Thread: V8 Non start after rebuild

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Mwahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......IT LIVES....IT LIVES!!

A million thanks to all who posted here. And a special thanks to all those who offered help and support by PM, offering phone numbers and on site assistance.

Finally, it goes. And it runs beautifully.

It was simply a case of new parts not playing nicely with the old, exactly as Mike 90 RR said. The new battery, the new starter and some fresh petrol siphoned out of SWMBO's Merc, along with a squirt or two of startyabastard and it went.

So 15 minutes at 2500rpm to bed it all in, and now it starts with half a flick of the key, the oil light goes off in half a second, and it purrs. No vibrations, no unusual noise, except there was some funny noises from the power steering pump at first (rectified by bleeding the power steering box).

Tomorrow, is brake bleeding and road test day, provided there are no leaks appear overnight. Currently there are none....woohoo!

Wish me luck!

Great news! I'm glad I didn't actually PUT any money on the timing being out!

Cheers,

Lionel

Some might say that taking 8 months to rebuild the damned thing is taking WAY too long.

My wife agrees.....

I find that wives are generally not good judges of these things . . .

Eight months is fine for a really good result.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Some might say that taking 8 months to rebuild the damned thing is taking WAY too long.

My wife agrees.....

Think of it as its gestation time, with a complicated birth. You don't want to hurry these things...

Originally Posted by Davo

I find that wives are generally not good judges of these things . . .

Eight months is fine for a really good result.

She does seem to have forgotten that of the last 8 months, I've had 2 lots of 3 weeks working in China, 2 weeks in the UK, and most of the last 3 and a half months working the whole week in Sydney.

But, I guess expectations are high, and everything should only take "5 minutes"

Well the old girl has moved under her own power for the first time in 8 months, little in the way of leaks, just a tiny seep onto the inlet manifold at the short (heater bypass?) hose, and also from the lower water pump hose, a quick tighten of the hose clips, and I hope that that is it.

I could only really go up and down the drive as I still have the problem of no pressure to the rear brakes (described here - I was hoping that running the motor would have helped cure it), so I had no confidence in taking it any further than that).

It drives, the timing is set, and it is all in one piece again. I just have to decide what to do with the front bumper plastics - on/off/cut the bumper corners down....not sure yet.

During my checks on the newly rebuilt Disco 1, after it had it's first little run on Sunday (thanks to a replacement brake proportioning valve courtesy of Busman), I noticed a smell of petrol in the oil when checking the level on the dipstick.

It was not that strong, but definitely there. I assume that this means that one, many or all of my newly cleaned injectors are leaking into the cylinders and running past the rings? Or was it just from the multiple starting attempts made when trying to get it going originally, and is nothing to worry about?
It was still spot on the right mark on the dipstick, so if it is leaking then it can't be a great deal. I used a Valvoline mineral oil (can't remember which one).

I assume that if it is a leak then it is a very bad thing, as it will strip the lubrication both from the cylinder walls and internally as well?

And it's gone for it's pre-rego roadworthy today. I have fingers, toes and eyes all crossed at the moment.