Hunter continued with a td04!

[Tom]

Chris.

Havent spoke to him regarding the subject, nothing i can do anyway, they wont get here any quicker if i go and moan, so i dont see the point sadly :/

[Matt]

That's awesome! Get the rods in and it will be sweet!

[Tom]

Well the only people that i know have broke hdi rods are the likes of Darren and Dave and im not going to be tuning to the lengths they are so im pretty confident the engine will be reliable now! Especially with the rebuilt head

[ginge191]

unfortunately it's more than just rods which let go when you shit bits

But i'm sure you're replacing bearings etc. whilst you're under there

[Tom]

unfortunately it's more than just rods which let go when you shit bits

But i'm sure you're replacing bearings etc. whilst you're under there

Nope i cant think of anything else... Like f*ck am i, if i had the cash its common sense to do it, but as long as the engine didnt die from bottom end failure they will be reused, i cant see it being an issue.

[ginge191]

unfortunately it's more than just rods which let go when you shit bits

But i'm sure you're replacing bearings etc. whilst you're under there

Nope i cant think of anything else... Like f*ck am i, if i had the cash its common sense to do it, but as long as the engine didnt die from bottom end failure they will be reused, i cant see it being an issue.

Crank failure
Bearings
gudgeon pins
poor surfaces
crank failure
head/valve/cam failure
EGT melting

many things contribute to shitting engines

for around £30 i'd be inclined in changing them

but as you said, it 'may' not be an issue

[Matt]

"Crank failure
Bearings
gudgeon pins
poor surfaces
crank failure
head/valve/cam failure
EGT melting"

Crank failure so bad you list it twice?

[darrenjlobb]

unfortunately it's more than just rods which let go when you shit bits

But i'm sure you're replacing bearings etc. whilst you're under there

Nope i cant think of anything else... Like f*ck am i, if i had the cash its common sense to do it, but as long as the engine didnt die from bottom end failure they will be reused, i cant see it being an issue.

Crank failure
Bearings
gudgeon pins
poor surfaces
crank failure
head/valve/cam failure
EGT melting

many things contribute to shitting engines

for around £30 i'd be inclined in changing them

but as you said, it 'may' not be an issue

Around 30 quid to change them? Heh...ohh nooo, putting new bigs / mains / seals in the bottom end of a motor is gunna cost alot more than 30 quid.

Provided the bearings are still good, be fine for your purpose.

[Frosty]

Big end shells for mine cost 84 quid

[Tom]

If they were 30quid i would be changing them but they're alot more than that lol, like darren says as long as they're in good shape it'll make no odds.

In other news just heard from the machine shop and my head is all sorted and ready for me to collect! Heading down there now. Just need to wait for the rods now

[Tom]

Right the rods shown up today hooray.


Spent a few more hours on the car, what a f*cking faff to get the sump off! All the bolts full of underseal, then you have to take off the power steering pump and the alternator then the dumb bracket that holds them both to the block. Not to mention all 23 bolts that hold the sump on! :/ But i got it off and rubbed the lips off all the bores then had to come home because i had no way of getting home later which sucks, f*cking hate having to keep going to work inbetween trying to fix the car!


That is all so far!

[Tom]

Started work at 4am this morning so progress was slow again today, got the hdi rods in though! The rods that came out looked no different but they wernt stamped DW10 so i guess they were XUD? Pic.


Also found the hole and locked at TDC!


Thats all.

[Tom]

Got further today, for anyone still reading! :p

[Frosty]

Glad to see its going back together. When do you think it will be up and running?

[mr_fish]

getting there! video of the first start

[Tom]

Pretty much done now. Sadly dont have time to finish today and my battery is being a letdown so it hasnt started yet but i timed it up right and we got fuel and shut loads of compression so im not exactly worried tomorrow is the day!

[AdamInNi]

We need updates!

[Frosty]

We need updates!

What he said!!

[Tom]

Wow people that want updates! Cheers guys

Right was having some issues with the timing, so Darren came out and had a look, he literally just hit the belt and it went on fine lol, then he identified a stuck injector and fixed that aswell, real hero! Wish i took some pictures of him stripping the injector, we used an unmounted vice turned upright mounted in between some pit boards with both of us standing on it to hold it in!

So now its running well except for i have no boost but i think i know what that one is.

Heater matrix is also f*cked so im going to bypass that for now, not like i need it, done a whole winter without heat before so i think i can manage the weather we have now!

[AdamInNi]

Don't worry about that heater matrix, race cars don't need heat

[Tom]

Made me a matrix by pass pipe!

[Tom]

Inlet manifold studs, yay i have boost again!

Oh and i paid, 1 great british pound! Oyeh

[AdamInNi]

Yaaaay, boost! and for a quid? bargin

[Frosty]

You got them fitted?

[Tom]

Yerp, spent literally 3 hours in the scrapyard battling to get them out, back to my own car half hour at most :p They are pretty cool, even if they are just bolts lol

[Tom]

Found the source of my boost issues:



The actuator quite literally, fell off.

Quickly fixed that though!



Lol, bodgetacular.

[Chris_90]

surely that zip tie aint gonna hold 20-30psi??

[martyn92]

Be interesting to see how long that holds for :p

[Tom]

The tie wont snap, it'll melt then um yeah snap lol, im also keen to see how long it lasts haha

Was just a quick fix there and then, if i had a welder i would of just put a couple of tacks on it but i didnt so i had to improvise! Still holding thiugh!

[Piggy]

that will melt so fast!