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Thank you I'll see if I can mill it down a bit

Hi all I have a got a replacement timing chain tensioner as mine exploded when the timing change flue out the engine before I got it, should the tensioner be free to move on the piston or should it be incredibly stiff, it is currently the latter. I had to removed the old sleeve from the piston...

Hi all I have a got a replacement timing chain tensioner as mine exploded when the timing change flue out the engine before I got it, should the tensioner be free to move on the piston or should it be incredibly stiff, it is currently the latter. I had to removed the old sleeve from the piston...

Hi all I have a got a replacement timing chain tensioner as mine exploded when the timing change flue out the engine before I got it, should the tensioner be free to move on the piston or should it be incredibly stiff, it is currently the latter. I had to removed the old sleeve from the piston...

Hi all I have a series 3 petrol, engine block, 3 bearing, that has to have new liners (because of deep groves and rust and were are over 0.040) how can I remove the liners and fit new ones on a tight budget? I was going to buy a removal tool but I there seams to be no liner visible from the...

I did run for a fue months like that with it 4 turns or something like that and got roughly the same fuel consumption but ill try it again

they are not thick with soot but they are slightly black.

they are not thick with soot but they are slightly black.

springs are handed so the driver side should be just a bit higher when empty. Is the distance between chassis mountings the same? Are the paribolics if so then welcom to the club most of us have that problem after 6 months. you could swap them over if it continues. where did they come from? did...

Hi there This is a simple one I think. I'm currently getting 6.2 mpg out of my series 3 with overdrive, its been like this for a year now. Before a like for like engine change I had 35-40 mpg!!!! but with the same carb. I have now had to rebuild this engine and there is no real improvement in...

Ok so the Head is off and a channel 22mm wide in the copper gasket between 3rd and 4th conformed the problem. But I suspect that the reason for this is a crack 1mm wide and deep in the head. it started in number 4 cylinder along one of the groves left by skimming the head. There is another crack...

here are the results of pressure testing the engine which has a 8:1 compression ratio. cylinder - Bar 1 - 2 2 - 2.5 3 - 0 4 - 0 Based on this it would appear that the head gasket has blown. I have ordered another one now, but do you...

Hi there I have 2 misfires on my petrol 2.25L. 3rd and 4th are not working at all i can take the HT leads off, replace them, replace the spark plugs, replace the coil or try any firring order on these two, but they just wont work! there is defenlty a spark and fuel. the only change recently is a...

I cut and merged after grinding the waxsol off and then non destructive sound testing (hammer) i replaced 25% of the chassis, and then failed the MOT on a 2x2" patch I tack welded under the load bed to take the load. Because they thought it was part of the chassis it had to be considered...

I have some how managed to do it. Using a mixture of the old and new bearings and making a bespoke selection for each journal, I have done it. Also I have found that some of the new bearings I tried were 010 or 020 bigger than standard size, even though they are marked the same. So a strong...

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That makes a lot of scenes about the bolts, thanks. The shell sizes are the same using calipers they are both 1.8mm thick I have lost my micrometre so that is the best I can do. but the originals are stamped with rover and the new are paddock spares standards. The caps I think are correct with...

Hi there I have removed my big ends due to knocking and found no white metal on the big end bearing on number 4 cylinder. Thus I have put in a new shell. The moment I try to tighten it up the engine wont turn over, or at all. I have used .010 at first then standard size but still no movement...

I'm also concerned that parabolic springs are not handed, and so surely they are bound to fail like this? Could i bye a heavy duty LWB rear right to compensate, or is this just over compensating?

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