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Re: Hello Chaps....new owner
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:55 am
by Dieselman
Looking very shiny.
Now you know why having the engine mounted in the car is beneficial when fitting the head. That 180 degree angle tighten takes quite a bit of pulling.
A few more hours and it should be finished.
Re: Hello Chaps....new owner
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 7:34 am
by Stickfinger
I do
The t-w loaned by my friend was very helpful as it is quite long (he is a truck mechanic) so the effort needed was low
Re: Hello Chaps....new owner
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:22 pm
by Stickfinger
Exhaust to down-pipe flange welded back on......glow plugs and injectors mounted......moving on.
Next jobs, remount the exhaust, fit a rubber joining pipe onto the cut turbo drain tube, refit turbo oil feed pipe/egr vac hoses etc (even if they do not work
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Re: Hello Chaps....new owner
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:53 pm
by citroenxm
Fantastic.. Good progress..
Re: Hello Chaps....new owner
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:42 pm
by Stickfinger
Slow but sure, I cannot afford time lost in back tracking, it "should" have been fixed by just replacing the rockers weeks and weeks ago
.....such are the plans (and luck) of mice & men.
Re: Hello Chaps....new owner
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:53 pm
by citroenxm
Normally they are.. Yours is the first I've witnessed being as bad as it was..
Re: Hello Chaps....new owner
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:04 pm
by Stickfinger
It had to be me didn't it !
Re: Hello Chaps....new owner
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:21 pm
by citroenxm
It could of been me but no one wanted to fund me.. But with my condition and the work you have had to do I could not of done it..
Re: Hello Chaps....new owner
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 6:45 pm
by Stickfinger
TBH other than holding a few spanners You and a couple of others have done most of it
Re: Hello Chaps....new owner
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 6:48 pm
by citroenxm
That's very noble of you to say. It's been a tough one indeed.. Its you that's put the effort in.