Coops
16-01-2006, 23:30
Okay first of all massive thanks to Gibbo for all his telephone support, without which i would of been fcuked!!! :oops:
Got my head back off ltr today anyway, so cheers winston and gib (again) for sortin that for me n all. heres a list of all the stuff done to the head while it was 'on holiday':lol:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160093.jpg
Half day of work to fetch it from bury and on with the show!!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160077.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160078.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160079.jpg
Anyway, refitted the bits missing off the head and the pulleys n that and decided to stick the exhaust manifold back on first n all to save my hands later!! :D this made the whole lot a tad heavy to say the least, but no worries am strong................ :wink:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160081.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160085.jpg
cleaned up all the gasket faces and wiped them down with a clean rag
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160080.jpg
and popped on the gasket itself!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160084.jpg
then slapped the head back on!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160086.jpg
did up all the head bolts as instructed on the packet and that was that.....onto timing belt! man it was a struggle but eventually just fell on, weird! lined all the marks up perfect and tensioned it. turned the engine over a couple of times to listen for any noises.....none thankfully! and then set the engine back to TDC. laffin! not bad for me first attempt and got more done than expected for workin on me jack jones!!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160087.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160088.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160089.jpg
oh and in true coops style i made a mock up of how it may look when its done!!:roll:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160091.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160092.jpg
tomorrow i'll get the rest done............watch this space!! :D :twisted:
Got my head back off ltr today anyway, so cheers winston and gib (again) for sortin that for me n all. heres a list of all the stuff done to the head while it was 'on holiday':lol:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160093.jpg
Half day of work to fetch it from bury and on with the show!!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160077.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160078.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160079.jpg
Anyway, refitted the bits missing off the head and the pulleys n that and decided to stick the exhaust manifold back on first n all to save my hands later!! :D this made the whole lot a tad heavy to say the least, but no worries am strong................ :wink:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160081.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160085.jpg
cleaned up all the gasket faces and wiped them down with a clean rag
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160080.jpg
and popped on the gasket itself!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160084.jpg
then slapped the head back on!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160086.jpg
did up all the head bolts as instructed on the packet and that was that.....onto timing belt! man it was a struggle but eventually just fell on, weird! lined all the marks up perfect and tensioned it. turned the engine over a couple of times to listen for any noises.....none thankfully! and then set the engine back to TDC. laffin! not bad for me first attempt and got more done than expected for workin on me jack jones!!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160087.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160088.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160089.jpg
oh and in true coops style i made a mock up of how it may look when its done!!:roll:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160091.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1160092.jpg
tomorrow i'll get the rest done............watch this space!! :D :twisted: