Thread: 89 Rangie Project & pics

cleaned up the sump today which was nice & easy.

looks like sump gasket & goo... lol still haven't decided on which to go with. But will have to decide tomorrow.

also cleaned up the surface of the block for the sump & cleaned up the old gasket left over the top of the cylinders. That engine stand has helped heaps.
Finally took the water pump apart... is fine some pitting but nothing major. So new gasket & set goo for that as well, after I flush out the water jackets.

Decided that I would clean up the EFI manifold & rocket covers, then bolt down the heads & sump - new valley gasket, EFI & rocket covers, then blast out the water jackets & pump, fit new welsh plugs & then prep to put back in the rangie.

Which is looking good atm from the outside with the TJM on lol

some piccys as well.

Still need to clean up the block more, but this is a start you can see the oil pick up here as well & the filter, that is how it was when I pulled the sump, so actually pretty clean.


The heads all nicely shaved & cleaned up thanks to Orger Engines


Still have to clean up the valves a little - but other wise all good. Report was they are solid & were straight as well. I remembered when unbolting the heads to crack them even - so I think it helped to stop warping..

Originally Posted by walker

I might be wrong but I thought that you were not meant to soak the top section of the efi manifold. In the area where the butterfly and other stuff are, there are some rubber seals and sensors that will swell up and be destroyed.

Yes all is well here I looked at the EFI manifold & though "How the hell am I going to clean that up??"

Pick it up & looked closer to see that there was a top section with the trumpets, so I unbolted that & had a look over - the bottom section is actually pretty clean compared to the top - so I soaked the top over night in a small amount of diesel & finished cleaning it up this morning. Its now shrink wrapped with the rocker covers The bottom with sensors & injectors I will do be hand & very careful at that on my bench. So yeah - sorry , not the very top section where your air hose connects - probly the "mid" section with trumpets

Lucus - good call I saw them when I started cleaning them up & undid the screws & you were right!! I actually thought it was surface rust - but it was all sludge & crap lol!!
I did them yesterday - picked up one this morning & wondered if I even did it! scrubbed them both again while dry & washed them again & dried out - much better second time around! So they are also wrapped up & ready

Just finished cleaning up the front of the timing case & around the oil pump - heaps of crud there! will be put under a pressure washer when its all together.

Only thing left is to use a compressor & blow out crap that got built up in the piston area & I got a few soft brushes to clean out cam & crank area of any crud as well. Then its put stuff together time & blast out water jackets & fit welsh plugs


Hey Mike! I thought about opening up the timing case & taking a look... she was fine before, rock solid & no rattles. At this stage & with no work atm (Next week I got a new one I think ) I am going to take my chances & leave it alone - also with the thought that the more I mess with the more there is to go wrong later HAHHAAH!! It should be all ok.

Small break & then out to clean up rockers & push rods gotta love being over a tub of diesel lol pics later