ok folks, as mention in GD, my cambelt snapped today, so, an unplanned rebuild is about to begin........

spent the afternoon stripping it down to see the damage

rocker cover off, boost pipes off




the start of a boot full of bits





head off, just one bent valve, but will replace them all i think, peace of mind and replace the tappets and the valve stem oil seals whilst i'm at it




number three is scorched/burnt and also had a slap on it from the bent valve


one of the three snapped bolts


the bolts left in the block


headgasket was ok though


tomorrow i'll be stripping the head and deciding what to do in regard to the pistons, new or not...........

 

shame your belt let go,how you going to get the head bolts out,good luck with it tho

regards tim

 

i know a guy who specialises in removing bolts from anything, not cheap though, unless i decide a new block is a better option.......

 

why not drill a hole right in the centre of the bolts then get these things called eazy outs (cost buttons) & do it yourself??

 

managed to get out one of the snapped head bolts but the other two aren't shifting for fook all..... so, just off to see the man that can remove them....

smits, i would look at drilling them out, but knowing my luck at the min, would prob make a right mess of it, so, as i'm not all that sure about removing them, would rather my guy do it that specialises in it........

providing they come out, no need to look for another block, which i'm having a wee look for now.......

will update the pics later on when i get home

cheeRS

 

if the bottom ends fine jim , just get the treads out fella ,

overhaul the top and job done

ive got spare cvh valves , and a set of unused headbots if you need them fella,

dont need them now im going cossie powerd lol

beef

 

Drop a Zetec turbo in, wanger, job done.

 

nah, keeping it standard..........

head stripped and valves been ground, but need cutting and reseating

head been sent off for skimming

will put the pics up when i find the lead for the camera, i put it in a safe place and can't find it now.....

 

if you need any efi bits mate, give me a shout. i collected parts for an efi conversion on mine that went abit stale and now they're just sat there.

 

i've been following your build in the mag and on here, good luck fella!

may just take you up on that offer pal, how much you want for them, are they new vavles or from a previous build??

piston 3 is burnt proper, so think its had it, so will be replacing at least that one

cheeRS

 

gutted about the belt hope it comes back bigger and better

 

update time

well, found my lead, so can upload yesterdays pics, not been able to do any more today as head has gone to be skimmed and have my guy coming tomorrow to hopefully (fingers crossed) remove the 2 remaining headbolts that snapped.....







nice and clean















all the valves out


all my bits and bobs removed from the head


the valves when they were removed




and after they've been tidied up






ordered some goodies today too, so will post up when they arrive

 

off up the workshop again now, meet witht the guy coming to hopefully remove the snapped head bolts.....

fingers crossed guys and gals

 

update time, well, i have finished the build, kept forgetting my camera-d'oh, have done around a 120 miles since the rebuild, and all seems to be fine, apart from the exhaust knocking on the hand brake bolts under the car, will post some pics up of the finished article as i chose to do a little painting whilst it was all in bits and tidy up of wiring whilst i was in there too.

will get out and take some engine bay pics once it stops p1ssing it down

 

ok, so i managed to get some pics in between the down pours


went for some crackle finish on the rocker and cross over


whilst everything was apart managed to get a coat of paint on the gearbox and the block


as i snapped the bolts in the heat shield and it was looking tatty, heatwrapped the manifold and down pipe









cheeRS

 

looks nice,where did you get the crackle paint from

 

got it from burton power pal, about 8 quid a can

cheeRS

 

cheers mate might have to get some.

 

You gunna leave total standard mate? And do just cosmetics?