Preen's Mk1 GLD

[Preen59]

hahah Pulling it apart is the easy part. getting it all back together is when the fun starts lol

I'm sure i'll be ok, dude. Haha.

[Preen59]

This arvo, after MUCH procrastination.. (And I mean a lot. It's cold and I didn't want to work on my car! haha)

I ripped the pistons and rods out of the block and honed it. It came up reasonably good.. ****ty camera phone makes it look worse than it is..



This was with the engine still in the car. Honing on quite an awkward angle. Haha.

I washed the pistons and rods down with petrol and ripped the old rings off. Cleaned the ring grooves (didn't take much- They were clean as).

Next up was filing the burrs off the sides of the pistons where they had picked up, filing the ring grooves where they had burrs and hitting them with some wet and dry to smooth them over. This isn't as ideal as a new set of pistons, but it works. The things were like new anyways.

The bearings, thankfully are brand new. No marks, no scuffs. Nothing. So that's a treat.

After I had fitted the new rings, I grabbed the ring compressor and the old man helped me tap the pistons back in the bores. Pulled em down, put some lube on the bearings, put the caps on, torqued them up, job done. I didn't have any sealant so I couldn't put the sump back on, though..


I had a fail on the head front. The head off the spare engine is cracked from the exhaust valve out to the water jacket.. So it's no good. I have to drop the bent head off tomorrow to be straightened and fixed up.. Major bummer.

Until then...

[sports racer]

So after this you rubbed back the whole car and repainted it, retrimmed the interior in Russian mink and fitted a syncro box with 4WD.

Wouldn't surprise me. Makes my day look positively lazy.

Congrats on making the effort and doing so much, especially in this weather.

[Preen59]

Hahaha. No. Just the rings.

[gldgti]

Hey man, good work on the rings. Bummer about the head. Remember like I said if you need a head I might be able to rustle one up for ya.

[Preen59]

Hey man, good work on the rings. Bummer about the head. Remember like I said if you need a head I might be able to rustle one up for ya.

Cheers dude.

I'm getting the bent head fixed this week. He's going to staighten it, grind it, re cut the seats and do the clearances. Should have it running again this weekend..

[GoLfMan]

bugger about the head! Maybe give the ports a tickle while its off ?

[Preen59]

bugger about the head! Maybe give the ports a tickle while its off ?

Haha, the ports are fine. Plenty of other things to do first.

Got the head back today. All ready to go. Will install tomorrow.

[Jace]

Stuff getting it running. Wietecs and Zenders first!

[Preen59]

Stuff getting it running. Wietecs and Zenders first!

Need to roll the guards. May have to modify the roller. We'll see. I have all weekend with the workshop to myself so anything's possible. Maybe Coxy can give me a hand too. Haha.