Recent content by JoMo1974
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Got hold of a grab rail for my 109 safari but got carried away with the theme when painting 🦓:vb-embarassed-laugh:
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Eureka! Thanks for that. I delved into the orifice with a screwdriver, punched through a wall of gunk and a dribble of the devil's own diarrohoea started to ooze out. A longer prodder was subsequently employed... and whoosh!
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That's what I thought until I took the whole thing out and saw the back of it (picture 4). Nothing's coming out of the stem if the back of it looks like that, right?
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Replying to myself now. Had cylinder head skimmed and a new helicoil put in to fix the bodge job done on cylinder 6 by a previous owner (common apparently, because access to the plug for cylinder six is obscured by the bulkhead).
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This is my rad. I've no idea if it's any good, unfortunately. Bu99er to get out (did it really need ~12 bolts?). Seems ok 🤷♂️
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I located the tap drain with the help of @marjon's link. Soaked in penetrating oil for a while. Tried to undo tap - snapped off immediately :rolleyes:
Got a spanner on the nut (can't quite figure out the need for the tap bit if there's a nut?). Removed it ok, but no coolant came out ❓
Does...
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Hi wise ones,
I was hoping someone might give me the lowdown on the existence (and location) of a coolant drain plug on the engine block of a straight six 2.6L?
I looked in the manual and had a brief poke about but nothing obvious jumped out.
Thanks, Josh
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Post clean-up picks for your delectation. Some pitting between 5 & 6.
I put a straight-edge on things - it looks to be ok but I've yet to get my hands on my dad's feeler gauges to be sure.
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Feels smooth to the touch FWIW
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There's what looks to be a mark of some sort but I don't know if that indicates gasket failure, happy to be educated :)
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I've read that oven cleaner generally contains stuff (sodium hydroxide etc) that eats aluminium so it might be ok on the piston heads but not sure about the cylinder head?
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Was running ok apart from cylinder 6
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Rynner's feeler gauges are very long, he knows it's warped ;). In fact he's probably assuming so since I didn't follow procedure in terms of loosening the bolts in order etc. He might be right, but yes it stands to reason it should be tested first.
Anyway, I assume that anyone able to deal with...
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Hello, it's me the hapless have-a-go mechanic again 😝
So the head is off. Photos below:
Any recommendations as to how to clean it up, or recommendations for machine workshops in the SW London/Surrey area? I think one of the plugs thread has a knackered helicoil in there, so I need...