Project: Gold Snowplough Turbo

[nova_niek]

Originally Posted by nova_niek
Any idea what quality oil you are going to run in her?

I've had my eye on castrol SynTrans (I forget what it's called excatly) 75/90 fully synthetic. Should get it for a good price from Halfords with the trade card.

Excellent choice mr. Tek. I've always run SMX-S (the predecessor of SynTrans iirc) in my LSD box and was well happy with that.

[Benn]

Ic looks good, very much like mine i think.

[Vlietje]

Good stuff! Nice parts mate and yes SynTrans is the best for gearboxes. Some old guy with long hair from Lelystad told me that...

[Nova_Tek]

Excellent choice mr. Tek. I've always run SMX-S (the predecessor of SynTrans iirc) in my LSD box and was well happy with that.

Nice to hear that it's a good oil. It's about £12 per litre at halfords so I should be able to get between 30% - 50% off. I've checked on ebay but they are not far off the retail price. As a start I'll probably just stick in Halfords own oil just to flush it out.

Ic looks good, very much like mine i think.

It does look a bit like yours. Then again almost all the IC's on ebay looked almost identical bar the dimensions.

Good stuff! Nice parts mate and yes SynTrans is the best for gearboxes. Some old guy with long hair from Lelystad told me that...

Old guy with long hair?! Well if he says it's good... it has to be

[Nova_Tek]

UPDATE


Weather still holding me back and I currently don't have enough room in the garage to get the gearbox on the and to be able to change the gaskets and paint the thing. Therefore I've been doing little jobs again.


First was to paint the gearbox end plate seeing as it was off.


Here it is after a quick clean




I came across a nice surprise when I started wire brushing it. The stamping was starting to show ( I used an engraving bit to bring up the digits a bit more) and I was finally be able to see what final drive ratio it had - C342 - happy that it is the FD ratio it is as it'll mean slightly longer gears so hopefully motorway driving shouldn't be like driving in 3rd Although I'm not particularly sure what version of F20 this is (CR/W5a/W5b).




I gave it a couple coats of hammerite



Also picked this up the other day, Not bad for £12...



I found the dizzy drive in one of the parts boxes and realised it was the only bit of the engine not to have some paint on it. It looked a right mess, so it got the same treatment.


Gave it a clean and masked it up



Gave it a coat of paint too and it's now drying.



Then popped to Halfords to pick up some gearbox oil. I got two different types. Their own brand to use for a few miles while the engine is running in, this will clean out any old oil, dust and dirt that the box would've picked up while not being used and worked on. And the second oil will be used after it's flushed - fully synthetic gear oil.



Got them at trade price. Halfords stuff is about £8.50 each standard got it for just over £6 each, and the Castrol stuff is £12.50 each and got that for £10 each.

[Nova_Tek]

Now that the dizzy has dried, here it is



Before painting it I gave it a good clean inside as well as out. But I'm just wondering if the dizzy internals should be this exposed



Is there something missing from that picture? Any pictures of how they should look?

[Vlietje]

Parts look nice and fresh, is that standard Hammerite or are you using something that can sustain the heat?

[Nova_Tek]

For the block, head & inlet I've used Very Hight Temp aluminum paint as they'll get the hottest (can be seen way back in the thread). The cam cover has been powder coated but the dizzy (pictured) and the gearbox will be painted with silver Hammerite smooth as heat won't be a huge issue - i.e. not enough to worry the Hammerite. Luckily you can't really tell the difference between the two in tint

[Vlietje]

Old guy with long hair?! Well if he says it's good... it has to be

Nova_Niek:

[Nova_Tek]