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Title: Big thanks to Martin42...
Post by: Webby the Bear on 30 September 2013, 10:42:26
aka magic tree. aka green cabby. aka mad mech. lol

got the heads on. torquing with the degree wheel on the pass. side was a b*tch. but not as much as those two stuck lifters! martin has unbelievable patience. and a chisel and hammer and two hours later they were out.

massive thanks mate :)

got some metal shavings around the valve but this was xcompletely unavoidable. cleaned up as best i could.

hopefully this wont hinder too much when it starts up.

cam shafts....

am i right in thinking i fit the shaft. do up the bearing caps (inc green snot on end one). fit the cam seal. fit the rear timing cover. then fit sprockets???
Title: Re: Big thanks to Martin42...
Post by: henryd on 30 September 2013, 11:13:17
aka magic tree. aka green cabby. aka mad mech. lol

got the heads on. torquing with the degree wheel on the pass. side was a b*tch. but not as much as those two stuck lifters! martin has unbelievable patience. and a chisel and hammer and two hours later they were out.

massive thanks mate :)

got some metal shavings around the valve but this was xcompletely unavoidable. cleaned up as best i could.

hopefully this wont hinder too much when it starts up.

cam shafts....

am i right in thinking i fit the shaft. do up the bearing caps (inc green snot on end one). fit the cam seal. fit the rear timing cover. then fit sprockets???

Yep :y
Title: Re: Big thanks to Martin42...
Post by: Webby the Bear on 30 September 2013, 11:27:26
Thanks Henry.

should i lube up the cam seal with oil? and do i put oil on the cam shafts and between the bearing caps and the head? :)
Title: Re: Big thanks to Martin42...
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 30 September 2013, 13:45:39
A light lube of the cam seal first, I alway fit the cam seal to the cam first rather than knocking it in after fitting of the bearing caps.

Make sure you get the right cams in the right places!
Title: Re: Big thanks to Martin42...
Post by: Webby the Bear on 30 September 2013, 13:56:20
A light lube of the cam seal first, I alway fit the cam seal to the cam first rather than knocking it in after fitting of the bearing caps.

Make sure you get the right cams in the right places!

lol thanks mark. yeah ive got that process nailed. making sure the number on the sprocket hole lines up with the notch on the camshaft...then bring it round and lock in place.... thwen once all in crank to TDC from its current 60 degree BTDC mark :):):)

so i'm to use the green snot around the perimiter of where the cam seal lives also... as well as at the front of the first cam cap? :)
Title: Re: Big thanks to Martin42...
Post by: omega3000 on 30 September 2013, 15:15:37
Whats all this green snot talk  :D ;D Well done martin . Hope she fires up and keeps running for good this time steve , seems ages since that dreadful day  :(
Title: Re: Big thanks to Martin42...
Post by: Webby the Bear on 30 September 2013, 15:42:53
Whats all this green snot talk  :D ;D Well done martin . Hope she fires up and keeps running for good this time steve , seems ages since that dreadful day  :(

exactly 30 days today :(

never mind, im over that now. just concentrating on getting this sucker back together.

if i balls it up again ill just have to buy another one  ::)
Title: Re: Big thanks to Martin42...
Post by: omega3000 on 30 September 2013, 15:53:05
Sure it will be fine  :y Wasnt your fault anyway , faulty part  :) 30 days !!! Bloody norra how time flies  :(
Title: Re: Big thanks to Martin42...
Post by: martin42 on 30 September 2013, 20:22:53
No problems mate,thanks for the beer tokens  :y
Title: Re: Big thanks to Martin42...
Post by: Webby the Bear on 30 September 2013, 20:25:14
No problems mate,thanks for the beer tokens  :y

You bloody deserve them son. Seriously I've never seen patience and perseverance like it. I was ready to say ''fek it, ill just get a new Omega''  ;D