jimllshiftit
Active Member
This Christmas is the first chance ive had since last summer to replace the cylinder head of the P38. Sure enough, when I removed it, the crack in the head was immediately apparent between the valves on the second cylinder.
Anyway, now a replacement (and pressure tested) head is fitted and im just bolting up all the bits that go on top of it, but, as ever, a couple of problems have arisen.
1) The brand new Nissens radiator has two 15mm brass oil cooler unions at the bottom of it. My old rad doesnt have these unions and, as its Christmas, I cant get hold of the place who sold me the radiator until the New Year. Should I wait until the New Year, send this one back and get one with no unions or get two blanking plugs and shut them off? If the latter, where do I get blanking plugs from? They are the same as 15mm compression fittings but with a much finer thread, so no chance of picking them up in B and Q.
2) My injector pipes dont look quite right, no matter how I arrange them. The only photo I can find on google is very blurry and I cant find a diagram in the Rave manual. Has anyone here got a diagram of which port on the back of the injector pump goes to which cylinder. I just want to check it and know its right before I refit the intake manifold etc.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you. (only five more nights before life is back to normal....... thank god!)
Anyway, now a replacement (and pressure tested) head is fitted and im just bolting up all the bits that go on top of it, but, as ever, a couple of problems have arisen.
1) The brand new Nissens radiator has two 15mm brass oil cooler unions at the bottom of it. My old rad doesnt have these unions and, as its Christmas, I cant get hold of the place who sold me the radiator until the New Year. Should I wait until the New Year, send this one back and get one with no unions or get two blanking plugs and shut them off? If the latter, where do I get blanking plugs from? They are the same as 15mm compression fittings but with a much finer thread, so no chance of picking them up in B and Q.
2) My injector pipes dont look quite right, no matter how I arrange them. The only photo I can find on google is very blurry and I cant find a diagram in the Rave manual. Has anyone here got a diagram of which port on the back of the injector pump goes to which cylinder. I just want to check it and know its right before I refit the intake manifold etc.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you. (only five more nights before life is back to normal....... thank god!)
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I'll take photo's tomorrow.
