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Post by Tight Git on Sept 11, 2008 14:22:38 GMT
Im sooooo Excited!!! Look What arrived in the post today!! My 12g295 Head!!      What a beast. its not until you get one you realise why there shape are better for combustion Ive got something else coming soon! so watch this space. |
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Post by Tight Git on Oct 25, 2008 14:45:07 GMT
OK, update,
Ive just bought Twin HS2's havnt pictured yet.
Going to go over to Swiftune have a word with them, probably end up with an SW5-07 cam shaft and Duplex timing etc.
Still having to think hard about the Dashboard work and the interior in general, hard to get that classic Works Rally Look,
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Post by Tight Git on Jun 10, 2009 13:22:02 GMT
Ok well the engine has moved on a little bit, Specs become a little more outragous, aquired a few goodies on the way, like..  and this  and these  So, this is the Donor Engine:  A very late 998 A+ engine, Milage covered: Unknown So i started pulling her apart until this:  Slowed me down considerably. But in the end the engine looks like this:   And i think the Crank nose looks in Bloody good nick,  The gearbox doesnt look that great...  What do guys make of those marks on the Gear teeth? i think some metals been floating around, wondering when i rip the box apart if im going to run into a "FUN" suprise!! Ohhh..and i forgot to mention i lost my temper with the Radiator and Engine mount bracket so i took my revenge with a grinder..  |
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Post by Stephen on Jun 10, 2009 22:09:20 GMT
the marks on the teeth are to identify different gear sets... they come like that!
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Post by Tight Git on Jun 11, 2009 8:27:55 GMT
Wow, thanks Stephen didnt know that! and i didnt notice it on the Moke's box, is it an a+ thing?
Relief though tell you that!
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Post by mccarefree on Jun 11, 2009 21:21:29 GMT
You wouldn't be the first to lose your temper with the rad mountings....though I've yet to cut one off! Installing rads/bottom hoses = personal Mini hate.....I guess most of us have one! M
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Post by Simon1275mpi on Jun 11, 2009 21:32:30 GMT
Good move with the megajolt!
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Post by Tight Git on Jun 11, 2009 23:54:24 GMT
I take it your a fan then Si?
Ive been looking into it for ages, and decided to take the plunge, i cant really see the down side of the system, its pretty much perfect for any type of mini and gets rid of those wet start issues and having a mappable ignition has to be a good move especially for squeezing more power out!! anyone else in the club got MJ?? wondering where they got their maps done..
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Post by Tight Git on Jun 12, 2009 0:00:21 GMT
Oh mate, Bottom hoses, they are just designed to test us, never have a i come accross something so hard to get at, and once you do get at it, something so d**n hard to undo! usually ends up in the Hack saw and a new hose!
This bracket was completely siezed it was an utter joke, tried everything, ended up with just a piece of metal cut off at the same level as the bracket but strecthing all the way through the Aluminium in the Gearbox, no matter how much i punched there was no choice, the grinder was the only option.
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Post by Tight Git on Jun 17, 2009 16:21:44 GMT
So my Gearbox Looked like this Yesterday Morning: And now this:    And i hope i remember where all this lot goes:   This is my Main Double Roller Bearing lucky i noticed that:  This top hat thing caused me a headache when the Haynes just says remove it, what they really mean is get a bigger hammer!  This was the wear underneath it, im not overly happy with it how bad does it look?  Also Removed my Oil gallery plugs, i just tapped them and when the tap reached the end of the bung the whole plug started to rotate i just kept turning and pulling and they popped out really easily! they had alot of muck behind them  This is the Oil gallery through the block when both plugs are removed  My diff losely put back together roll pin came out in the end, had to get the propper sized punch!!  So not to bad ive started to clean up the Gears and stuff, il get some pics on later how they look cleaned up! |
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Post by Tight Git on Jul 2, 2009 0:35:46 GMT
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Post by Tight Git on Jul 3, 2009 10:16:22 GMT
Ok so heres a list of what i replaced in the Gearbox
Reverse Idler (2nd hand good condition)
Main Shaft (2nd hand good condition)
4x Baulk rings the Genuine ones that cost an arm and a leg
3rd gear Bearing
2nd Gear bearing
Roller Bearing that supports 4th Gear
Both Layshaft Bearings
Hardened Layshaft
Centre Oil Pickup
Double Roller Bearing (that to was an arm and a leg)
1 idler bearing, i dont really see how im going to get the other one out from the case.
So hopefully i'l have a lovely Smooth gearbox that will put up with a bit of abuse.
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Post by Tight Git on Jul 11, 2009 22:52:21 GMT
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Post by Tight Git on Sept 3, 2009 16:12:43 GMT
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Post by Tight Git on Dec 8, 2009 14:38:59 GMT
had some machine work done, Well here is the first part: Here's the Crank:     Here are the Con rods:     Balancing marks:  Centre Main Strap  Centre Main bearing machining  Put together  The block will be coming later..what do we think? |
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