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Blacky wrote:

FireKraka wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:33 pm Hey Blacky maybe you need that engine that Brett27 has shown a couple of times

It sure is purty but I have one half done in the shed

Why do I believe this statement 100%?



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Trev wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:19 am
Why do I believe this statement 100%?



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The motor in the ute has been crook for 12 months or more Trev, this has just accelerated the rehab program

Blacky wrote:

Trev wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:19 am
Why do I believe this statement 100%?



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The motor in the ute has been crook for 12 months or more Trev, this has just accelerated the rehab program

I mean having “half finished stuff in your shed”.


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Trev wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2024 10:46 pm
I mean having “half finished stuff in your shed”.


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Oh - NOW i get it

Any idiot can do one project at a time - it takes a special kind of idiot to tackle multiple projects at once

Head has been ported and skimmed , valves backcut and ready to reassemble after it has been for a bath






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Block has been stripped , oil galleries cleaned up and dedagged , honed up nicely which is pretty amazing seeing as its stock bore - now need to find a set of stock rings for it


Both head and block modified to suit a Harv special gasket as well as- found out the stock holes aren’t central to the hole in the gasket so used a die grinder rather than a drill to enlarge them.
The whole lot will go in the robowash tomorrow then hopefully back together on Tuesday night


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New engine going together- crank is in after much fettling and bad language- my mate who is the brains of the outfit is a Frod guy and he is NOT a fan of rope seals - and he made me VERY aware of that



End float is now much closer to the money



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Good stuff Blacky,

I still have that burning oil smell in my nostrils after the Nats! The funny part was when you overtook in front of me and Mr plod was coming the other direction, engulfed in plume of smoke, didn't even flinch !!!

Could you not modify and replace the rope oil seal ? There was talk on Mercedes or something like that ?

Greg

This motor has the Mercedes seal in it - had it soaking in oil for probably 3 months but it was still as hard as goats knees ….

Bottom end all done today



Was scrounging through the shed looking for a timing cover seal and found these old manifold gaskets - probably full of asbestos so they should work a treat




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Deadly!?


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Good to see you getting the Ute engine back together mate.

Loaded her up and took her down for a clean today, took a garage creeper and got underneath and pressure cleaned from bumper to bumper






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Great progress Blacky.
The Ute should be ready for next weeks Dunn run at this rate.

Finished cleaning underneath today and started getting all the bits cleaned up and ready to refit
Up in the air ready to clean

Bench a bit of a mess


Cleaned up pretty good seeing it’s been on the road for 15 years since the paint was done




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