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Looking a lot better now and you've got the good bit to look forward to when you get back
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Clean up started, valves also cleaned up but can't find my emery cloth to finish so all will now have to wait till I come back from Hols. Stem seals arrived this morning but will be a while till they go back inLast edited by Jeff Turbo; 25th August 2022, 12:48.
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Originally posted by Doctordiesel77 View PostI know the feeling..the pictures don't show the full nightmare, but always nice when they surrender! Should be back on the road fairly soon I guess
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I know the feeling..the pictures don't show the full nightmare, but always nice when they surrender! Should be back on the road fairly soon I guess
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Took over an hour to get this headbolt out as it was rusted in, had to cut off the bottom and gradually move round and round and smack it with a hammer and drift and go again with plenty of plus gas. All stripped now and just one manifold bolt to drill and re tap as that came broken in the head. Pics don't show the full strip down. Will clean it next and go from there
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Originally posted by Doctordiesel77 View Post
Maybe a faulty dashboard..I think there is one circuit board that is easy to change, but not sure if it has the voltage stabiliser in it, strange that the dud ecu got it into the red though. I thought about fitting a level sensor to mine & at first thought it'd be very easy as I'm using waterless coolant, so could just butcher a pressure cap..unfortunately the level indicator lump sticking out of the bottom is right in the way though, so I'd need to butcher the, not easy to find, header tank instead...or devise another plan...and that was as far as I got with it. Using normal antifreeze/water I guess a couple of electrodes at the right height might be useable as a sensor.
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Originally posted by Jeff Turbo View Post
Yes it does and that's a good idea. The fuel gauge only goes to 3/4 when full and the temp gauge did rise enough on the dash so maybe there's an issue somewhere there. Before replacing the faulty fuel controller the temp gauge went straight up to red so it does work but obviously not correctly now
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Originally posted by Doctordiesel77 View PostI suspect that welding and skimming could be expensive, good job you've got good contacts Sounds as though disaster has been averted though! I wonder how difficult it would be to rig up a 'low level' sensor on the header tank? Did the digidash have one?
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I suspect that welding and skimming could be expensive, good job you've got good contacts Sounds as though disaster has been averted though! I wonder how difficult it would be to rig up a 'low level' sensor on the header tank? Did the digidash have one?
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Originally posted by Doctordiesel77 View Post
Has the head been planed before? it might be salvageable (depending how deep grooves are) I vaguely remember that you can take about 15 thou off ..
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Originally posted by Jeff Turbo View Post
No I don't but I can put a joint there. Would have been a pain in the arse taking the engine out again and finding new parts so very lucky no damage. One thing I noticed cleaning the head is there are now groves in it where the gases have escaped in between the bores and and round the edges of the bores where the headgasket has been so have to think that's now knackered
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Originally posted by Doctordiesel77 View PostGood news there then, it sounded as though it could have turned into a nightmare. Have you got a replacement hose?Last edited by Jeff Turbo; 15th August 2022, 13:03.
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Good news there then, it sounded as though it could have turned into a nightmare. Have you got a replacement hose?
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