|
BigH
|
 |
« on: May 02, 2005, 01:24:32 pm » |
|
Show me the dates on the ferry ticket again.....
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves...
|
|
|
|
jpchenet
|
|
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2005, 01:51:25 pm » |
|
Hope you're not away with work for the next 5 weeks H!!!  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Fran
|
|
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2005, 02:34:24 pm » |
|
Lol BigH - if that is part of your transport to LM this year, you might be needing two of the items on your workbench - cos there is a good chance you're gonna be stuffed! F |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
SIMONR
CA Veteran
Jr. Member
 Offline
Posts: 60
I'm a llama!
|
|
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2005, 02:41:15 pm » |
|
 I've got a simillar amount of work to to to the Z100 in the next 6 weeks. One engine needs the tappets reshimming and the other needs a new output shaft on the gearbox. I'm thinking it'll be easier to just stick to new'ens in it. The added problem for me is that at the moment the car is 150 miles away and I may have a trip out to Saudi between now and June (although at the moment I think I'm saved by not having two pages free in my passport  ) There's nothing like a bit of pressure! One of our group normally ends up rewiring his car the day before we leave! Simon
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Paddy_NL
|
|
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2005, 07:48:15 pm » |
|
BigH>> is that only one valve per cylinder  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Paddy's 2009: Spa LMS • NBR 24 • Le Mans 24 • Spa24 • NBR LMS • Silverstone LMS =( Drinking for Holland  |
|
|
|
DickieAttwood
|
|
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2005, 08:57:09 pm » |
|
I gotta finish this before I even start on the car.
D.A.
|
Send Lawyers, Guns and Money. The sh1t has hit the fan.
|
|
|
|
DickieAttwood
|
|
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2005, 09:04:53 pm » |
|
Sorry, didn't mean to post it 'actual size'
D.A.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Send Lawyers, Guns and Money. The sh1t has hit the fan.
|
|
|
|
Paddy_NL
|
|
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2005, 10:03:09 pm » |
|
hmm yes, might be an idea to try and resize... maybe via www.uploadit.org |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Paddy's 2009: Spa LMS • NBR 24 • Le Mans 24 • Spa24 • NBR LMS • Silverstone LMS =( Drinking for Holland |
|
|
|
Lazy B'stard
|
|
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2005, 09:15:09 am » |
|
On Saturday evening we cooked the engine on our SAAB rally car, spent half the night rebuilding the engine (and its a V so has 2 heads to do!), got it back in to take the start of a Rally on Sunday morning and finished top ten!!!
If it can be done in 1 night I'm sure you can cobble the motor together in 5 weeks H. Have faith- she will be ready.
As for my old Merc Fintail that I wanted to take down for the umpteenth time - still in the garage with no paint, no brakes, propshaft, wheels etc. etc.
Oh well next year then!!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Dick Dasterdly was right
'Don't just stand there, do something!'
|
|
|
|
BigH
|
|
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2005, 05:42:58 pm » |
|
BigH>> is that only one valve per cylinder? Jimmy Mack! I've just had my mouse stuck behind Dickies U-bend for the last couple of hours. Paddy, the thing on the bench is what engineering coves call a hemi head (there are a couple of fine specimens of hemi heads get down my local but that's another thing). You probably know all this, but basically the combustion chambers in the head are hemispheres, and the second valve is hidden on the faces nearest the camera. Fran, thanks for the advice. The only advice I can give is: whatever you do don't get the grinding paste confused with the Anusol. And to be honest, that should stand anyone in good stead. H |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves...
|
|
|
|
Steve Pyro
|
|
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2005, 05:45:56 pm » |
|
..... whatever you do don't get the grinding paste confused with the Anusol.
Or with the Canesten  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Steve  East Anglian cobras 
|
|
|
|
Andy Zarse
|
|
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2005, 06:46:31 pm » |
|
Hmmm...
Holy cam-carriers!
It's not a minor job then H? When you said you had overheating problems I had visions of a new thermostat or something.
Appropos of not much, my Grandad used to be a Jag dealer in the 1950's and early 60's. He ran many an S type and Mark II, including the fabled 3.8 and knew them inside out. He loved the cars, but was never too keen working on the engines. But from what I can remember, he always reckoned keeping the cooling system in pristine condition was of paramount importance, insisting on regular flushing with radiator cleaner and running the correct antifreeze mixture to prevent corrosion and deposit build up. Absolutely spot-on valve and ignition timing to prevent pre-ignition were his mantra too. Not easy when the product of Joe Lucas enter the equation.
I'd ask him for his advice, but unfortunately he's dead now, bless him. As far as I know, he never messed with Anusol, but he was a stickler for Fybogel (The Bowel Regulator) and Fiery Jack.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
I wouldn't sit there if I were you, it's still a bit wet.
|
|
|
|
Perdu
|
|
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2005, 12:00:15 am » |
|
BigH I'm a little worried by that milling swirl by number two. Is it OK with the straight edge? Beautiful lump of metal though.  Bill (always summat though ain't there? I'm wondering if the flutter on my clutch pedal means I have to pull the five speed out of the Midget again... One broken diaphragm spring plate already since Christmas!) |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"Ha ha you can't a fool me, there ain't a no sanity clause!"
|
|
|
|
Chris (Liverpool Boys)
|
|
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2005, 09:17:42 am » |
|
which conversion did you go for in the end bill?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Bring on the low flyers
|
|
|
|
powermite
|
|
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2005, 10:32:51 am » |
|
H
Is that a tube of preparation H next to that pot of Vaseline??
You just can't leave it in the bedroom like the rest of us,can you?
PM
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
