The Old XUD DervBus Thread!

[darrenjlobb]

Small update, havent got the block / bits back yet, so have just been pottering in the workshop this evening,

Rubbed back / sprayed over a few small bits of surface rust in the engine bay etc, cleaned off some crap and just tidied it up a bit...



Smashed the stock mount out of another engine mount bracket and fitted the powerflex one again (couldnt use old bracket cos conrod smashed it up!)

Assembled the head again, also found one of my glowers were dead, so that wasnt helping matters before thats for sure... cleaned up / thread cleaned the arp studs and washers etc, ordered up another tube of ultra torque lube so thats that side of things sorted...



Pressure washed the HDI box off again, might give it a lick of paint tomorrow if its lucky, but dont think i have any, so then it also might not



The machine shop that does the block work managed to skim my manifold for me, i had problems with it before as it warped from the welding, and wasnt skimmed flat at the time, which resulted in it cracking once, and also not sealing against the head, so was very thankfull for them to sort that for me, as its now perfectly flat



Few people were asking about the clutch i went for, its gunna be a bitch thats for sure, but the clutch was right on its edge before when the weather was cold, and the last thing i can be bothered with is is slipping as soon as i start pushing it harder,