MrsFrog

..... and so far so good. No cracks, no nasty surprises... All looking ok...

Need to replace a leaking headgasket, so hope it goes on looking like that....

Ginge !

im ashamed that a girl is working on a cossie engine and im too scared too though

good on ya though

MrsFrog

Ginge, come around and I'll show you how its done!!

Nath

Good on you Nat


I can just imagine you dressed up like your doing surgery complete with a mask asking Greg to pass you a 19mm deep socket and 3/8th extension bar

***Hows it looking nurse***

nigel b

nat asking greg to pass a socket
greg saying whats a socket

Nath

Greg passes Nat a live 240v socket

Alan s1

Nice one nat when can you fit mine in to be done

Stu @ M Developments

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I opened this topic with a totally different subject in mind

Nath

Me too, then I was expecting to see a happy birthday post to Greg

nigel b

looks like he will have to wait till the cars done

Alg1k

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Hope all goes well for ya

A.Moore

Good on ya! I've recently replaced the h/gasket on my esc cos.Not a bad job really, just get those tightening sequences correct.

Moose 130

white gloves - check

white coat - check

Threadlock - check

MrsFrog

There had to be one....

MrsFrog

Naaa.... had to go and buy a tool cabinet so I could organise the tools properly... and in sequence..... and put them back where they shoudl be...

Looks well cool tho...

MrsFrog

Got me white coat on....
Got me white gloves....
Did make-up this morning.... (well, he did say he might take some pictures)
Got the tools all sorted out ....
Got heating on because was freezing my... err..... feet...

So all set for an afternoon of fun....

Speak later guys....

Oh and Alan, my diary is quite booked up but if you talk to my secretary on monday morning, she should be able to fit you in soon enough, say within the next 3 weeks, seeing as you're a friend and all....

Nath

Is Alan looking to get waxed again

Eagle

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only a woman would do that ill fone you when i get a problem with mine nat ok ... cant see greg putting everything away tidy like

Moose 130

back, crack and sack I heard!

MrsFrog

I am not that kind of girl.....

ricky_3dr

You go girl If ya need a hand i'll send the misses over
Ricky

Oranoco

Good on ya

Got some pics somewhere of Rachel fitting her camshaft to her new ported cylinder head somewhere. And have an even better photo of her up to her elbow in the oil drain tray cos she dropped the sump plug in there when she did her first oil change

MrsFrog

Well, we're done for today.... and its all looking real good...

First the tool box...


.... and what she looked like yesterday...hope we can get back to that....


Its all off and looking good....




Nikki... my tappets are out!!!!


The faulty headgasket... looks rotting away...



And someone's idea of a half-moon gasket....


Can you spot the missing studs.... oh and the white coat DID get dirty today...



Geee... t'was hard work!! But we got there in the end...

frog

SassyRS

well done you,, looking good babe

Stu @ M Developments

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Top Work Nats...
Hopefully she wont need much of a skim as that head looks very thin from here. Fingers crossed.. and make sure you prep those surfaces nicely before you put her back together

Alan s1

Thats not whot i heard Could have rold me
Fingers crossed Nat

Dont know when im getting mine back

MrsFrog

Now... how can you tell from a picture which is not that good???

Errr... what do you mean by "prep those surfaces nicely".... Quick... where's my manual......

Seriously, I know I need to check the block for flatness but dont know how really... The head is going to a engineer in Fleet to be cleaned and checked over. He's also doing the exhaust manifold studs (got 3 missing: 2 broken in the head, 1 completely gone) and a light skim, valves guides and stem seals if needed... Anything else I need to look for?

mike77cos

Which I could find a girl to take an interest in my car let alone strip the head

Coldo

White jacket!?

MrsFrog

Thanks
Is yours not fixed? The air box we got you last week didn't do it then?
What's wrong with it now?

MrsFrog

Thanks hun... it's kinda fun .... but it doesn't half kill your back.

mike77cos

Fancy doing a handbrake cable after

MrsFrog

You got all the tools or shall I bring mine??

mike77cos

Someone else questioning my equipment

MrsFrog

boXXer

Well don nat. Looks VERY similiar for some reason.......

Stu @ M Developments

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Well, the minimum depth the head should be ideally is 138.68mm between the faces. Id say from that pic, and i may be wrong, that you are already slightly below that. ask your machinist to check.

The flatness is best left to an engineer to check and have him skim the absolute minimum away.

As for what i mean by "preperation of surfaces" the gasket can ONLY seal to perfectly flat & perfectly clean surfaces, so when it comes time to put the head back on, the block and head face's must both be spotless

Example's:






The head shown isnt a YB as i couldnt find one at home, but you get the idea? Surface preperation is the key to a decent result. ESPECIALLY if you go for a steel gasket

Hope this advice is of some use to you.

MrsFrog

Thanks Stu!! I will have the man in Fleet check all that for me. I thought you meant other type of prep...

Note to self:
Go and get your hormones checked.... falling in love with those shiny engines.... what's wrong with me???

Eagle

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presume the man in fleet is the same as me and nath have used then ...
top bloke he is