Nissan Cumquot

[Doctor Gollum]

New head all cleaned up and fitted. Fully torqued down, cams loosely in place. Have locked them and fitted the caps but still have to tighten them down.

Next job is to finish cleaning the lower half of the timing face and refit the chain etc and ideally get the timing cover glued back on.

[Doctor Gollum]

Today starts with gluing the timing cover on.

Finished up yesterday with both camcovers fitted, although spotted a snafu just as I finished torquing the exhaust camcover... One of the followers had shifted so had to undo that side to refit it

Still, all timed up and ready to continue...

[TheBoy]

Progress is progress, and good job you checked and spotted the issue when you did.

[Doctor Gollum]

True enough

Today has been a mixed bag...

Wins:
Starter, fuel rail, thermostat housing, exhaust fanimold and turbo all refitted. Oh and found my missing 10mm deep 1/4" socket... On the nearside wishbone 

Not so much:
Damned if I can get the heat sheilds back onto the turbo/fanimold. Also struggling to tighten an oil line between the block and turbo (can't get anything onto it to tighten it... Extra long 8mm spanner on its way)
Aux belt won't go back on. Need to research further as there's no obvious adjustment on it... Removed it with the water pump pulley, but it's not playing ball.

Waiting on some cheap oil to flush it through and above spanners.

Next week shouldn't be much more than refill the fluids, reattach the exhaust, plug everything in and press go.

Pile of bits is gradually getting smaller

[countrywoman]

That will be a stretch on belt then, there is a tool to fit that.

[Raeturbo]

Yes there's a tool fitting it too🤣🤣😱 sorry mate I couldn't resist.💀

[Doctor Gollum]

That will be a stretch on belt then, there is a tool to fit that.

Sure I can improvise something suitable then.

[Doctor Gollum]

Yes there's a tool fitting it too🤣🤣😱 sorry mate I couldn't resist.💀

You can go off people 

I just hope the damn thing runs long enough to sell.

[Raeturbo]

🤣👍

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yes there's a tool fitting it too🤣🤣😱 sorry mate I couldn't resist.💀

You can go off people 

I just hope the damn thing runs long enough to catch fire!

This might be more realistic! 

[Raeturbo]

Mm someone mentioned fire earlier if I remember correctly 🔥🤔

[Sir Tigger KC]

Well it is French.......ish!    

[Doctor Gollum]

A bit more progress...

The impossible bolt securing one of the turbo oil lines to the block is now tightened. Using a foot long 8 mm spanner 12th of a turn at a time

Fitted the last of the hose clamps, intake pipe and 40 pcv pipes. Also remembered the engine harness ground wire.

Still waiting on a couple of bits, but basically it's down to fluids,. exhaust and aux belt. Then see if it's feeling any more cooperative before changing the oil again and refitting a hectare of plastic.

Going to take a bit to overcome the CBA factor to get the exhaust done.

[STEMO]

Posted in wrong thread 

[TheBoy]

Whilst walking to the pub the other day, a Qasqai drove past, with an awful bottom end knock when under load.  Did make me think of you, only having a head to deal with

I suspect this one, despite being a 68 plate, was utterly knackered. Owner had probably never had it serviced - it was a typical Qasqai owner, a woman with 2 screaming kids in the back, no doubt hoping to get to the McDonalds drive thru before the car conks out...