cleaned prior to skimming, that would explain the clean heads but varnished rocker gear.
Just had a very interesting chat with my neighbour who as you will know has helped me out with the RR in the past. I need some work doing on my MX5, brake pads oil change etc. As people will know I ain't too clever at getting down and crawling about these days. He is secretary of local MR2 club and has only gone and rented a unit with tools and 2 post lift. I know its no good for the RR but his rates (a case of Stella) to change the pads brakes etc are a lot cheaper than local garage and more reliable. Booked in for next weekend. This guy is a treasure and a star. Who ever says the age of chivalry is dead can cobblers as far as I am concerned, This bloke is a god send
And no I will not be giving his name and address out
And no I will not be giving his name and address out
Starting on the drivers side as that's where i think the noise was coming from... Went to take the rocker shaft off.. loosening in order, got to bolt number one and it was loose!!! Not finger tight but had certainly not been torqued down!!!
Could this be the source of the knocking!?
Henry_b
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Certainly something that wasn't as it should be.. other than that the rockers and the shaft look ok, no play to speak of or visible wearit's possible..
Couldn't rock any of the rockers by hand either, so the lifters are working
Got the wife's P38 recovered to our new gaff. It is still without MoT. So couldn't drive it. Then spent about an hour shooting the **** with the guy we hired for the job. He is a Landy fan himself (TD5 Disco). So that was fun.
But it seems my P38 refuses to retain the wheel centre caps. Got a new set not long ago and already had one abandon ship at 70. Anyone else have this issue, or just me?
But it seems my P38 refuses to retain the wheel centre caps. Got a new set not long ago and already had one abandon ship at 70. Anyone else have this issue, or just me?
