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Rebuilding an 821 is EMOTIONAL
skippopotamus:
I ran into sort of a strange problem. The grooves for the keepers on my new vales are not in the same place as the groove on my old valves. So my keepers won't work with my new valves.
My old head was too banged up to reuse so I found another one and I'm hoping it has the right keepers. If not the search will be back on! This time for keepers.
skippopotamus:
Might as well post some more carnage. Happy Saturday ever-body!
My car has around 16,000 miles on it and I think 14,000 of them were at 6,500 rpm.
dakazman:
Thanks for the info , I'll be reading your progress on the engine for sure.
Placed an order for some engine / body odds and ends so trying to stay on my wife's budget...
Keep the updates coming.
Dakazman
skippopotamus:
I'm still out here plugging away on my Lotus. The main bearings I got were not all STD size so that held me up a bit. My crank was VERY tight.
Now I'm working on pressing my wrist pins back into my connecting rods and my current snag is there's no number on the big end of the connecting rod. The shop manual has you put the connecting rod on the piston with arrow pointing down and the number on the operator's right if he or she is facing the piston. (pg.29)
My connecting rods don't have a number on them anymore. They are marked so I'll have to use that and hope the marks are on the side where the number was.
skippopotamus:
Two steps forward and one step back.
I got the crank and pistons installed but I think I'll be pulling the pistons and liners back out because of a leak. I put water in the block and let it sit over night and sure enough there was a droplet on the bearing cap where rear main seal is. Just a droplet but that's without any pressure. I wiped it all down and watched it today but I didn't get another drop. I tightened my liner holder downers a little and I'm letting it sit over night again but I'm not optimistic. I carefully cleaned the block where the paper liners sit and I used a little RTV so this is a real bummer. I'm trying to look on the bright side and telling myself at least I'm finding the leak now instead of after the engine is back in the car.
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