What's happening in your garage this weekend ?
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Too cold in the garage so as it looks like I'll be working from the home office for some time decided to brighten the place up. A new poster, mounted a few of my Wedge brochures, a few pictures of past and present cars owned plus the blue SEAC sign that came with my car and was the sign at Goodwood when the car was displayed there back in 2003.
Job for tomorrow. Bit of a clean up around the gasket area and lube spindle area as it's a bit sticky. Nice indoor job as weather looks crap for Sunday.
Waiting for a new cam from kent cams. Engine stripped ready for it.
Waiting for a new cam from kent cams. Engine stripped ready for it.
Edited by rev-erend on Saturday 6th February 17:05
Edited by rev-erend on Saturday 6th February 17:07
Following a thorough inspection a few issues have come to light on the 390SE which I've made a start to sort.
1. On the off side front engine mount one of the three mount bolts has sheared the head off. I'll get the bracket off and see how much thread is sticking out, and see if I can weld a nut on the remaining bit of bolt to get some purchase and remove it.
2. Front crank seal has sprung a leak. This was replaced about 5 years ago. Tried to get the crank pulley bolt undone this afternoon with a 24" extension bar and ended up bending the bar! New air ratchet gun now ordered so we'll see how that gets on...
3. Near side back/ top exhaust manifold bolt has sheared the nib on the cylinder head that it bolts to. About a 1cm bit has disappeared! Spoken to our professional in house welder who does aluminium as well as other fancy alloys and he reckons he can clean and replace the metal, with the head in-situ, so then I can carefully drill and retap the hole. I'll have to jack the engine up so I can get the drill at the right angle.
If any one has any top tips then please let me know. Cheers.
1. On the off side front engine mount one of the three mount bolts has sheared the head off. I'll get the bracket off and see how much thread is sticking out, and see if I can weld a nut on the remaining bit of bolt to get some purchase and remove it.
2. Front crank seal has sprung a leak. This was replaced about 5 years ago. Tried to get the crank pulley bolt undone this afternoon with a 24" extension bar and ended up bending the bar! New air ratchet gun now ordered so we'll see how that gets on...
3. Near side back/ top exhaust manifold bolt has sheared the nib on the cylinder head that it bolts to. About a 1cm bit has disappeared! Spoken to our professional in house welder who does aluminium as well as other fancy alloys and he reckons he can clean and replace the metal, with the head in-situ, so then I can carefully drill and retap the hole. I'll have to jack the engine up so I can get the drill at the right angle.
If any one has any top tips then please let me know. Cheers.
Re the crank nut, I undid mine with the bar front the trolley jack, its about 5 feet. Luckily I have a trigger wheel on the crank
so I held a screw driver against a slot in that wheel under the water pump housing to stop any movement with one hand and
put pressure on the 5 ft bar with the other.
so I held a screw driver against a slot in that wheel under the water pump housing to stop any movement with one hand and
put pressure on the 5 ft bar with the other.
Removed old cam and checked it against new
Managed to spill the bottle of cam lube on the floor whilst doing the tricky job of cam installation with the rad in situ. It can be done but it's tight. Damm that lube is messy to clean up.
Timed up cam. New vernier looks good.
Managed to spill the bottle of cam lube on the floor whilst doing the tricky job of cam installation with the rad in situ. It can be done but it's tight. Damm that lube is messy to clean up.
Timed up cam. New vernier looks good.
Edited by rev-erend on Monday 22 February 10:58
rev-erend said:
Great news.
Cam is now run in.
25 mins at 2500 rpm .. neighbours loved it.
Got to work through the snag list now ..
Rear brakes are very sticky, not sure its its regular brakes or the handbrake calipers.
Great progress. The rear brakes on my SEAC also keep dragging and it's the handbrake mechanism, which I rebuilt last year. The self adjuster just keeps adjusting... I've order a set of the Jaguar return springs which I'm going fit, to try and hold the brakes off the discs. Getting a bit fed up with the slight burning smell each time I park up! Cheers.Cam is now run in.
25 mins at 2500 rpm .. neighbours loved it.
Got to work through the snag list now ..
Rear brakes are very sticky, not sure its its regular brakes or the handbrake calipers.
Next job on the snag list for next weekend is to reseal my exhaust manifold of the passenger side
as its leaking and could be affecting my lambda readings.
I'm waiting for a supplier to have a set cut out of copper but he is taking forever despite my chasing so it
looks like high temperature silicon it is.
as its leaking and could be affecting my lambda readings.
I'm waiting for a supplier to have a set cut out of copper but he is taking forever despite my chasing so it
looks like high temperature silicon it is.
@ rev-erend
I see it mentioned here:
https://roverv8wildcatheads.home.blog/2019/04/
09/1989-tvr-450-seac-special-equipment-aramid-composite-5-3-litre-street-track-day-car/
I see it mentioned here:
https://roverv8wildcatheads.home.blog/2019/04/
09/1989-tvr-450-seac-special-equipment-aramid-composite-5-3-litre-street-track-day-car/
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