Damo V

rsnissan, but not everyone has one of those in thier toolbox

pm me the oil pump details ginge...

Cowboi

looking good ginge, except the head of course.

keep it up mate. as long as ur misses lets u anyway!

Ginge !

if halfords sold it ive nicked it they dont sell the splined tool thought but i source that ( cheers switch )

i got loads of torx though as i kept loosing em and i got a SNAP-ON set from ebay for ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,





12 quid , they are worn badly though

Twins

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Good on you for having the balls to do it

frog

Ginge, get the head measured properly before you do anything drastic.

rsnissan

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I must admit i didnt have one when i was doing my engine at the olds. I had the luxuary of using the old mans stuff when i didnt have the right tools hes a legend with tools apart from when he moans that there dirty or in the wrong place

Ginge get the head measured and go from there looks can be deceptive

Ginge !

i didnt have to measure it, i can tell

then i had a word woth god and god told he im right , Stu also had a look at a few secret things and then gave me the best advice ever

so im sorry to say but its been nicked and ill be calling the insurance company tommorow

just kidding, he said theres no det on the engine and so get a few more pics then post em up as even though its well over skimmed, no det and the fact there was no reason to take the head off apart from the little ends means it will go back together and not be a problem ( in theory)

so im gonna do that and then buy another head when i get time/money or even get the money to get a bling repair done, until i gotta stop worrying

so driving slow has its benifits

Ryan

that not valve kiss.

thats a full on snogg

with tongue aswell

Phil

iTrader: (1)

Blimey, running a 'bit' rich there!

Ginge !

no det though

ryan i think the cam jumped a tooth tbh

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

Good luck with build mate

Ginge !

trust me when it catches its alot fooking worse

thats really minor and ben told that its nothing to worry about

maybe you need a little more education when looking at engines

ripper

i can see lots of money changing hands here

Ginge !

its only money

NasRs

Keep up with the good work!!

Matt

first your fingers, then your thumbs and just to be 100 sure your entire hands

the strut brace

arofpmsl gine mines in a million bits aswell so i know how u feel

Ginge !

hey i feel great, never been so relaxed when nowing the cars not got any det prob in the map and not paying the fuel bill

Ginge !

ok heres another update , sorry we forgot camera when we took the engine out

basicly it was Cowboi and DanCossie with a hooooooge pole that cowboi had ( theres not a tool or item this fooker aint got i tell ya ) i was giving directions ( chuckle bro style "to me, to you, to me,,, too far back a bit ect ), engine was out and carried to my flat where we took it to ,,,,,,,,,,, ill let ya guess where it was done

AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THE MISSUS AGREED I WAS ALLOWED,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, HOW WAS I TO KNOW SHE THOUGHT I WAS TAKING THE PISS

anyway, enjoy

Engine was placed into workshop while we had a break



wimbledon over, we start getting to work




Clutch off


Flywheel off




Cowboi loves the camera dont he



DanCossie asked mentioned about the size of the sump as said must take alot of oil,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that point i suddenly think,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SHIT I NEVER DRAINED THE OIL OUT





yeah it holds alot of pigging oil , only done 300 miles aswell




closer look at 70 quid in a bucket <----- real tears btw




pullys ect removed




inside what a block looks like





turn it over and just look at the sump


theres alot of fooking bolts on there, must take a lifetime to undo em



dont take long at all for some reason


mmmmmmmmmmm they look like they come straight out to me



they do

INFACT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it all comes out very easy




well thats where i left it


we managed to get all that done and not make a mess in me front room, we was clever ya see and used cardboard to cover my white carpet , was a gamble but when we raised the carpet it was confimed it worked


until DanCossie takes the cardboard outside to throw away , now look




pmsl, look whats happened to me carpet




good news we need a new one anyway

cheers for the helping guys, hope ya will get it all back together like ya took it apart

Cowboi

its coming along ginge. its been an experience.

good luck finishing it.

actually what am i talkin about. i'll be fooking doing it

Snowy_Astra

lol i bet the other half only let you do it so she can have a new carpet...which of course, YOU will have to buy

Good work though, took me an hour to trip my XE down to bits

Jim Green

Fuck. You must have one hell of an understanding missus. Hang onto her, you won't get another one that'll let you do that in the house. Mine used to give me shit for bringing my tools into the kitchen to give them a wash in the sink. If I'd brought the whole engine in, she'd have killed me.

Don't really matter now though, as she left me six months ago.

Oh to be single again and do what I want.

Twins

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Loving the footprint pmsl Keep up the good work

Rs Gus

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its a spline tool m8 NOT A TORX

Ginge !

yeah gus its deffo a splined tool

the size that i aint fooking got either

BUT YET AGAIN COWBOI HAS IT

Damo V

told ya

Ginge !

you know when we took the sump off my first word was "dam you Damo"

thats one of the few parts ive already bought

Gra

nutter doing that in your front room

good luck tho with it all

bob s2zvh

good work gonna be doing this to mine next week! where did you get all the engine parts from in germany?

rabmc

brilliant and quite scary and funny all at the same time keep us posted matey

Jim Green

Just showed a buddy this post........ Fell off his chair laughing.

How the hell did you get away with doing it in the living room without your missus kicking you out into the street.

Love it, hope its all back together now.

Makes a great story just to read it from top to bottom, Love the footprint....after all that.

cozzie4d

Poor bastard..

Too bad what you found during taking out/apart the engine..

Ginge !

it got alot fecking worse mate

quick rundown on the "bad news" in the rebuild

1: 3 bent rods
2: bore 3 was worn by the bent rod making it need a 1mil over bore, scrapping the block
3: min head thickness is 137.8mil, mines at 137.0
4: due to needing a new head/block/rods/bearings/oil pump/cams/pistons its alittle more than a "rebuild" as such


so ive bought a engine to get it back on the road while i decide what im best of doing as imo to spend 6k on a car that cost 4k is stupid

at the moment im cleaning the bay ect and gonna get the engine ready for fitting, will show a few more piccys when i get round to actually doing some work on the car

WutangRS

ouch

Ginge !

could be worse, could have took the engine apart to find the rattle was caused by a loose nut on the battery

Ratty

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I built this one in the spare bedroom

http://www.chippers.me.uk/gallery/turbo/turbo001.jpg
http://www.chippers.me.uk/gallery/turbo/turbo004.jpg

svony

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My wife complained when I bulit my last engine on our kitchen floor... wait till I show her this thread

Snowy_Astra

Well i got my own ENGINE room, shed, front garden and a bit of the kitchen at 'off peak' times

So glad i moved house

Simon Day

Fooking Hell!!! - my misses plays f**k with me working on the drive!!!