Sisu Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 The banger rally cars here in Finland, the Fiat 600s, they cut a Punto 6 speed to an ATV Diff, lathe it flat, then bolt a bell housing to it. Instead of trying to find a finite supply of 60's parts. They also use Quad/side by side CVs too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Tamer Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I am loving this build and all your fine craftmanship. Interesting about the cooling fluid and gasket coating and hopefully you get away with it. I may have a similar problem with the intake gasket I got with the new intake. I had it sitting in a cardboard box with some paper in there as well and it caught fire from a welding blob. It seems to have been coated with a paint which is now partially burnt off now. So it is probably not going to seal now. Bit annoying. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 29 minutes ago, Tiger Tamer said: I am loving this build and all your fine craftmanship. Interesting about the cooling fluid and gasket coating and hopefully you get away with it. I may have a similar problem with the intake gasket I got with the new intake. I had it sitting in a cardboard box with some paper in there as well and it caught fire from a welding blob. It seems to have been coated with a paint which is now partially burnt off now. So it is probably not going to seal now. Bit annoying. Wipe off with lacquer thinner and copper gasket spray 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Bought some sealwel today so hpefully its as good as they say. Will report back. Plenty of other stuff to crack on with anyway. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbeam Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Got told about the plain water thing by my mate who’s much more experienced than me. I would have done the same thing as you did otherwise. Shit that engine sounds good! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Plain water one is new to me. I have seen it written that some like to do the first start dry and run until just hot enough to melt the glue coating. Judging that makes me twitchy… Alternatively run plain water and cap off so the system can’t be pressurised? Certainly it is true that antifreeze is good at creeping through any gaps Hope it can be resolved without additional effort and expense! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 When I put the rebuilt engine into the Dynafari the engine builder said to run plain water for 500km or so, must be something in it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I was always told by my old boss and the engine machine shop we used to run plain water only until 50k after re-torque (we mostly worked on old school cars), then coolant. The MLS gaskets I've more recently fitted are a "minimum of 400km" using plain water. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Another benefit of plain water is cleaning up after finding all the leaks 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Yeah, but you don’t find all the leaks…, because antifreeze makes leaks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Evil green stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.e.d. Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 @yoeddynz I'm your 200th YooToob subscriber.. do I get a prize? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 Congratulations @j.e.d. ! When I open my youtube apparel store you will be receiving a pair of Yellowhammer logo embroided socks 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 On 01/02/2024 at 22:21, ThePog said: When I put the rebuilt engine into the Dynafari the engine builder said to run plain water for 500km or so, must be something in it. no theres nothing in it, just plain water. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 18 minutes ago, flyingbrick said: no theres nothing in it, just plain water. Ba dum tish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 On 02/02/2024 at 08:55, yoeddynz said: Evil green stuff Kills pets too. Won't somebody please think of Kevin. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost_bryan Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 7 hours ago, dmulally said: Kills pets too. Won't somebody please think of Kevin. I thought he only drank lattes? 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Because posh cat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.e.d. Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 my brain hurts. a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 It's OK. It'll settle down. Mine has. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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