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Slurp, cough, clunk.......... fix fix fix.........

Postby Uncle Arthur » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:45 pm

LM, OMY005, and JBT have all already been on hand to survey the damage, and help with the remedial works.

It's progressing well, but first - here's the damage.....

This is a straight conrod (cyl 4):
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This is a bent one (cyl 1)
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Messy huh???

This is the intake side - you can see how it cleaned things up, but also how the little bit of residual standing water in the head around the valves is causing some surface rust:

cyl 4 -
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and cyl 1 -
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However, every dark cloud has a silver (polished?) lining. Replacing the motor gives me an opportunity to finish the job of making it all look good.....

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More pics will follow as I progress (including the full tear down of the old engine.....
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Postby JBT » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:58 pm

When's the heart transplant happening?
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Postby Uncle Arthur » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:01 pm

This weekend coming.

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This weekend coming.

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This weekend coming.

Wayne can come and cook wingzzzzz if he likes :D
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Postby StanTheMan » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:19 pm

Say it one more time UA...... :lol:
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Postby Uncle Arthur » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:04 pm

StanTheMan wrote:Say it one more time UA...... :lol:

I hate it when the forum locks up on posting..... :evil:
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Postby sabretooth » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:56 pm

This weekend coming.

Wayne can come and cook wingzzzzz if he likes :D








This weekend coming.

Wayne can come and cook wingzzzzz if he likes :D






This weekend coming.

Wayne can come and cook wingzzzzz if he likes :D





:D:D

But, cool. You'll need some sunnies for that engine bay, soon!
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Postby zoomzoom » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:03 pm

So they weren't making it up when they told us in science that water is hard to compress?
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Postby AJ » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:04 pm

Uncle Arthur wrote:
StanTheMan wrote:Say it one more time UA...... :lol:

I hate it when the forum locks up on posting..... :evil:


as opposed to a 1.6 locking up??? :P

man, you're lucky she didn't keep turning, that rod is a poofteenth away from snapping & creating a hole :shock:

if i get all my chores done this w/end, i might drop around & annoy youse.......is it an all w/end jobbie?? 8)
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Postby Uncle Arthur » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:17 pm

AJ wrote:
as opposed to a 1.6 locking up??? :P



Yes - even more annoying cause it happens over and over and over.....

AJ wrote:
man, you're lucky she didn't keep turning, that rod is a poofteenth away from snapping & creating a hole :shock:


Seriously????!!!! You think it's that close???

AJ wrote:
is it an all w/end jobbie?? 8)


Probably a whole weekend job - depends really on how much we get done on Saturday and what SWMBO has planned for me - I mean us

But that's why I'm looking to get the motor pretty much all put together and ready to simply insert back into place....
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Postby AJ » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:41 pm

Uncle Arthur wrote:
AJ wrote:
man, you're lucky she didn't keep turning, that rod is a poofteenth away from snapping & creating a hole :shock:


Seriously????!!!! You think it's that close???




yup, in my experience cast and/or forged metal doesn't bend very far before breaking.......i've seen a few bent conrods over the years, but that one is as bent as any i've seen without snapping, i'm tipping once you get it out you'll find a stress fracture in it...........& probably a severely crushed bearing :?
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