SOHC Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 The angle of the lever on the gearbox is at the wrong angle, it’s in N now, I thinks it’s some shitty ford thing because I think the other gearbox is the same, probably to get the the thing to stay in gear because it’s hard to get it out of 2nd and top 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 I am pretty fucked off, it’s all together now apart from exhaust and fan but I found out the sump was dipped in something that fucked the new dipstick boss gasket and it’s now loose on the rivets, also it’s going to cost almost $400 for the stupid oil line fittings, I will try and do something elce for the oil lines because I don’t want to remove the brass fittings from the block and shit to fall down inside, I know little about pipe fittings 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted June 16, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2021 I put this all back together now, I just fired it up and ran it at a 1500 rpm for 20 mins, a few head studs are leaking, when I re torque them I will pull each one out and put some sealer on it, it has around 40 PSI oil pressure witch is good for 30w oil and the kind of pump I am using, after I seal the head studs I will run it again and then change the oil to something elce. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 This has all ways sounded like an XR8 with the super Coby’s I am thinking of going to a 10” straight through Coby to get A more mean farting sound 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 I sealed each head stud, back it off with the power bar, put lock 2 nuts on the stud, extract stud, clean, apply sealer, install stud, remove lock nuts, fit washer and nut and re torque X 48 times. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted June 17, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2021 I got this $10 garden sprayer and tied the safety valve shut with wire and filled it with engine oil, had it putting out almost 60 PSI, forced about 1L of oil into the oil system wire turning the engine with a ratchet, and I could hear it bubbling inside 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted June 19, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2021 Went for a road test, it’s going well, gear stick is a cunt and I have to put the short one back on as I can’t get it into reverse as it hits my knee, It’s a bit strange I drove this for so long and got use to things and not it’s all different now with different sounds, new gearbox is much more quiet and engine has way more punch and is x10 smoother, so I gess I will sip the floor out and change the shifter 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted June 23, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2021 I went for a about a 30 minute drive then drained the oil, there was nothing in the oil but when I cut the filter open there is some bigend bearing metal, they are copper lead full floating type, I guess they have stopped shedding anything because the oil was clear and it was just in the filter, just hope everything is happy and it was just from the running in? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted June 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2021 It’s got a bit of a cakel to it now, I put castrol edge 25w50 oil and went for a drive 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 Shitty shit, I gess I have to take the motor out and return it, I have come to the conclusion that after the amount of money I have spent on it it would be stupid not to have a look inside and check the bearings 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Hit it hard at lunchtime 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Fuck this shit, I bet the engine builder will want me to pay for this? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted June 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2021 Engine is all good, all the bearing caps have been removed and bearings removed, no damage, particals were just from some slight rubbing wile running in, it has the heavy duty brengun carrier rod bearings 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 The top photo is the old gearbox and bellhousing, I had a gasket in between the bellhousing and gearbox but I didn't do this with the new one when I milled everything up the casting wasn't as good and I think its weeping a tiny bit of oil out of those 3 holes for the shift fork rods into the dents in the casting witch works its way down and into the inside of the bell housing and makes a drip of oil under the car, this is disappointing because I fitted a new seal and gasket to the font bearing retainer, If this is the case i will just ignore it. Other than that it is going very well. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 Gearbox is out, oil is definitely coming from those shift rods, a gasket will fix that, when I drained the oil it was full of brass, Gearbox needs to be fully stripped now. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 I got the gearbox back they totally stripped it and sed it looked really good as if it had been rebuilt recently and they sed they couldn't find any problems, it cost $100 for the job. I put some epoxy in the bad casting witch was causing the oil leak in the bellhousing. Should i put a gasket or silicon inbtween the bellhousing and gearbox or a gasket? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted April 2, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2022 Got this back together a wile ago, gearbox was stripped and inspected and was fine, got a new drive shaft made, now all gearbox oil leaks are fixed apart from where it weeps from the sector in the top cover but I am not worried about that, misfire was a loose vacuum line to the distrubtor, thats fixed, onto the 3rd oil pressure gauge now as they keep failing, going to fit an industrial one soon as automotive ones are total crap. I have been so sick I have not been able to do much, its like tighten 4 bolts then go to bed. 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 I have had a problem with coolant seeping out of the head studs, I took each stud out as I re torqued the heads and put on some locktite thread sealer, this did not work with the aftermarket studs, I am going to put silicon on the threads and also use copper spray on the gaskets this time, I would have used if i built the engine anyway. This engine was never intended to use antifreeze, my 1938 motor didn't mind it but I think that thing had alot of internal rust sealing it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted May 21, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2022 All back together now, its a huge amount of work to remove all the studs and clean everything and seal and install all 48 studs. I will heat cycle it once and re torque the next day, then drive it up and down the road then re torque it the next day and keep doing that till they settle down, probably have to do it 4 times. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share Posted September 10, 2022 I am going to have to remove the engine and take it back to the guy who built it, its losing oil pressure totally sometimes, i have 2 gauges one befor the oil filter and one after, both are showing the same pressure and some times it fluctuates dramatically, the only thing I can think of is the oil pump drive on the back of the cam witch is pressed on has come loose. I pinned both of the gears in the pump. I should of got him to pin that one. I dont want to pay him any more money, I have had to take the heads off and fit new gaskets because he didn't seal the studs. 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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