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If you can get a set of three pistons off and then release half of the crankcase you can maybe get to whatever is jamming it, or to the other rod bolts and then it should come apart. Just put the engine stand connection on the side with the stuck pistons pointing towards the floor and leave the cra...

Being entirely satisfied that it is the seized oil pump that's preventing the crank from turning, I formed a plan to break away these circlips and see if I can slide the centre of the oil pump driveshaft off its splines in one direction, allowing the crank to turn. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2...

I have no clue where this is going because 3 and 6 are irremovable but it feels like a step forward in some sense. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240425/5322ec617f8c5847f6ded8c425888443.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240425/723cb5e4c3b251471396336c44a4738d.jpg Sent from my SM-G988B using...

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 ...