lick the suction pad it sticks better. just make sure is clean first lol
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lick the suction pad it sticks better. just make sure is clean first lol
The valve face is clean and I gave it a little lick but it just slides around till it hits the edge and comes off. Maybe my technique needs improving lol
ive just read the whole thread! your making a good job keep it up :)
Coming on nice mate
will have to come see this at some stage :thumb:
dontliftdrift, 97 pages? You nutter lol
Connor you're welcome to come and have a look at my bare shell and a big pile of unfinished engine/suspension. :thumb:
Well it beats looking at nothing, its not like i have a lot to do up north lolQuote:
Originally Posted by iainel
You could think about doing some work, I know that's an odd concept when at Uni though.... :p
Have to meet in the middle mate - I need to go over and convinced him to paint it (and pick up that engine if you still need rid lionel?) lolQuote:
Originally Posted by ConnorLake
MEHHH actually, i am good when it comes to workQuote:
Originally Posted by iainel
already done all my work :p
But seriously if you need a hand
(not going to be a good hand but still a hand)
as it would be interesting to learn :thumb:
plus i make a meeeaan cuppa
id say your cuppa was average actually connor, always room for improvement
meh :pQuote:
Originally Posted by draper
Borrowed a mate's piston ring pliers
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/769.JPG
And removed the rings, snapped one in half to clean all the grooves in the pistons, so they're all clean now:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/770.JPG
Took the engine block to be honed and the crank to be machined, it's likely it'll need a regrind on the main journals as a minimum, the big ends may polish up ok.
Started mocking up the polycarbs on the front, windows fit in snug and just need 2 bolts along the bottom to keep them in solid:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/771.JPG
Off to visit the painter Scott Parker used for his yellow mk1 tomorrow so may be taking the car for paint there. :)
ah polycarbs keeping the quarter-window
Yep got a polycarb triangle window to go in the front too. Downside is you still have a steel bar in the door, but at least I can revert back to winders if I find the sliders too annoying.
More crap news about the engine, yay! So inspecting my freshly cleaned lovely looking sump:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/772.JPG
I notice it's been welded before. Doesn't look a bad job, so no biggie:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/773.JPG
But then I see this next to it! Another crack around the bolt hole. It's also warped from overtightening so it's fit for the bin:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/774.JPG
Cleaned up all my bottom end and head caps
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/775.JPG
But noticed most of the caps have slight scoring on and aren't perfectly smooth. Hard to get a picture but they look like this:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/776.JPG
Is this normal? Or are they knackered? Haynes says a new head if they're worn :( Will inspect and measure up the cams later too.
Ohh Bad luck on your sump mate,
and the head caps, i can see the scoring
but dont know what to suggest
Have you tried bolting it up and measuring
play?
Looks like normal wear to me. On the sump. You get a lot of cracks like them in them as its only soft ally. I'd fit it, as the oil level will be down under that anyway.
Not sure how I could measure the play Connor, however I've just measured the cams up with a micrometer and they appear ok so will probably end up using this head and caps - most of them you can't feel the marks with your nail.
Sump is defo getting replaced Benn!
Hows my car looking? lol
Shiny lol
Is the pin stripe on yet?
light scoring is fine and to be expected, if you can feel your nail catching on it, replace :)
My nail catches on a couple, but you can't just replace a couple of caps can you...
well you could, if only one or 2 is a problem, it'll be no different to a set being within factory tolerances but veeery slightly different... but if you're going to replace them you may as well do the lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by iainel
Which means buying a complete new head.
Is it really bad enough to warrant that? Does you fingernail properly catch in it, or can you just feel it as you run it over?Quote:
Originally Posted by iainel
Didn't say the scoring was bad enough to warrant buying a new head, I don't think it's too bad so will probably end up using this head and caps, but according to Haynes the caps are machined with the head and so cannot be swapped on their own - so if I was to replace them it would be a complete new head.
My old sump cracked in same place as Iains and it absolutely pissed oil outQuote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Sounds likely, they're probably made in a similar way to conrods, machined and then snapped a long weak point or finely cut etc etc I wouldn't worry about it too much unless it really is badly scored up.Quote:
Originally Posted by iainel
Oh really? I've seen 1 or 2 with cracks on them and they haven't gone all the way thru..
Changing the caps will be honing/boring a long where the cams runs. As the caps have to match the head..
Yeah, alloy being soft means the crack expands/contracts quite a lot.
Iaiiain, if your worried about the caps, they will take a polish, and as for the sump, bring it over , I'll get it welded and if you still don't want it, I'll have it.
Cheers for the info Tomomomoom. I'll bring the sump over next time I see you.
iainel - Thanks for the advice earlier. Had a look through your thread. After reading page after page, i'm more and more amazed. Good work mate.
Finished cleaning my hydraulic followers by taking them apart and washing in paraffin. All clean now, just gotta find a way of drying them thoroughly before oiling again:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/777.JPG
...and that's it regarding the engine. The place doing the hone and crank regrind is taking the p*ss and still haven't sorted them.
Now, change in plan. Was going to get the car painted ASAP (although I've been saying that for about 2 months now lol) but I'm going to extend the rollcage a little bit. So studying the build manual and discussing options in THIS thread I'm going to do something like this:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/Bu...alRollcage.JPG
Marked out the holes for it here (gotta get a decent 40mm holesaw to drill it):
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/778.JPG
And worked out how I wanted it with masking tape:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/779.JPG
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/780.JPG
Then got a bit carried away and pondered these modifications while I'm at it: lol
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/781.JPG
I estimate about 5 metres of CDS for the front triangulation and a strut brace, and another 2.5 metres for the rear. Heavy heavy. :(
Doooooo it lol
one of those bars looks familiar aian ;)
crickey :-o
i guess whilst youre there now, u might as well
looking at it again, id tag the diagonal to the inner wheel well the triangulate to the A post legQuote:
Originally Posted by iainel
For the bit that's does to two legs, go down to the tunnel, see Dj brownies cage..
Aye, tag him into the tunnel in (almost) a V shape. Im sure Burgos is done like this to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
I got some pics from my 106 to illustrate if needed tho lol
lionel knows - he's seen a local lads cage that does that ;)