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[symes]

Webby, are the cam bearing shells in the correct orientation?

Yes mate, I kept them in order when I removed them from the heads 

Ok, so went out for round two today after the F1 highlights.....

Wiring all back together including those tricky earths on the side of the dis module. cable tray back together. put two new o rings on stat pipe, fitted that and torqued that down. sandwich plate bolted and torqued. front cam cover on. aux belt tensioner fitted. front cable tray fitted. cam sensor fitted. PAS bottle refitted.

only a couple of issues.....

• Stat pipe is quite loose to the stat housing with the new o rings in place. I can literally pull it off by pulling the hose from the 'b' bolt end. what can I do to make it a tight fit? I remember pulling the one off ralf and his had a loada sealant in 
• Aux belt tensioner is catching on the belt cover. the pulley that is. I have fitted all 5 bolts in the belt cover (inc. that one that's in the top left corner) and its tight yet the pulley still catches. any ideas  i'm wondering if it's warped from the explosion? 
• pas reservoir empty  no idea how as we didn't empty it. and I cant find a pool of pas fluid 
• I've accounted for all pipes and electrical connections thanks to TBs guidance. however one i'm missing...... the little vac pipe that attaches to the inlets (fuel regulator?)....where does that then attach to from the inlets?
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Other than that i'm going to whack on the old CC covers and touch wood it'll be done tomorrow 

small pipe on icv rubber hose goes to fuel regulator

[Webby the Bear]

Aha!!!! I remember now. ICV all the way to fuel regulator. And no wonder I couldn't find it as the ICV pipe is sitting in my garage 

cheers mate

[symes]

your not the first and you wont be the last on that little problem---Olivia pointed that out for me mate when I did same

[martin42]

Pipe to thermostat will be solid once the b bolt is bolted in place 
Engine lift bracket need to go in 1st tho

[symes]

Pipe to thermostat will be solid once the b bolt is bolted in place 
Engine lift bracket need to go in 1st tho

+1

[Webby the Bear]

Cheers boys 

[Webby the Bear]

SHITE! Just remembered I have no black sealant. Can I use the green cam cap sealant for cam covers?

[martin42]

I can call past yours in the morning as ive got some here,be around 10 tho

[Webby the Bear]

I can call past yours in the morning as ive got some here,be around 10 tho

only if youre coming this way mate. don't make a special trip..... I can always come and get it later

thanks buddy 

[martin42]

I can divert as going to bedford

[Webby the Bear]

I can divert as going to bedford

that would be awesome! thanks mate 

[martin42]

Il be in the rover lol so you wont hear me 

[Webby the Bear]

Il be in the rover lol so you wont hear me 

  that's the thing with the cabby.... I always knew when you were here 

hopefully get this thing buttoned up tomorrow 

oh. I almost forgot. i'm an honest guy. and I could have chosen not to say this. but I don't mind sharing my mistakes.......

I changed the spark plugs today. I took the old ones out and when I went to put in the new ones there was a loada crap in there and I could clearly see some had dropped in to the cylinder on pot 1. completely my mistake.... I should have cleaned the wells when I cleaned the mating surfaces. I've read some stuff on this and it seems that a lot of people have done it  a, I right in thinking that I should be ok and the crap will get fried and expelled on first start up?

 

[dbug]

Depends what the crap consists of Webs - long as there's nothing "solid" should get burned out when first fired up.

Know when I managed to dump some oil from failed cam gasket down the plug holes on the Elite, it was quite spectacular when I first fired it up - couldn't see across the road.  Took about a mile before it cleared, then all ok after that.

[Webby the Bear]

Depends what the crap consists of Webs - long as there's nothing "solid" should get burned out when first fired up.

Know when I managed to dump some oil from failed cam gasket down the plug holes on the Elite, it was quite spectacular when I first fired it up - couldn't see across the road.  Took about a mile before it cleared, then all ok after that.

Thanks mate.

Nah nowt solid... just clumps of congealed oil it looked like.... and what looked like a couple of blades of grass (heads were sitting in my folks' garage near the mower)