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Location: Malvern | A little update...
Had some problems along the way.. new spray gun that spat paint, pressure regulator full of grease, yes the first sealer and primer got sanded back off and had to resort to an anti silicon additive that really did seem to make the paint flow nice, but the clear coat was a lot more tricky got there with plenty of sanding and buffing. if the body work(that seems to have come out well) holds up then I will re clear after getting some lessons!
The donor 1.4
The crank shaft oil seal was the first obvious problem caused by worn thrust bearing, inside the bores were good pistons in very good nick as was crank, cam and valves. the piston rings were gone best had a 45 thou gap worst nearly 60 so got new big end shells and mains + thrust bearings ( and a lecture on not starting with foot on clutch unless you like changing thrust bearings)and from ebay got some new liners and pistons( for the rings)
The effects of "sticktion" were described as trying to break a weld by placing weights on it as opposed to a blow with a hammer so whilst a 5 ton press may be needed this also works
didnt need to get violent just tapping opposite sides got them moving, cleaned up inside with a brass wire wheel plenty of lube and pushed the new liners in
Head had a skim just to be sure
It was really nice to be able to clean all the crap out of the plug holes!
Silly things that were done poorly at the factory, the inlet ports were rough and I mean ruff I havent tried to polish them just smooth them without increasing the size and the exhaust gasket was covering the ports on 2&3 by 5mm.
Next I need to remove the 1.1 to remove bits from also I have a 5 speed box and it will be interesting to see or hear what the tappits are like as 6 of them were solid and took some gental persuasion in a vice to pump the black shit out of them then I could put them in a small pot of oil and pump out the air by hand but I may have to use the 1.1's.
It would be nice to replace the exhaust manifold not chasing horse power just would be nice to reduce the weight!
Got to start putting it all back together before I forget where things go......
And I must thank Dave from worcester for his help with bits and all the tips and knowledge he tried to pass onto me.
Edited by slew 7/9/2012 11:28 PM
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