I love waking up at 4.45 and then turning back over for another 3 or 4 hrsHeard of a chap who gets up an hour early so he can have a rest before he goes to work.
hate it when i wake then but have to get up at 6I love waking up at 4.45 and then turning back over for another 3 or 4 hrs
Yes must admit there were some mornings when I felt the same, BUT now aaaaaaah bliss and many more zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz'shate it when i wake then but have to get up at 6
dwarfer
Well-Known Member
hi to all
today it was time to get dirty and annoyed by way of changing the front vertical link rods, easy..
then the anti roll bar bushes..mission.
the rubber bushes had managed to vulcanize themselves to the anti roll bar, absolutely no chance they were going to budge so out came the liquid spanners.
while the neighbors fill the air with the smell of BBQ, i was polluting the air with the smell of burning l322, priceless!
a considerable amount of time passed before the little f@ckers let go and i was able to clean off the residues and refit new bushes.
before i started, everything was fine apart from occasional subtle da donk now and again, once the weight and link rods were off the car, the bushes appeared to have the consistency of a flip flop,
glad i did those jobs, as meticulous maintenance is next to godliness
i haven't taken any pics of the job
but i do have the pictures of my rear wheel arches..remember this is a 2005 model year..
as @kds says..yours is the exception to the rule..
the little white mark is polish i missed.
today it was time to get dirty and annoyed by way of changing the front vertical link rods, easy..
then the anti roll bar bushes..mission.
the rubber bushes had managed to vulcanize themselves to the anti roll bar, absolutely no chance they were going to budge so out came the liquid spanners.
while the neighbors fill the air with the smell of BBQ, i was polluting the air with the smell of burning l322, priceless!
a considerable amount of time passed before the little f@ckers let go and i was able to clean off the residues and refit new bushes.
before i started, everything was fine apart from occasional subtle da donk now and again, once the weight and link rods were off the car, the bushes appeared to have the consistency of a flip flop,
glad i did those jobs, as meticulous maintenance is next to godliness
i haven't taken any pics of the job
but i do have the pictures of my rear wheel arches..remember this is a 2005 model year..
as @kds says..yours is the exception to the rule.
.the little white mark is polish i missed.
I always keep plenty of lubeon myto hand
I should start a poll on how long before it breaks
ère we bloody go......Your hand? Or????
I don't know, I make one little typing mistake
Enthusiastman
Well-Known Member
Its cuming along nicely. LOLère we bloody go......
gold rover
Well-Known Member
Lovely arches. It certainly is the exception to the rulehi to all
today it was time to get dirty and annoyed by way of changing the front vertical link rods, easy..
then the anti roll bar bushes..mission.
the rubber bushes had managed to vulcanize themselves to the anti roll bar, absolutely no chance they were going to budge so out came the liquid spanners.
while the neighbors fill the air with the smell of BBQ, i was polluting the air with the smell of burning l322, priceless!
a considerable amount of time passed before the little f@ckers let go and i was able to clean off the residues and refit new bushes.
before i started, everything was fine apart from occasional subtle da donk now and again, once the weight and link rods were off the car, the bushes appeared to have the consistency of a flip flop,
glad i did those jobs, as meticulous maintenance is next to godliness
i haven't taken any pics of the job
but i do have the pictures of my rear wheel arches..remember this is a 2005 model year..
as @kds says..yours is the exception to the rule.
the little white mark is polish i missed.
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Long may they last
gold rover
Well-Known Member
ère we bloody go......
Scotiawhiskers
Well-Known Member
Serviced another 6 tappets. All those from the right had bank where the gasket had blown were OK - a bit varnished, dirty oil and a bit sooty but cleaned up fine. Started on the left bank ones and at least 4 are noticeably marked / worn on the bottom faces plus more internal wear. So I am guessing that is 4, maybe 8 new tappets. Hoping they run OK with the existing cam. Odd that they are all on one bank, but I presume it indicates a mild oil starvation at some point to them which caused them to run dry(er) than they should. Worst ones look to be on 1 and 7, 3 and 5 look less worn. Only discovered once it was dark and drizzling, so close inspection of the cam will have to wait until tomorrow.
On the plus side I have now got the strip, clean, reassemble time down to around 10 minutes a unit.
On the plus side I have now got the strip, clean, reassemble time down to around 10 minutes a unit.
Blocked oil channel doesn't sound good. That sounds like the sort of thing that needs sorting before reassembly or you'll be chewing cams next.
Henry_b
Think outside, no box required.
Generally not a good idea to put new followers on an old Cam..
Especially if the surface of the camshaft is marred, this will prevent the follower from rotating and you'll wear the follower out in no time at all
Also worth noting discoloration, if the surface of the cam is starting to turn a bronze/brown colour then it needs to be pulled.
Got my new instrument cluster, installed it, still no oil pressure light. An old thread on here seemed to lean towards oil pressure switch being dead and in turn sending no signal to the becm thus cannot illuminate the bulb. I figured they'd fail on, rather than off, but heyho. 8 quid a pop isn't too bad to find out. On the plus I now have a spare cluster which I can practise opening up to pimp out the dials.
Other than stripping the whole rear brake assembly and removing the hub so to put the loctits onto the base of the shaft
also having to reseal the axle casing end... Errrr, this was my first attempt but you never know... Watch this spaceOffending ars... Articles..
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Scotiawhiskers
Well-Known Member
Generally not a good idea to put new followers on an old Cam..
Especially if the surface of the camshaft is marred, this will prevent the follower from rotating and you'll wear the follower out in no time at all
Also worth noting discoloration, if the surface of the cam is starting to turn a bronze/brown colour then it needs to be pulled.
Aware new / old mix of either parts isn't ideal on cam / follower combo.
Had a good look at the cam today and there is no obvious wear / pitting / nicks / etc on the cam on any lobe, for either bank. There is a little gold / bronze haze on all the lobes, mainly flanks and base circle areas, on both the good and bad tappet lobes. But if someone has shown me the cam and said "8 good and 8 worn tappets running on this, which were where?" I wouldn't have been able to tell.
These are the 8 worn looking tappets. We aren't in a position to do the dismantling / work needed to change the cam at the moment - not a mechanical issue but a social / practical / location and workspace issue. So I would say that spending about £30 now and budgeting on a cam change at a chosen point by our local trusted mechanic would be a better bet. Especially as everything we can get to will be cleaned / copper greased on reassembly so quicker and easier for them to do what they need on that.
RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
The remaining Front Calliper and flexi done
My god those gubbing screws are a nightmare. Were all different sizes had to use 2 sacrificial sockets get them out in one piece fashion new ones so holes align, turbo pipes off to get AF spanner and my gigantic banana hands in there. Didn’t kink the micro bore?
would have been so nice to just chop it off but in one piece gives @Bix more options. If you still need front calliper it’s here ready for you just need to find a box?
Axle seal that side looking bit leaky looks like the springs will come out without too much of a battle and UJ clips are starting to pop out so not all bad
My god those gubbing screws are a nightmare. Were all different sizes had to use 2 sacrificial sockets get them out in one piece
fashion new ones so holes align, turbo pipes off to get AF spanner and my gigantic banana hands in there. Didn’t kink the micro bore? would have been so nice to just chop it off but in one piece gives @Bix more options. If you still need front calliper it’s here ready for you just need to find a box?
Axle seal that side looking bit leaky
looks like the springs will come out without too much of a battle and UJ clips are starting to pop out so not all bad 
