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One for wammers really yesterday I fitted a new fip and followed the timing as RAVE explains I now have my battery on charge and will go for an attempt at starting soon, but as the pump is from another car do I need to use my nanocam to sync it? Regards the timing, I put the cam lobe...

once a mistake twice a habit ;)

Bought some diesel leak off pipe as I'm going to fit my cleaned up injectors later :-)

that is some stretch! can see one coming off the rim in no time!!

Anyone else use this?? thinking about picking some up tonight

I'll buy two so I have a spare for next time :D

mmm true but it's been fun trying ;-) and covered a hell of a lot of miles on very little money ;)

using home made diesel with double the amount of petrol because you forgot you had already added the petrol? that good enough to cause it to crack?? :D:D:D anyway, now I'm out of hospital and my face is healing well after my fall I need to get "cracking" and sort the new head out ;)

+1!! had a cheap one on mine that didn't release any pressure, so something else had too :(

not letting them skim it, it's being collected now

Thanks, didn't think so guy at shop just called, it's passed but he wanted to skim it as said it has some marks that may cause problems in the future?? new one on me that?

today I dropped off my cylinder head at the shop for testing fingers crossed it's not cracked or porous! can it be skimmed?

thanks :-)

got a part number? :D:D:D

Absolutely nothing!! Plan now is, nice food, nice wine and great company ;)

nope ;)

So last night went to my car opened door with key, popped bonnet and fitted a freshly charged battery. Soon as a connected the neg lead all door locks activated and car was locked – with key inside!! Anyway it really isn’t hard getting in!! No windows broken or removed! Less than 3 mins to...

thanks, not going insane just yet then lol done as above :-)

question… on the FIP should the woodruff key line up with the dots like the picture below? the one I've taken off my second engine doesn't like up no matter how many times I rotate it?

Showed me the paperwork, had all the miles on it and was all marked up LR dealer? wasn't interested in the engine anyway just wanted the FIP still attached to it and so offered to get rid of the lot for him :-) means I now have much younger chains tensioners and sprockets on mine. Also a...