Hello Chaps....new owner

White Exec · Post by **White Exec** » Tue May 11, 2021 6:04 pm

2 & 3 - maybe for both Bosch and Roto-Diesel injectors, if the kit is a tad generic ?

Post by **citroenxm** » Tue May 11, 2021 6:13 pm

If its a kit to cover the full range then possibly yes one for lucas injectors and one lot for bosch.. But what are the hockey sticks for?

White Exec · Post by **White Exec** » Tue May 11, 2021 7:21 pm

Gently lifting out the washers?

Post by **Dieselman** » Wed May 12, 2021 5:41 am

citroenxm wrote: ↑
Tue May 11, 2021 6:13 pm
But what are the hockey sticks for?

No.1 main bearing cap.

Stickfinger,
Did the copper washers not overlap the lower bore slightly, if so, could a hook not be used underneath the lip?

The seals are for all items that protrude from the block, camshaft, vac pump, crankshaft, water pump or oil cooler, oil decanter.

Stickfinger · Post by **Stickfinger** » Wed May 12, 2021 6:56 am

Thanks for the input chaps.

Re the copper seals, No, they did not overlap the edge, in fact they are short of it.

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White Exec · Post by **White Exec** » Wed May 12, 2021 7:49 am

Maybe they were never the correct ones.
Will be interesting to see how the new kit ones drop in.

Stickfinger · Post by **Stickfinger** » Thu May 13, 2021 7:15 am

That is what I suspect, washers were undersized and a low quality copper alloy, this has allowed a lot of movement (flow) of the copper.

Anyway, I am moving on and dropping the cylinder head into the engineers today for a skim and a valve cut.

Once that is done a quick clean up of the ports (I have a one off chance to port match Inlets and exhaust) and I am tempted to "do some mods" to make it breath a bit better before rebuilding it all.

Stickfinger · Post by **Stickfinger** » Fri May 14, 2021 8:29 pm

Report back from the engineers who are skimming the head, the head is fine, swirl chamber realigned and fine.

Also, the two sticky valves bent at the top of the stem (rocker end) and not the valve cap end

Stickfinger · Post by **Stickfinger** » Sat May 15, 2021 2:11 pm

As I now have good access I thought I would degrease and clean up in the bowels of the engine bay

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and pay a little attention to the Turbo/EGR/manifolds.

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Stickfinger · Post by **Stickfinger** » Mon May 17, 2021 11:43 am

More parts cleaning.

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It is great what you can do with an angle grinder and a cutting disk !

(joke)

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