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[vectrolosys]

Hello,

Stuart really is good, he has offered to come over, lend me his locking kit and watch over me next time I do a V6 belt change. £40 is an excellent price, seeing as he had to come across Bristol, and back again.

Your more than welcome to pop over mine tomorrow to have a look at my vacuum pipe setup, the one your on about I think connects to the Idle air control valve pipe, it's not part of the normal vacuum circuit. It's the small one that goes to the pipe that goes from the IACV to the trumpet going into the plenum.

JCT

[djx]

the vaccum pipe is the long thin pipe i believe that goes under the cable tray to the ront of the engine then joins to a much larger pipe that goes between the idle speed valve and one of the air intakes from the multi ram.

the crank pulley holes are slightly offset so they bolts will only go in if the pully is in the correct position.

i made the mistake of setting the engine totdc then putting the mark on the pulley at the bottom but it doesnt go like that, the mark sits at about 2 oclock to line up with the line on the engine, hope this helps, john.

[Tezray]

Guys, you have saved my life! I think because i had been out there all day, i was tired (got 3 hours sleep last night after getting wrecked in town lol), back aching etc I tend to lose rational thought, i hadn't even considered the ICV!!

As for the crank pulley, i will persist lol Again, i think tiredness really doesn't help.

Cheers for the offer James, but i'm working all day   Hence she should be running on Tuesday.....But i'll definately bring her over and let you take her for a spin if you like   I really can't wait now!!

[Tezray]

All up and together and running beautifully now  

As she looks now;



Thanks a million to everyone that's helped me through this! You're all absolutley priceless and a wealth of information!!   Hopefully i can be more helpfull to people on here now, i've learnt looaaaads doing this, well worth it!  8-)

[TheBoy]

You deserve a rest and a beer

[Kev]

Well done Tezray. Great job.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

I think you should be upgraded to an Omega Expert right away.  

[Allenm]

Quality Job!  Looks great!

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[Tezray]

Rest, definately! Beer, i don't need an excuse!  

Omega expert hey, not a bad idea.....You hear that mods?!?! lol It does make changing the rocker cover gaskets seem like a 20 minute job that i could do blind folded now!

Time to get back to REAL motoring now, no more of that Korean junk  [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]

[Sideways]

Nice one Terry.

Give me a buzz and I'll pop over and check out your handy work.

[TheBoy]

C'mon Tez, we're dying to hear how the first proper run went...

[Tezray]

It hasn't  

I ran her up to running temp. this morning and all seemed great, but then my coolant started flooding out of my header tank   It's an old prob that i had before the HG went, but there's a new thermostat in there and a new radiator!! I don't understand why it's doing it?!?

Could it be that i have air in the system? Because i heard bubbling from the pipes when the coolant flooded out? Or could it be a dodgy header tank cap? Whatever it is i'm not happy about it  

Oh, i did take her up the road and my brakes also seem shocking, not a good day so far....

[TheBoy]

Run the car with header cap off to stop pressurising - should help until its been thoroughly flushed...

[Tezray]

Well i just filled it up and did my usual 'tricks' for getting air out of the system, fitted a new header tank cap and fingers crossed she's been absolutely fine!   I ran her up to the fan cutting in twice and took her for 3 short drives and all appears ok! No changing in the coolant level and no bubbling noises from the pipes  

I just hope all stays hunky dory! I am getting some noises from the brakes and when cornering, but hopefully they'll dissapear once i've driven her a bit. My brakes also seem quite bad and i'm not sure why  :-? But as for driving her, she drives beautifully! Flawlessly!! And even taking it steady with her and only going half way on the throttle, she certainly does have some power!

It's still burning quite a bit, but it isn't an oil burning smell and it's coming from both sides of the engine. I'm wondering if it's the heat proof paint i painted the manifolds with?

Fingers bl00dy crossed hey!!  

[nixoro]

Congratulations on all your hard work, may you have many miles of trouble free fun  

[Timbuk]

I'm sure she'll be perfect