Well yesterday turned out to be a good day was working on Harry painting & cleaning then Karen came home from work after picking up the new piston rings YAY so after we had lunch i went & fitted the rings all was great & i put them in the block with karen giving me a hand & we got em all in & was fine.Then when we went to tighten them up it all started to turn to **** big time , Did the front ones up & SNAP they broke before i even got to the 35 lbs WTF so i did the rest & the number 5 bore did the same WTF..Wen took the piston the the engine shop to get it measured with microters they said GEES ya barrings are in real good nic are ya sure ya needed rings & thats what i thought thats why i used them again..The only thing i can think of is that theres something wrong with the barrings as the caps went on quiet easy by hand so i dont think there was any squish as such on them & they where just steal on steal so that caused them to break..
Now yes I'm a diesel mechanic BUT im used to working on detroits, Cummins & volvo engines not small car engines But i know enough to get myself outa trouble , I would rather crawl over a truck or huge dozer then any car ..I feel at home with a big diesel..
Now today Karen took my car to work about 20 mins after she left she rang me to say she was bringing the car home cause its not running again WTF ..Its like its running on 4 outa 6 cylinders. so wen karen came home i moved harry around so i could put it up there aswell ..So i jumped staight onto the ignition thinking well that has to be it , NUP cleaned all the plugs & the dizzy cap none of which wherent bad at all bugga all build up on plugs or the cap.. So wen i started it after cleaning them all up it was worse & theres a knock coming from somewhere but i doubt it would be the main or rod barrings as there where all replace as there was a huge knock in the engine when we first put the engine in so we replaced then with brandnew ones only to find out it was the oil pickup getting hit by the crank or one of the rods cant remember now.. The oil pickup is broken in that the little bolt on the side that holds it still has broken , not the bolt but the bracket from the pickup..We should never of registered the car with that engine as when we did it we where worse off with money so had to use what we could find.. Now the bolts that hold the clutch onto the flywheel wherent very good but with burring the threads on the bolts & using lots of locktite they have stayed there..
Now i know or knew i would have to replace the clutch & flywheel at some stage..At the same time Harry needs a new clutch completely aswell as trying to sort out the con rod bolts snapping..
ITS like Karen said we are at breaking point we have gone 2 steps forward only togo 50 backwards..Everytime something does finaly go right for us IT turns around & bites us in the ass bigtime..
So im ready to completely get rid of them both now & just get some cheap small car crap thing..
Karens job was to only be 2 maybe 3 days aweek but its turned into 5 days & its not what she wanted & was going to finish up once harry was a bit further done & just keep her cash jobs which would be 3 days a week..
But as it is now we now have one good car (green one) & 2 ****ed engines & a car that runs out of rego in about 4 weeks & wont get past again nor do we want to get it past as it is completely stuffed & would cost so much just to get it past..All 4X4 are going to buy it off us when it runs out..
So i recon the last 2 days have been probably the lowest for me in a very long time ..
So anyone wanna buy a couple of series landys..
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I rang Banj to offer to pay for them and thank him for his generosity and he said "no", they only cost $5 at the Cheap Shop, don't worry about it. A BIG PUBLIC THANKYOU BANJO!!!
Oh, nearly forgot, for those who are following the "Harry Highback" thread in the Pinnacles under the Series 3 Subsection. Harry is the ninth LandRover rebuild for Banjo. NINE REBUILDS, I couldn't believe it!!!!
Originally Posted by Ausfree
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