Conrod bearings
#3
Not got a clue, bought it of here a month ish ago, ment to have been rebuilt, about 500 miles ago? But this is my first experience with doing a bottom end so need a little help lol, didnt think they looked right tho from what i read on here
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#13
Had the car a while now, bought engine, turbo and gearbox, of here about montj or two ago, with the engine supoposingly been rebuilt about 500-1000 miles ago, but hes since blocked my number so i carnt get hold of him,
So rebuild time it is
Cheers bill
So rebuild time it is
Cheers bill
#15
I been looking into doing a zvh, rung simon up at sitech racing and he said use a 2.0 blacktop block, hes got a special headgasket what blanks the extra oil galleries of, got to enalrge the water pump hole for cvh waterpump, block te breather on front and put one on the back and put a oil return in, so that sounds pretty sinple, so half tempted to go down that route,
#20
to be honest a zvh these days is a waste of time for what it costs you may as well go zetec turbo, get a 2.0 zetec use a focus rs manifold (inlet and exhaust)and turbo (plenty for sale due to upgrades) good strong 200 plus engine for less than a worked unreliable cvh
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Bit of an update
Took the rest of the conrod caps of today, to check the other bearings, they all the same, with a few score marks, checked the crank and i think i maybe lucky, theres a few marks, but carnt feel them, il post a few pictures up ina bit, i guess with the conrod bearings gone like tht, thats the reason to why i get low oil pressure when its warm?
Cheers bill
Took the rest of the conrod caps of today, to check the other bearings, they all the same, with a few score marks, checked the crank and i think i maybe lucky, theres a few marks, but carnt feel them, il post a few pictures up ina bit, i guess with the conrod bearings gone like tht, thats the reason to why i get low oil pressure when its warm?
Cheers bill
#27
If the main bearings are fine yea re-use them defo and yea re-use the main cap bolts But if your rods had ARP bolts in then get a new ones, but if they are the standard bots then re-use them if that's what u ment
#28
Oh okay sweet, il take them out ina bit then and have a little look, didnt really take notice to wether the conrod caps had arp bolts or standard. But i thought you could reuse arp ones and not standard ones??
#31
Main cap bolts ======== =========RE-USE
Conrod bolts ==================RE-USE ( only if they are standard )
Main bearings/shells if in nickgood ==== RE-USE
Check for play in the crank in and out as u mite need thrust bearings as well. Crank mite need to get re ground for over size thrust bearings ( they sit in the middle of the crank and are thin half moon shapped pieces of metal lol
Conrod bolts ==================RE-USE ( only if they are standard )
Main bearings/shells if in nickgood ==== RE-USE
Check for play in the crank in and out as u mite need thrust bearings as well. Crank mite need to get re ground for over size thrust bearings ( they sit in the middle of the crank and are thin half moon shapped pieces of metal lol
#32
Okay thankyou for that, sorry it took a while for me to understand lol,
Gave the crank a good tug, pushed it in and out and wasnt any movement, so think im okay there, just bought a engine stand, so il get that n then check my main bearings,
Thankyou for your help
Bill
Gave the crank a good tug, pushed it in and out and wasnt any movement, so think im okay there, just bought a engine stand, so il get that n then check my main bearings,
Thankyou for your help
Bill
#33
Okay thankyou for that, sorry it took a while for me to understand lol,
Gave the crank a good tug, pushed it in and out and wasnt any movement, so think im okay there, just bought a engine stand, so il get that n then check my main bearings,
Thankyou for your help
Bill
Gave the crank a good tug, pushed it in and out and wasnt any movement, so think im okay there, just bought a engine stand, so il get that n then check my main bearings,
Thankyou for your help
Bill
an engine stand is a must for anyone who is messin round with engines, its hard working off the floor or bench, especially when u need to keep flippin the engine round
Machine mart do a good engine stand, cheap as well:
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...C-engine+stand
this is the I got and is spot on.
#34
I found one on ebay, close to me, man bought it but never used it, so its brand new practically, so gunna be going to collecting that in a while hopefully, thanks for the linky though
#37
Okay so took my main bearings of tonight, to see the condition of them, only tool the caps of. Most of the white is still on, theres a few marks but carnt feel any, apart on one which i can feel ever so slightly, crank is okay, no scores, would you recomend replacing them or reusing them? Heres a few pictures ..
Thanks for looking, bill
Thanks for looking, bill
#40
Regarding the shells, i did wonder that myself, crank seems okay so hoping i can just replace the shells, i did have problems with low compressionon one of the cylinders, but believe thats the head, as the valve jacket had lots of pit marks and was rough on the edge, so think it was leaking through, checked the bore lining and all seem okay no score marks or cracks, cheers bill