Under cover Resto
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Winston , yes, exactly that. It stops the plain Cork gaskets deforming and slipping out of place.
Karl.
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Well I thought I was doing well. starting to see the end in near sight.
I put the inlet manifolds on, matching up the gaskets and a bit of fine tuning
20240319_163404 by karlhash, on Flickr
20240320_160139 by karlhash, on Flickr
And then I noticed the pushrod tube seals were weeping. this is before I've put all the oil in it. so if some is weeping with just a little in, what will happen when I fire it up. The case bolt I had trouble with was also weeping.
So I took a deep breath and took it all apart, well as much as was needed.
I took the centre case bolt out, only needing to remove one barrel and put new seals on it and a dollop of Hylomar blue.
Then I looked at the pushrod tubes and realised that their end washers were a little bit big for my case and heads.
I tried to grind one down but that took forever. Luckily I spoke to my farther in law who donated my hobby lathe and told me the chuck jaws on that would hold the washers from the inner diameter.
So I was able to turn them all down by 1mm.
20240321_173526 by karlhash, on Flickr
just too big
20240322_125719 by karlhash, on Flickr
Turning the washers individually
20240324_133127 by karlhash, on Flickr
Smaller washers, which also made it easier re fitting the heads this time.
20240324_183448 by karlhash, on Flickr
Thanks
Karl
I put the inlet manifolds on, matching up the gaskets and a bit of fine tuning
20240319_163404 by karlhash, on Flickr
20240320_160139 by karlhash, on Flickr
And then I noticed the pushrod tube seals were weeping. this is before I've put all the oil in it. so if some is weeping with just a little in, what will happen when I fire it up. The case bolt I had trouble with was also weeping.
So I took a deep breath and took it all apart, well as much as was needed.
I took the centre case bolt out, only needing to remove one barrel and put new seals on it and a dollop of Hylomar blue.
Then I looked at the pushrod tubes and realised that their end washers were a little bit big for my case and heads.
I tried to grind one down but that took forever. Luckily I spoke to my farther in law who donated my hobby lathe and told me the chuck jaws on that would hold the washers from the inner diameter.
So I was able to turn them all down by 1mm.
20240321_173526 by karlhash, on Flickr
just too big
20240322_125719 by karlhash, on Flickr
Turning the washers individually
20240324_133127 by karlhash, on Flickr
Smaller washers, which also made it easier re fitting the heads this time.
20240324_183448 by karlhash, on Flickr
Thanks
Karl
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This is a lesson for all of us. Good work
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I always wondered why people charge so much to build these engines. Evidently it's machining all the washers...
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Nice work
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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One of the benefits of a slow(er) build - problems like this become apparent before you start the engine.
A satisfying, if time-consuming, solution - well done Karl !
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One of the benefits of a slow(er) build - problems like this become apparent before you start the engine.
A satisfying, if time-consuming, solution - well done Karl !
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Well done on all this work you have done very well indeed.
Roy
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Well done on all this work you have done very well indeed.
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Thanks guys,
all this time and work , just because I wanted to clean up the engine and stop some oil drips in lock down!
Karl
all this time and work , just because I wanted to clean up the engine and stop some oil drips in lock down!
Karl
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