Thread: Time for a Re-fit

Originally Posted by Johnno1969

Fuel filter mount and master cylinder reservoir all cleaned up....

I mean OIL filter mount.

The attached photo is not my engine.... I don't think I could ever manage that perfect look (I will be happy with about 60% of that quality...). But I thought I'd post it anyway as it is so pretty. At least it goves me something to aim for and miss badly. We all have to have goals in life.

The reason I found this photo on the interweb was that I have been checking for the correct colour for the oil filter housing (there goes another interesting rivet). I am about to paint mine. In this case, I want to match it as best i can - not too worried about getting the perfectly correct paint, though.

I'm finding this refurbishment an interesting process. It is definitely not a restoration, but more and more I want things to be the correct colour, fitment etc etc etc. I think the best way to think of it would be to imagine if I had had the vehicle from new and not made unnecessary changes along the way to its character (such as changing colours willy-nilly or chopping things up) but rather that the vehicle slowly evolved with practical modifications that suited me. That's basically the end effect anyway. I just need to start with as clean a canvas as I can at this point.

More later today.

John

....and of course I forgot to attach the picture. I got carried away with my eloquence and forgot what the post was for in the first place.....

Originally Posted by Johnno1969

The reason I found this photo on the interweb was that I have been checking for the correct colour for the oil filter housing (there goes another interesting rivet). I am about to paint mine. In this case, I want to match it as best i can - not too worried about getting the perfectly correct paint, though.

BS-381C-224 ? Just kidding. Good weekend for it eh?

I wish I was in the shed pulling that b**** door lock apart, but alas, there are 2 little ones that are underfoot while their Mum is off getting the $100/hr pay today. I'll put "Childcare fees" on the invoice and only bill her for half a day...

Don't forget Supercheap have 20% off today if you need paints, etc.

Catch you next week.

More pics tomorrow....

Today, for something new, I am trying to get those little brass *%#ing washers out of the base of the injector seats....

I tried winkling the damn thing out of number one seat...no luck....gave a screwdriver a light tap against it to cut it...

It came out alright..... but that tap broke the seat behind it.

I guess we're not allowed to swear on here, but you can imagine. I have now busted the base of the injector seat and sent the bit of metal down into the cylinder. What a complete ****ing idiot. Of course, good 2.25D heads grow on trees these days too.

Yeah, well, righto. It seems that I have managed in one deft move to increase the scope of this project.

No point in railing and ranting now. I have to fix this. The seat has lost the portion between, roughly, five and six o'clock. I can't see any alternative to removing the head and starting from there (which is kind of funny, as I was planning to re-start the engine this weekend).

I guess it may be possible to repair the area if I can find a genius at welding cast somewhere between here and Stalingrad. The bugger is that the engine is (was) so sweet and healthy and about the only thing I was not going to touch. I would prefer to keep the head and repair it, but I understand that may not be possible.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks,

John

P.S. What a bloody idiot.