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So modern fuels dont have the lubrisity of old fuels.
Ive heard of many people adding 2 stroke oil to the tank. ,,, At $20 a ltr , id rather have an extra 10 ltrs of diesel.
Now years ago I had an...

RELIEF,,,,,,The mark on harmonic balancer was an extra mark [looked exactly like TDC mark ] and the yellow marks on scossor gear were actually DD marks.
So as it had turned much more than I thought...

hI, That stuff is very good on petrol motors, diesels have twice the compression. The stuff explodes when the piston is only half way up,,, not good,,, way too early,,, knock the shit out of your...

Thanks, i will take on board what you all said,,,, theres been more than one time in my 67 yrs that ive said to myself. "That would have been fine if id left it alone"
That said what I intend to do...

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF MY FALABILITY
Although it seemed only high spots were clean, the fact was, that the dark places had not been cleaned enough.
I had been too gentle, not wanting to damage the...

Later in the day
removed the gear from camshaft,,, Hmm no hole in the back ,its a blind hole that holds the dowel. The broken off piece is still in there. Tappy Tappy ,bang bang , wont come out....

HOORAY. ,,,, Stupid me had not taken out the bolt that went through the top of the water pump, through the inner timing case and into the head. Thank goodness I had not used TOO much force at this...

Thanks Mudski, Looking at your pic made me rethink, not sure but maybe its frozen onto the front block to head locating dowel. It does seem to rock from a center closer to the passenger side, which...

Yes passenger windows went down, wont go up.
flip up armrest , remove screw, remove switch, disconnect switch so you can take it to bench or kitchen table.
Use small screwdriver on sides of switch...

Bought my 2004 GU second hand, so never knew how it felt from new. 350K
From previous experience I fitted boost and EGT gauges.
Cruising at 110 Ks/hr boost settled at 4psi , EGT around 450C,...

Hi I had a worn ring gear on an MGB years ago. It was beveled on one side only so could not flip. However the main wear was in two opposite sections. I put the whole thing in the fridge for a day,...

depends which gear has stripped also.
weather timing gears have stripped ,, or weather its the spirally gear on the end of the balance shaft.
easy enough to remove vacuum pump and inspect [imagine...

I understand the "head scratch" ,,, car owes me nothing, i can spend a bit. 2001 is it worth putting 3.5K parts in that will add no value ? Its in really good nick, dont want to scrap it....

Hi Beesee , frustrating, I know only too well
Diagnostics,,,,not sure so be carefull,, someone here correct me if im wrong
With ign. turned on find diag. plug. Using a thin wire short out the to...

Just replaced VP44 in my 2004 GU , which turned into a nightmare. Could have been very simple, if I had known this.
Got all the extras off, timing cover off, etc, nearly time to remove IP
The IP...