500 views but i dont think anyone but me is posting much here lol never mind im having allot of fun!
so
i stripped my first engine last night (And some the night before)
been a petrol head since i could say "Daddy's got a XR3i" and played with cars for a couple of years now and oddly until last night i'd never seen the inside of an engine (except on pictures) much less taken one apart with my own hands
time to put down the porn so to speak and become a man
so with mr Lee Olver talking me through the steps i learnt not only how to take the engine apart but also how it all works... it's devastatingly simple! i really reckon i could do it on my own now!
he was actually quite impressed at some of the design simplicity on the T and how it was done
... which was nice...
anyway here comes the pics
when i got the engine Martin had allready played with it... some of the ancilleries had been stripped off like the manifolds
so that was some heartache saved
unfortunately this would prove to be a big spanner on later...
the engine was a bit of a confusing mess of new shiney blots, allmost all of them the wrong length, new gaskets... rust... oil... some compleate pipes and some cut ones
what a mess
so i decided to just remove everything possible before lee came round to help strip the actual engine...
off came the coolant rails
and various pipes
then the cam covers
these wont be going back on the engine so if anyone wants them pm me
at this point i was so cold and so confused by all the new/old bits and such that i just gave up and had a cuppa
never fear here comes the mate to help
first job off with the box (to make moving the engine about easier) and because the box is going to a gearbox specialist mate of ours who's going to strip it to see if it's ok
if it needs any work it'll get done if not it'll just go back together
i'm undecided on the issue of steel caged barings... time and money will factor here but they seem likely
off with the clutch slave cylinder
and then the box... the bolt right at the bottom (the hardest to get to) was a ultra fine thread and a total arse to get off
anyway lee told ya i'd make you famous... or at least the top of his head
note high visibility clothing (The health and safety directorate would be pleased by this we feel)
anyway the box came off nice and easy
oo look a clutch
flywheel and pressure plate are top notch
see
and the plate has loads of material left but the springs are a bit shoddy
great excuse for a AP clutch then
....
now the fun begins
belts off
which allowed us to see our first problem
rubber seal has gone on the bottom pully
at this point i had a nippy bum as we hadn't evan got inside the engine yet and i'd found 2 nakered bits
nothing to do but plug ahead really
off came the cam covers to reveral.... dun dun durhhhhh
perfect cams
aren't they shiny? and they smell nice too
MMMmmmmmm.....
anyway
time to whip the head off and pray!!!!
i can vouch for the fact this picture is an utter lie! lol the head bolts were NOT easy to undo
i had to straddle the block and lee had to pull on my big pry bar...... that sounds so wrong
anyway
the head came off and in my excitment i forgot to take pictures
the good news is the pistons were stamped and are indeed standard... if your as noobish now as i was a week ago you wont know why this is good
basically it means the engine hasnt suffered failure in the past and as a result been bored out (in which case the pistons would be stamped to show the bore is bigger)
evan better news the cambers were clean as a whistle (Well a whistle covered in allot of soot) anyway no scoring or marking!!!
i clapped like a mentally deficient smiley.... like this -> :clap2:
anyway time to take the sump off
heres the sump
nice eh?... think the picture is pointless? i dont care it's my thread so :trease:
anyway
we had some issues with the oil filter... i snapped my strap in the summer servicing a mates ZS
so lee in a moment of epic originality wrapped the engine cranes strap round it and...
look at that it worked... now i'm making his legs famous, how good am i?
heres another pointless picture of the sump
but now my leg is famous too
oh look a sump!
another moment of truth... will the crank need re-ground??? will the barings be spannered? will i have no money left to buy presents this year?
more famous legs
well we decided to find out if my GF was getting a lovely dress she wanted from top shop and some expensive lady smell.... or a voucher for an hour of adam love redeemable at a time of her chooseing....
first off came the big end (Sniggers) baring
interesting note the star nut which you need to undo to get the barings off is imperial... luckaly it's not torqued up very tight so came off with a slightly oversized metric drive with no problem
thats the big end baring on
and off
as you can see
the crank is perfect :headbang:
i was happy and did a little dance
it was lees opinion that we COULD re-grind it but there was tons of life in it yet and he was evan happier (although my wallet wasnt) because....
the bearings were showing very early signs of ware (enough not to damage the crank at any rate)
to round the evening off we checked the thrusts (sniggers) as well
same story repeated really
the crank was fine but the bearings were showing signs of early ware
and that was it for the evening really
oh except for the problem martin has caused me
you know i mentioned he sand blasted the manifolds?
well he seems to have done the exhaust manifold with the turbo left on it!!!!
arghhhh
so the turbo was really hard to turn
we poured oil into the oil inlet and the blades span a little easier
anyway lee is going to take it to work and blow it out with an air line
if its shagged then fair enough a T28 it is