Without listing everything removed - basically have stripped the top end, down to the stage where the heads are ready to lift. All ancils out the way, it looks very bare!
The only job to do before removing the heads is take off the nearside downpipe.
The Offside one came off fine, but the nuts on the nearside one were totally rounded before I even looked at them :(
I got one of them out with an "irwin" magic socket, but the other one wasn't having it. I need a different size, and it was raining and dark by then, so I called it a day.
Interestingly, you can definately see where it's had a leak, and some sort of additive to treat it. Before I really started stripping, there was an obvious red dye like stain around the drivers side head.
SO - need to get a 13mm irwin socket, and then I can pop the heads off.
In terms of observations
- the cam timing on banks 1-3-5 was spot on. On 2-4-6 bank, about 2mm too advanced. Tension was just below what it should have been, but negligible.
The front vacc tank has had a "mod" at some point, and isn't holding a vacc, so I will pop another one of these on (best to use one from a scuttle of a scrapper)
The sump is definately welded up, so I will have to drill a hole in this, in order to drain it, and then put a new sump on.
Need to get some 2.6 exhaust manifold gaskets, some 3.0 cams, a dremel(!) for porting, and I'll be somewhere near ready to rebuild the heads and put her back together.
At least I've got some done now, the ball is rolling :y
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