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Oil pickup contains metal flakes - feels like magnesium.

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Ok what should have been obvious before has now dawned on me. The case can't be separated with the pistons on the crank because the pistons will not pass through the webs of the case. So these wrist pins will have to come out by hook or by crook. One option I have is to remove the circlip from the I...

Next little obstacle - I can see a piece of metal jammed alongside this piston. It's dropped into there while the engine the other way up.

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Tantalising...

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Nothing there overly concerns me. I'm more hands on than most, so this wouldn't be for everyone. But if it were me I'd chemically or electrically remove the rust then epoxy line the tank. It looks very thin, maybe less than a tenth of a millimetre thick on a tank wall probably 1.2mm thick. I'd be mo...

I with the LGBTQ+ community too but not if the music is crap :) I'm glad you both enjoyed the evening Sent from my 22011119UY using Tapatalk I'm with them too. Whenever society's perceived according to group membership, those groups inevitably have conflicting interests from time to time - be those...

I followed those with the 23 case nuts and as per Dempsey's advice I left a few on loose to prevent the case half, crankshaft and pistons falling on my gouty toe. I turned the engine loose side down and I set about the perimeter with the plastic hammer. Soon one end was separating. https://uploads.t...

These through bolt nuts were surprisingly loose. But all consistently torqued so I assume that's the right setting. As with the case nuts, I broke them free with the socket or spanner then spun them off with the baby impact driver. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240424/bcb87e0560c25fbb72124e72c3...

I did however find a couple of hours this evening to progress the engine. Off with the IMS cover. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240424/a738b8a7cb2af18389c27ae830c2d62b.jpg And I was beginning to suspect a different story for this engine. I had noticed previous that the cam covers had sealant ar...

No progress yesterday due to accompanying my 14 year old daughter to see the latest pop sensation live at XOYO in Birmingham. I'm still equally cool as I was when young. This dude looked like a lady, which was a song from my youth this band did not play. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240424/a2a...

Hi James, Thank you for replying. I'll take a look again tomorrow but I don't think any connectors have come loose. It was all put together well during the restoration. I do occasionally get a popping sound from the exhaust once the car has warmed up. Giulio at Gary Cook's said this was the case wh...

Can you split a case without removing the pistons? Will the case move pass the stuck piston? Sent from my 22011119UY using Tapatalk Yes, but at this point you can pull the circlips out, knock the gudgeon pins through and pull them off. Possibly. The crank's at 90 degrees so some are alongside each ...

quite looking forward to seeing the condition inside My money's on damage within the cam drive system because those pistons have hit valves and the cam nut probably got tightened. Maybe some bent and broken teeth on the IMS drive? The crank rocks back and forwards a few degrees suggesting to me som...

neilbardsley wrote:Can you split a case without removing the pistons? Will the case move pass the stuck piston?

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The piston isn't stuck. All barrels now off. Something within the case is stopping the crank from turning.

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A quick way to prove if it is fuel related and not ignition is to spray some easy start into the air box, it should cough or splutter if the ignition system is good. I'm not so sure easy start is the way to go because I've a hunch it will spontaneously combust under compression, thereby not ruling ...