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AlexD Aug 23, 2004 08:53 AM

Help Fitting Grey's Needed....
 
Got to fit a set of grey injectors to a mates car this weekend, can someone
tell me how they fit them :cry:. I know someone had a picture of an
injector with the fitting kit on it, any chance someone can post that up???

Cheers :top:

Al........ :DD:

GARETH T Aug 23, 2004 08:57 AM

http://users.turbosport.co.uk/cossie...ting%20kit.JPG

laid out in order aswell :top:

AlexD Aug 23, 2004 08:59 AM

Cheers Mate, Just the job !...... :top: :top: :top:

Al... :DD:

AlexD Aug 25, 2004 07:00 PM

Right, went round to fit the greys and got stuck :cry:

http://users.turbosport.co.uk/cossie...ting%20kit.JPG

Ok thats what it should look like yea??

Our injectors have a blue shroud on the end ( not I don't mean the covers :cry: )

Am I supposed to pull them off cos I've pulled as hard as I like to and they don't move? :?

Part no on them is 0 280 150 403

Have a look!

http://www.djleeg.pwp.blueyonder.co....t/Imag0001.jpg
http://www.djleeg.pwp.blueyonder.co....t/Imag0003.jpg

Someone help please!!

Thanks :top:

TIFF Aug 25, 2004 07:01 PM

You have to cut them off, but mind your fingers ;)

AlexD Aug 25, 2004 07:50 PM

Right so you cut off the entire blue thing so there is none left at all :? :? :?

Cosworth4388 Aug 25, 2004 07:54 PM

yes slit it down the side and then pull it off
remove all of the blue m8

alan rainbow Aug 25, 2004 08:59 PM

and dont bother with the yellow bit on the end as well as you get a better spray patten :top:

AlexD Aug 25, 2004 10:13 PM

Cheers for the replies :top: :top: . Will sort it out now. :DD: :DD:

Al... :D

AlexD Aug 28, 2004 09:45 AM

Right, I shoul have this right?

http://users.turbosport.co.uk/cossie...ting%20kit.JPG

Then why do I have this?? :cry:

http://www.djleeg.pwp.blueyonder.co....t/Imag0007.jpg

The top half seem fine (although the top ring is too small to go on :wall: )
but the bottom half I've

A. Instead of a nice snug fitting metal washer I've got a plastic ring which is much bigger that the diameter of the metal end of the injector

B. I have 2 o rings instead of one :cry:

Anyone help or have amber just sent me the wrong fitting kit :wall: :wall:

CheeRS

CraigN Aug 28, 2004 09:56 AM

the top pic is what it looks like after the kit is on

the top ring is not to small

just an absolute fucker to get on

AlexD Aug 28, 2004 10:05 AM

I know the top pic is with the fitting kit on Craig and thge top half I'm not worried about as a bit of brute force and ignorance will get the top ring on but the lower half of the fitting kit seems all wrong

The pic show a metal washer, rubber o ring and the yellow pintle

My kit has no metal washer, a plastic ring which is to big for the shaft and 2 o-rings?!?!?

:? :? :? :? :? :?

CraigN Aug 28, 2004 10:08 AM

hmmmm

stu helped me out when i needed a single washer to replace one i had lost

give him a bell top man :top:

Cosworth4388 Aug 28, 2004 10:12 AM

M8 a lot of kits have the grey plastic ring (which is just a spacer)
that what i got with mine
and the top ring i think i had to tap it on with a 8mm socket
just make sure the beveled edge faces the top

The kits do normally have extra rubber "o" rings

3doorPete Aug 28, 2004 10:27 AM

If I was a Bristol based Cossie rebuilder - I'd be rubbing my hands togethor right about now!!!! ;)

Anonymous Aug 28, 2004 11:28 AM

we havent got no bristol based cossie buiders maybe thats the problem :top:

gurnE Aug 28, 2004 12:48 PM


Originally Posted by 3doorPete
If I was a Bristol based Cossie rebuilder - I'd be rubbing my hands togethor right about now!!!! ;)

And why exactly is that?? :roll:

3doorPete Aug 28, 2004 02:41 PM


And why exactly is that??
If you're fitting greys, I'm guessing its a 380bhp+ engine.

Personally if I wasn't 100% sure about what I was doing, I would bite the bullet and spend a few squids and travel a few miles to get it done by a pro.

If running greys there is probably a good few quid sunk into the engine, plus if it was my mate I'd worry about something me messing something up, or damaging the injector causing a melt down.....

If it was a straight job and looked how the picture said, then fine, but it looks like it's not. Hope it all works out - but IMO could end up with a rebuild, hence the comment.....

gurnE Aug 28, 2004 05:36 PM

You know absolutely nothing about Alex's or Alex's friends knowledge and experience so kindly keep your snide comments to yourself

Having never fitted greys before and as they do not have the conventional euro clip fitting and we are dealing with fuel in a hot engine bay under 3-4 bar pressure do you not think it wise to ensure that they are fitted absolutely correctly???

I am a qualified mechanic and just because I've not fitted greys before does not mean I shouldn't attempt it, it simply means I should ensure I know exactly how they fit before fitting them.

It's not just a case of sticking in a chip, injectors, winding up the boost and hoping for the best.
Alex knows that, who are you to assume he doesn't??


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