Land barge

yeah im might deck my for edition

peter_bfc wrote:

yeah im might deck my for edition

minty "TIMMY" wrote:

I'm also planning dumping mine down for ed38......that's if I can unstick the rear coils cus they seized up,time for some bike chain oil

Dooooo it, get the wire brushes out.

peter_bfc wrote:

yeah im might deck my for edition

You gonna deck that lorry I saw you in the other day?

nah the lorrys cheating its on air

peter_bfc wrote:

nah the lorrys cheating its on air

Oi don't say horrible things about air!!!

It might hear

peter_bfc wrote:

nah the lorrys cheating its on air

Haha, how do you get to the back struts on these big old estates?

Dashworth wrote:

peter_bfc wrote:

nah the lorrys cheating its on air

Oi don't say horrible things about air!!!

It might hear

You getting air dashosaurous?

Mat wrote:

You getting air dashosaurous?

Pending my compensation claim, yes

Mat wrote:

peter_bfc wrote:

nah the lorrys cheating its on air

Haha, how do you get to the back struts on these big old estates?

inside the boot. you have to take the carpet out that cover the wheel arch bit, but that is tucked under all the plastic trim so you should remove all of that first but i just ripped mine out coz i couldnt be bothered removing all the plastics

Dashworth wrote:

Mat wrote:

You getting air dashosaurous?

Pending my compensation claim, yes

injurylawyers4u?

peter_bfc wrote:

Mat wrote:

peter_bfc wrote:

nah the lorrys cheating its on air

Haha, how do you get to the back struts on these big old estates?

inside the boot. you have to take the carpet out that cover the wheel arch bit, but that is tucked under all the plastic trim so you should remove all of that first but i just ripped mine out coz i couldnt be bothered removing all the plastics

Probably will use your method

My newly acquired £50 powerhouse, lets see how long that will last

Well after getting the new engine was time to put it in and see if it worked


Aftermath of the head had left the engine bay looking like a war zone




Jacked her up




Stopped to gawp at this



Cracked on, shafts out



Gearbox out




Disconnected everything undone the mounts and..... ta daaaaa engine out



Well dropped out



New and old side by side



Finally new one all in and plugged up



Well the the engine started first time only problem is there is a problem when accelerating its like driving with the handbrake on!



Turns out the hall sender is fudged so putting the distributor from the old engine in tonight, was seized in though so have left it to soak in WD40, hopefully that fixes the issue then I can crack on with coilovers.

Wow..... Do you want to come up to the barn one day and help with cherry? That's amazing Matt!!!!

Dashworth wrote:

Wow..... Do you want to come up to the barn one day and help with cherry? That's amazing Matt!!!!

Wouldn't mind coming up for a butchers, can't take all the credit had help plus it was easier being the same engine was just a case of remembering where everything went

good work mat i know who ill be calling next time i need a hand doing something

Well said pete,I might need some help too

nice one MMAAAAATTTTTAY

you do love a learning curve dunt ya ??

I bet you check your water bit more now ..............


good work tho if dude pionts existed i would give you some X

peter_bfc wrote:

good work mat i know who ill be calling next time i need a hand doing something

minty "TIMMY" wrote:

Well said pete,I might need some help too

dapperdan wrote:

nice one MMAAAAATTTTTAY

you do love a learning curve dunt ya ??

I bet you check your water bit more now ..............


good work tho if dude pionts existed i would give you some X

Cheers guys! Would love to give you guys a hand just drop a message here if your planning a spanner day, I did get a lot of help with my engine so I'm no pro just good at removing things then hoping everything goes back together properly

Dan water is getting checked on a daily basis at the moment

Hahaha be careful youll turn into me, when my wheel fell off I checked it everyday after changing the hub pretty much till the day I sold it

PARANOIA ..... seeing as your a complete wheel whore matt find me a set 15 or 16, preferably something with a bit of girth

Haha will do mate!

I was beginning to go off the idea of banded steels but a friend of my parents has given me some food for though. Basically I can get steels banded for silly money.

Meeting him tomorrow at 12 so I'll let you know how it goes. If you don't want Bandeds I'll still keep an eye out bud

chenn wrote:

Haha will do mate!

I was beginning to go off the idea of banded steels but a friend of my parents has given me some food for though. Basically I can get steels banded for silly money.

Meeting him tomorrow at 12 so I'll let you know how it goes. If you don't want Bandeds I'll still keep an eye out bud

Interesting how did it go?

Well in my last update I said I was swapping the distributor over from the old engine to remove the hall sender problem. As the old engine was not in a car and just sitting in my mates garden and soaked in wd40 for the last 4 days It came of fairly easy.


Distributor by Mat.Walker, on Flickr

Then tried to remove the one from the current engine which had not been removed for a long time and had rusted it self to the block also the lack of space in the bay was a pain in the arse, started by drowning it in wd40 and hitting it from side to side to get the wd40 in.

then went to town with a set of slip grips.


Oops by Mat.Walker, on Flickr

distributor won that.

So i got some bigger slip grips and some man up and finally got it out.

Put the new dizzy in turned her on went for a drive and car was still driving flat. checked the timing on the flywheel and it was jumping all over the shop

Plugged it in to diagnostics nothing came up, cleaned all the earths still nothing worked.

Then had a little look at the dizzy again found the problem.


Culprit.... by Mat.Walker, on Flickr

See it? A very tiny crack on the rotor arm, by the time that was found everywhere was shut so now I have to wait till monday to buy a new one and to be honest it might not fix the problem, car is driving like a pig conks out everytime I use first gear has no power at all sad times

Midnight motors in Watford would have been open pal.

Watford is about 30 miles away from me, asking as I can get to work tommorow should be sorted.