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BeArDy
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7th Jan 12 at 19:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Where you think the swarf came from which jammed the relief valve?

I make/sell Nylon Relief Valves aswell for XE's and LET's
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Nylon Relief Valves want just putting in the bin they are poo




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Originally posted by philip2
same happened with my 1600 when relief had jammed, blued 3 rods, spun bearings and knackered crank.


is this not because you sandblasted the rockacover and filled the oil pump up with sand

BHP vaux
bigron1988
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cleaned up some of the parts to make sure no swarf was anywhere



drilled and tapped the inlet for the water fitting



and greg and greame dixon went for a road trip and stoped of at steveboyslims for me to collect some bits

2.0 head gasket



8v baffle plate and bottom end gasket kit



head gasket set



shims that sit in the buckets not on the valves



steel rods



arp rod bolts



0.25 oversize bigend bearings



modified pick up pipe



z let pump





just need the piston rings that should be here on tues/wed and the main bearings which steve is posting me
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7th Jan 12 at 22:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Be back ripping it up in no time
dragon2309
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whats the extra water barb for mate? quick progress though, keep it up
dannyboy17
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good to see the rebuild starting quickly
bigron1988
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Inlets have one that comes out the back and mine has been blocked off up till now
philip2
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greg - that was forst time even though i did drill breather out rocker to wash out, but 2nd time i put a guage in and changed o/p 3 times all ended up sticking even with polishing relief. o/p guages tend to be engine savers.
Nic Barnes
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how much did the pick up and the zlet pump cost you out of interest?
DERV-POWER
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may be worth fitting one of these http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Product.do?method=view&n=1282&p=16365&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Base&utm_campaign=Switches
TimC909
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Nic theyre £300 from steveboyslim
Nic Barnes
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ouch thats quite a lot. will see if i can get a pick up modded myself. can get a new pump and std pipe from vauxhall for about 180-200
bigron1988
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quote:
Originally posted by DERV-POWER
may be worth fitting one of these http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Product.do?method=view&n=1282&p=16365&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Base&utm_campaign=Switches





just found out my stack oil pressure gauge has this feature on it so will look to set it up



nic as tim says £300 for the pump and pick up
harvey_1066
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9th Jan 12 at 12:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
can you remember how long your fuel lines were from your pump to your injection manifold? as im planning carbs but just a bit un'certain as to how much i should order,
Jed D
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9th Jan 12 at 16:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
some mint work in here
is it true that them arp bolts need replaced once they are removed though??
connollygt30
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Such a shame mate,good to see you still have some love for it though and are cracking on with it,its episodes like this that put me off LET's
bigron1988
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9th Jan 12 at 21:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
this is to be expected tho when going over the 500bhp mark tho




old rod v new rod



gearbox has had a respray



took oil cooler of to clean it



bolts have been cleaned up and have orded some arp assembly lube



took out the 2 grub screws to get to the oil gallery on the back

cambelt end


gearbox end



power washed the block for about 30 mins lol, made sure no swarf was left inside



then airline



and 2 tins of brake cleaner lol



and painted block
dannyboy17
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9th Jan 12 at 21:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lots of progress, good work
taylorboosh
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nice work, no hanging about
DansCorsaSXi
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9th Jan 12 at 21:25   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Block looks matey,still thinking if to do mine silver or black.

Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread

Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
taylorboosh
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it will stay black longer
bigron1988
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got to be silver mate to go with the gearbox
taylorboosh
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lol at you cleaning bits already, should never have took it out in rain
DansCorsaSXi
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Hmmm.

Silver will deffo look better at first,clean looking but black will be better in the long run for when it gets abit mucky. :/

Don't know what to do.

Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread

Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
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I've gone black for that very reason

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