The Old XUD DervBus Thread!

[darrenjlobb]

Right an update.....

Spent today (my birthday) under my car getting oily, as its been pissing me off, so I couldnt stay away...

Started the day by replacing that sod of a water pipe, refitting the turbo, and manifolds... Thats all done now, and fingers crossed, wont leak anymore...

Moving onto the more pressing concern...the cambelt issue...

I have basically guesstimated (well accuratly guesstimated) where the cam should be, you see the piper vernier has no locking hole....so its impossible to tell once on where it should be...without setting up the timing dials and protractor, which after trying, seems totally impossible with the engine in situe.... so we did it best we could, if anyone has any ideas here, id love to know?

The pump seems to have developed a problem over time as well, so thought I would remove it, and have fully rebuild a totally new pump with new seals, and fitted an 11mm head from another totally new pump to it....so the pump is all new, and should work fine....

So now ive just gotta put it back in, and time it up, basically the only thing thats really scaring me at the moment (assides possible bent valves but we arnt even going there right now...) is the cam timing...Just dont know how else i can be sure ive got it timed up right... :S

Anyway, some pics of the engine partly back together, and the new pump i built...