So what have you done to your car today?

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cd 2.2

Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 12 February 2014, 14:41:29

Be thankful, I am twelve valves into 24V.....and have ran out of ginding paste grrrrr.... ;D

Shame your so far away I have some spare, hope I never need to use it again but this stuff has served a fiesta 1.1 bonus head rebuild, 2 BL wedge princess head rebuilds and now my Mig full head rebuild!
Funny how you think you are going to only use these things once when you buy them  ::)

Marks DTM Calib

I needed some more so 'invested' in some.

The biggest challenge with these heads is that they are some of the filthiest I have seen and are taking an age to celan up well, some four stages of cleaning!

One head fully re-built, the other at stage two cleaning, should start refitting at the weekend I hope!

TheBoy

Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 13 February 2014, 09:54:18
I needed some more so 'invested' in some.

The biggest challenge with these heads is that they are some of the filthiest I have seen and are taking an age to celan up well, some four stages of cleaning!

One head fully re-built, the other at stage two cleaning, should start refitting at the weekend I hope!
Are they big heads for big engines?
Grumpy old man

joshwyatt

I cleaned the mould out of it  :-[
I really must find where the water leak is coming from
And actually fitted one side of the rear courtesy lights, a nice job to do  :y

05omegav6

Quote from: joshwyatt on 13 February 2014, 21:27:56
I cleaned the mould out of it  :-[
I really must find where the water leak is coming from
And actually fitted one side of the rear courtesy lights, a nice job to do  :y
Is that the black one :-\

joshwyatt

Indeed it is the black one! I haven't used it for some time, so need to give it some TLC. The clutch is now feeling pretty dead, and it'll need a new windscreen...hopefully that'll fix the water leak though.

dawidski

I broke mine  ;D, Intercooler pipe came off at like 60, I tried using tape to fix it, it was all fine until just before my town it started smoking bad turned off and wouldn't start again. I had to push it at least 4 miles  :( Mechanic at my dads work is looking at it, we will see what he has to say...
And anyway I wanted to swap for a v6 manual, so yeah if you happen to want to swap for my 2.2 dti, (when its fixed of course) feel free to pm me, hopefully somewhere in Scotland  ;)   
I dream of an LC

Ever Ready

Gave the old girl a wash including behind her ears  well it is Valentines day after all ;D
An ounce of experience is worth more than a pound of enthusiasm.

Marks DTM Calib

Quote from: TheBoy on 13 February 2014, 18:01:12
Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 13 February 2014, 09:54:18
I needed some more so 'invested' in some.

The biggest challenge with these heads is that they are some of the filthiest I have seen and are taking an age to celan up well, some four stages of cleaning!

One head fully re-built, the other at stage two cleaning, should start refitting at the weekend I hope!
Are they big heads for big engines?

No a set for a Y26SE

omega3000

Going to move it tomorrow to a different part of the drive to stop the tyres going egg shaped  ::)

Andy H

Spent 2 hours queueing to get over the bridge  >:(
"Deja Moo - The feeling that you've heard this bull somewhere before."

jasovanooo

built up a 2.3 engine to replace the 2.0 in the 9-3 for better spool and more torque also got the 2.0 disconnected from looms/pipes just need to drop the gearbox out the bottom an engine out the top tomorrow/sunday :P

also need to get more discs for the grinder to assist in butchering anything in the way of the new intercooler

cd 2.2

Got the Mig started a couple of hours ago after the head gasket change but all did not go so well ... random surging and not revving over 4k  ::)
such is life ... just another problem to fix before she can be a pampered pet  :D

biggriffin

Quote from: Emd on 14 February 2014, 17:50:45
Going to move it tomorrow to a different part of the drive to stop the tyres going egg shaped  ::)
put it on bricks, 8)
Hoof'land storeman.

Bikerdon

Got under the motor to do the oil filter change today, and guess what!  >:( yep the canister top is solid, grossly overtightened by the last garage I guess. My two way torque wrench was breaking at nearly 80nm and the whole housing was just beginning to turn so leaving it for today. On a plus note while underneath, I spotted that 3 of the 4 cat to silencer studs have been replaced with stainless ones fairly recently, so at least I'll only have the one to sort out when I replace the exhaust.  :)