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General Discussion Area / Project TB2 - Update 15
« on: 09 October 2007, 19:47:25 »
Its been a while since a proper update (despite some massive threads 
), so here goes...
Since the Update 14 thread, its had the engine swapped. Twice. The donor engine ran fine for a few hours, but that was it. So the original engine went back in a few weeks ago. I had to stop using it, as the overpressuring damaged the top hose.
With some assistance, the head was swapped over the weekend, and this appears to have cured the overpressurising
- I used for work today, no coolant loss.
Its been a hell of a saga, but it seems we (the forum) have cracked it at last
So I must say a sincere thank you to Jay_W, LFF64, Tunnie, Kevin Wood, Bo Bo, Sassanch, M_DTM, and in particular Omegatoy for your help in getting this far. Also, thanks to everyone who has contributed in the forums
There are still a few issues to solve - now it runs too cold, so probably knackered stat. Need to check waterpump. The cap is knackered (all 5
).
But these are minor niggles. I am wary of stating its completely resolved - as I thought it was a couple of months ago only to have my hopes dashed - but I am quietly confident. Confident enough, I've just sent Mrs TheBoy down the chippy in it
This project has been a forum saga, and I know many of you have probably felt involved in the twists and turns, so I would say another massive result for OOF
Edit: I forgot the first gearbox change, so thanks also to Laidback and JamesV6CDX
), so here goes...Since the Update 14 thread, its had the engine swapped. Twice. The donor engine ran fine for a few hours, but that was it. So the original engine went back in a few weeks ago. I had to stop using it, as the overpressuring damaged the top hose.
With some assistance, the head was swapped over the weekend, and this appears to have cured the overpressurising
- I used for work today, no coolant loss.Its been a hell of a saga, but it seems we (the forum) have cracked it at last
So I must say a sincere thank you to Jay_W, LFF64, Tunnie, Kevin Wood, Bo Bo, Sassanch, M_DTM, and in particular Omegatoy for your help in getting this far. Also, thanks to everyone who has contributed in the forums
There are still a few issues to solve - now it runs too cold, so probably knackered stat. Need to check waterpump. The cap is knackered (all 5
).But these are minor niggles. I am wary of stating its completely resolved - as I thought it was a couple of months ago only to have my hopes dashed - but I am quietly confident
. Confident enough, I've just sent Mrs TheBoy down the chippy in it This project has been a forum saga, and I know many of you have probably felt involved in the twists and turns, so I would say another massive result for OOF
Edit: I forgot the first gearbox change, so thanks also to Laidback and JamesV6CDX
