ditchman Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Ditchie, your head is not screwed on properly such a wag ... oh before RodP pulls me up................that is the wrong gasket for the injector pump...i have changed it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Brilliant work, top man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 just to finish the day off for everyone........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 are you not painting it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 are you not painting it? i thought about it then changed my mind.....that paint that is on there has been on since 1988............and is better than any paint that i could find that would last that long...that yellow splodge is a factory identification..which says it all for 1988 landrover solihull ...once its all done i will just spray it a few times with linseed oil thiners mix and it will form a rustproof impervious coat after a while.........im replacing the heater pipes with stainless steel which i will polish up and generally tit about with it..i also want to reroute and tidy up all the piping which is a factory mess...still working it out in my head......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 well yes it looks nice enough as it is really, same colour as mine, but as mines a full restoration ill have to paint mine, still not even started on cleaning that up yet, when i do ill have a boat load for questions for you, and im sure you wont mind answering them for me, but if you do its your own fault for parading your shiny bits and bobs on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 just to finish the day off for everyone........ You have even cleaned the mill scale off that plate you made the frame with ditchman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 going to torque down the head today......but first i thought i would show you what i was on about yesterday regards the elongated holes in the injection pump......they are similar to what you do when you advance or retard a petrol engine by twisting the distributor ...sort of.. then onto laying in the rocker shaft......DO THIS GENTLY make sure all the posts are flush to the head before bolting into position.......rockershafts can break very easily... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 put on the side plates now (did that yesterday)........and getting all the pushrods checked for damage and straighness...and soaking bolts before i clean them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 making sure the face is clean....add new head gasket....and prepare to 2 studs first....these act as a guide to lower the head down square an flat.......on the 2stroke detroits i worked on they had "o"rings as head gaskets and it was CRITICAL the head was lowered square on pins otherwise they would crimp ...failure ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 so...lower the head onto the studs ..then add the pushrods....pull the rockers back on their springs and they will drop into the tappit adjusters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 these are the valve caps ...(new)....fiddly..add a bit of grease and stick em onto of the valve stems.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 caps on and make sure rockers are moving before you drop the head bolts in...........dont want anything trapped or it will snap.. lay out clean and check all head bolt and flat washers..... all boring stuff before and after shots.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 i like to add a bit of copper slip....then srew bolts in hand tight with the tee bar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 You have been very generous with your time to PW on this thread. How long before blast off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 i like to mark up all the cyl' head bolts up...then it is easy and you get into a rhythm ......this sequence is crucial otherwise the head will not sit proper'...........and im doing it in 3 separate stages....im down to 70Nm and will leave it for and hour or two and then put it down to 120Nm at bedtime and recheck/tighten tomorrow morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 checking the torque bar gauge for the first setting couldnt resist putting the turbocharger on (temporily !) Starting to look a bit pretty now .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 You have been very generous with your time to PW on this thread. How long before blast off? i dont really know at the moment...im doing as and when i want to............maybe xmas......i need to get the landrover in for an MOT soon and i need to change a couple of A frame bushes first....just needed to get the head on so no dust is going to worry it............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 i like to mark up all the cyl' head bolts up...then it is easy and you get into a rhythm ......this sequence is crucial otherwise the head will not sit proper'...........and im doing it in 3 separate stages....im down to 70Nm and will leave it for and hour or two and then put it down to 120Nm at bedtime and recheck/tighten tomorrow morning Wow, that is care indeed. Are land rovers so fussy with this or are you just torquing nuts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Detroit 2 strokes ditchman, now there is a nice sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) Wow, that is care indeed. Are land rovers so fussy with this or are you just torquing nuts? 4/3rds Pye x r3............. Edited December 4, 2015 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Detroit 2 strokes ditchman, now there is a nice sound. "Full chat"........is the term ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 "Full chat"........is the term ... Back in the day driving the Terex TS24s with one V8 two stroke at the front, and another at the back certainly made some music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Back in the day driving the Terex TS24s with one V8 two stroke at the front, and another at the back certainly made some music Back in the old days i was involved in the construction of the Songea to Makambako road...then several years later i was a consultant doing extra works on it...new quarries bridges damns and the like........the road was built with Terex scrapers and D8 pushers..we had 3 teams going...and as you say that was music when the engines were syncronising ...............mind you when ticking over they all sounded like a bag of nails... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 putting the air box and turbo on now......... cleaning all the nuts an' bolts that i wrapped up... They are quite mucky.......... Before aaannddd......... the pipe is the turbo drain to sump/block Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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