12 yr old with a Jaaaag!

[kamilb1998]

The head's finally come off, took some wrestling to get it out. I dragged my assistant in again as I just didn't have enough strength in me to pull it out of its awkward position.

[V8Triumph]

Excellent stuff

[kamilb1998]

Another picture of the head after a quick clean...

[kamilb1998]

Started putting it back together today. Got my assistant to help me get the head back on, and I managed to get the cam sprockets, chain, tensioner and distributor back in today.

[Lord Flathead]

Fantastic work. Taking the head off is a challenging job as the bolts are frequently seized. I enjoy reading this thread, so keep up the good work

[kamilb1998]

I spent about an hour today trying to get the chain tensioner in correctly today, and managed to half bolt the inlet manifold on. Should be back together by the end of the week!

[Lord Flathead]

Good stuff Kamil. Jagwaaars are not the easiest of cars to master mechanically, everything is big and heavy so if you can repair these you should be able to repair anything

[kamilb1998]

Cam sprockets are now properly in, took a couple of attempts but got there eventually, inlet manifold is now properly on, the air filter box, the air flow meter & the camcover is ready for primer. All it needs now is a torque wrench to get the exhaust manifold and the head torqued down. Dad said he will be able to bring one from work but now he can't so I'll ring some mates round tomorrow to see if I can borrow one off someone.

[williamp]

kamilb1998 said:

Cam sprockets are now properly in, took a couple of attempts but got there eventually, inlet manifold is now properly on, the air filter box, the air flow meter & the camcover is ready for primer. All it needs now is a torque wrench to get the exhaust manifold and the head torqued down. Dad said he will be able to bring one from work but now he can't so I'll ring some mates round tomorrow to see if I can borrow one off someone.

aldi sell them for (either) £15 or £25- I cant remember.

[dbdb]

Excellent efforts here Kamil, you're a clever lad.

[kamilb1998]

I borrowed a torque wrench off a mechanic friend today and got the head & exhaust manifold torqued down. I will be going to get coolant for it later today, and should hopefully have it running today as well. I'll get some pics and upload them tonight.

[kamilb1998]

dbdb said:

Excellent efforts here Kamil, you're a clever lad.

Thank you sir!

[kamilb1998]

It's running but not all's well. I started it up and noticed smoke coming out of the engine. I shut it down and saw oil having come out all over the engine bay. I started it up for a couple of seconds again and saw oil burbling out from around the upper tensioner. I got straight on the phone to Rob but he said that it's difficult to diagnose without seeing it. I unbolted the tensioner and found the body of it to have snapped but I can't seem to get the tensioner out now :S

[kamilb1998]

I don't know what was keeping it in but I gave it a wiggle this morning and it just pulled out! Now for the replacement part, would a secondhand item be OK or should I get a new one from somewhere like britishparts.co.uk?

[NateWM]

Go for a new part. Don't skimp on important parts lad!

[kamilb1998]

NateWM said:

Go for a new part. Don't skimp on important parts lad!

The thing is at the minute I can't afford a new part. I however found a used one of the revised tensioners on eBay for £15 so may get this temporarily and then get a new part when I have the money (around £80 incl. VAT & Postage)

[kamilb1998]

The eBay chain tensioner (one of the revised ones) arrived along with some Instant Gasket yesterday. I got it fitted today and I can safely say that Oliver is now properly fixed! I was a little nervous at first because there was smoke coming out from the exhaust manifold area at first but I had a look and it turned out to just be some oil left over on the manifold from when the tensioner let go, but I got him up to temperature and he stayed at a steady 90 degrees. I drove him up and down the close a couple of times and the power steering has come back, but the brake pedal has a little more travel than I remember it to.

Edited by kamilb1998 on Wednesday 9th November 19:00

[Westy Pre-Lit]

Well done that man Here's a well deserved

[S8QUATTRO]

Very impressed, good stuff. My first car was a 1984 Orange VW Polo when I was 15.

[Lord Flathead]

12 Year old buys Jaaaaag. Head gasket diagnosed then repaired by same. Restoration ongoing...

Garlic; can we please give this guy a PH feature?

He's talented and certainly deserves some big scale publicity as it makes good reading