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Fixing Chris's MG Montego EFi.
Changed the head gasket as it's been leaking oil from the front nearside corner.
Mostly went ok but..........the last exhaust manifold bolt snapped and both breather pipes on the inlet manifold fell to bits. Lucky I had spares
After removing the head I tried using my stud extractor and...........the stud snapped again and it's wedged in my extractor. So I filed it down and drilled a hole to use my inner extractor and..........couldn't find the dam thing anywhere, so I drilled it to exactly the hole needed and re-tapped it and that worked fine. Lucky I have spare studs
I told Chris to clean up the headbolts with my thread cleaner nut and.......he put it in my vice too tight and mashed the threads on one of the bolts and snapped my thread cleaner nut in the process. Lucky I have spare headbolts
Used my other method of cleaning threads and that worked fine.
After cleaning up the head, block etc I put the head back on, all ancilleries and made good progress until I notice the exhaust manifold need replacing as the surfaces are not flat anymore.......my spare is in my barn, so I put the manifold back on as he needs to use the car to go to work.
Got everything back on just putting the pipe from the ecu to the manifold back on and...................the T piece fell in half. Luck I have a spare
Fixed that, started it up and ........manifold has a slight leak, so I will need to replace it in the future.
Next came the brake leak, the offside rear has been leaking fluid and....what a mess, brake fluid all over the place. Trying to undo the brake pipe and........as usual it wont undo, finally getting it to loosen and replaced all of the brakes on that side, piston, drum, brakes, now all that works fine.
I noticed while sorting the engine that both power steering gaiters are shot............so another job for me soon when they arrive from the bay of e.
The whole sheebang took all day due to the exhaust bolt snapping.................ho hum, the joys of working on an old car eh and my spares are deminishing.
And in all this I didn't swear once
Changed the head gasket as it's been leaking oil from the front nearside corner.
Mostly went ok but..........the last exhaust manifold bolt snapped and both breather pipes on the inlet manifold fell to bits. Lucky I had spares
After removing the head I tried using my stud extractor and...........the stud snapped again and it's wedged in my extractor. So I filed it down and drilled a hole to use my inner extractor and..........couldn't find the dam thing anywhere, so I drilled it to exactly the hole needed and re-tapped it and that worked fine. Lucky I have spare studs
I told Chris to clean up the headbolts with my thread cleaner nut and.......he put it in my vice too tight and mashed the threads on one of the bolts and snapped my thread cleaner nut in the process. Lucky I have spare headbolts
Used my other method of cleaning threads and that worked fine.
After cleaning up the head, block etc I put the head back on, all ancilleries and made good progress until I notice the exhaust manifold need replacing as the surfaces are not flat anymore.......my spare is in my barn, so I put the manifold back on as he needs to use the car to go to work.
Got everything back on just putting the pipe from the ecu to the manifold back on and...................the T piece fell in half. Luck I have a spare
Fixed that, started it up and ........manifold has a slight leak, so I will need to replace it in the future.
Next came the brake leak, the offside rear has been leaking fluid and....what a mess, brake fluid all over the place. Trying to undo the brake pipe and........as usual it wont undo, finally getting it to loosen and replaced all of the brakes on that side, piston, drum, brakes, now all that works fine.
I noticed while sorting the engine that both power steering gaiters are shot............so another job for me soon when they arrive from the bay of e.
The whole sheebang took all day due to the exhaust bolt snapping.................ho hum, the joys of working on an old car eh and my spares are deminishing.
And in all this I didn't swear once
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