Saving an S1

[WotnoV8]

Good to see you’re still making good progress. You must be feeling pretty pleased with what you’ve achieved.

[88S1]

WotnoV8 said:

Good to see you’re still making good progress. You must be feeling pretty pleased with what you’ve achieved.

Thanks. Yes good to see the fruits of your labour, just taking too long. Keep plodding away.

[88S1]

Handbrake checked and fitted along with driveshaft with new CV joints and gaiters. Slow and steady.

[WotnoV8]

“Slow and steady”
Yea, that’s how I drive mine
Seriously though, it’s looking good.

[magpies]

coming along nicely

[Sandgrounder]

Looking good Lee. I get mine back from X-Works TVR on Monday after some chassis repair work, but mine is not a patch on yours! Maybe one day when I am retired!!

[88S1]

Thanks for the replies, gearbox is at specialist getting refurbed, never driven car so no idea if it was ok or not, but didn’t fancy putting it all back in to find out there was an issue, but 80k + mileage I guess it deserves it anyway. Hopefully done this week.

Waiting on 8mm Barricade to arrive then will fit pump, filter and accumulator back on, then drop her back onto wheels and torque up all the running gear. Ordered a paint pen to ensure I don’t miss anything.

Then onto engine. Would like to replace heads with Unleaded type, but nothing come up yet on FB or eBay yet for the 2.8 Cologne.

Anyone bought a full engine gasket set that they can recommend?

And anything else i should replace, crank seals front and back, spigot bearing etc etc. Any product references would be much appreciated

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FULL-ENGINE-HEAD-GASKET...

https://www.bearingkits.co.uk/details.asp?ID=138

https://partsfortvrs.com/tvr-parts/part-details/tv...

https://partsfortvrs.com/tvr-parts/part-details/tv...

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[88S1]

Sandgrounder said:

Looking good Lee. I get mine back from X-Works TVR on Monday after some chassis repair work, but mine is not a patch on yours! Maybe one day when I am retired!!

I didn't have much choice as you've probably seen, it was definitely one for the breakers, its been hard to keep the refurb costs sensible, so spent a lot of hours doing the work myself where possible. At least you've had the summer out of yours, and its ready for spring, good time to get the repairs done. I need to push on with mine as we are moving offices to a place with no warehouse, so need to get as much done as i can ASAP.

[88S1]

Ooooh. Shiny things from Burton Power. What’s the thoughts, do the rubbers get a smear of copper grease before installing into the cups???

Edited by 88S1 on Tuesday 21st December 20:14

[Blue 30]

In reply to you looking for unleaded 2.8 cylinder heads.
The only ford factory unleaded 2.8 cylinder heads, were from 85-86 2.8efi MK3 Granadas. Good luck with finding any of those, and if you do, they're bound to be high mileage.
For getting yours refurbished including unleaded conversion. It's worth having a chat with...
cologneengines.com
They are at Darwen Lancs. They are Ford V6 specialists.
And you can't do much better than using Payen gaskets.
T.

[TwinKam]

88S1 said:

Ooooh. Shiny things from Burton Power. What’s the thoughts, do the rubbers get a smear of copper grease before installing into the cups???

Edited by 88S1 on Tuesday 21st December 20:14

On the threads, yes. On the rubber, no. If anything, perhaps if they're a tight fit, I'd use silicone grease or spray.

[88S1]

Blue 30 said:

In reply to you looking for unleaded 2.8 cylinder heads.
The only ford factory unleaded 2.8 cylinder heads, were from 85-86 2.8efi MK3 Granadas. Good luck with finding any of those, and if you do, they're bound to be high mileage.
For getting yours refurbished including unleaded conversion. It's worth having a chat with...
cologneengines.com
They are at Darwen Lancs. They are Ford V6 specialists.
And you can't do much better than using Payen gaskets.
T.

Thanks Terry, will give them a shout. How’s yours going, had much time out and about in it yet?

[88S1]

TwinKam said:

88S1 said:

Ooooh. Shiny things from Burton Power. What’s the thoughts, do the rubbers get a smear of copper grease before installing into the cups???

Edited by 88S1 on Tuesday 21st December 20:14

On the threads, yes. On the rubber, no. If anything, perhaps if they're a tight fit, I'd use silicone grease or spray.

They are not tight, sitting a few mm high due to the lip on the rubber, my query was more to do with avoiding any squeaking due to rubber on metal cups. Silicone spray sounds like a good plan. Thanks.

[Blue 30]

88S1 said:

Thanks Terry, will give them a shout. How’s yours going, had much time o about in it yet ?

Once the Dyno was completed, I got it mot'd etc.
Then managed just a couple of real 'on the road' local driving. I am very happy with the outcome. It's back on the ramp now, waiting on me to tick off a few residential and new 'to do' jobs. Hopefully ready to out run this bl**dy virus in the spring.
Thanks for asking. Yours is coming together nicely.
T.

[88S1]

Something for the weekend sir!

Full engine gasket set arrived, not Payen but look to be be good quality from a reputable supplier and delivered next day.

8mm Gates Barricade fuel pipe arrived. Need to get some S/S pipe clips.

Got gearbox back yesterday, new bearings, gaskets and seals fitted, and apparently gears in exceptionally good condition (Mint was the exact word used).

So plenty to crack on with over the festive period.

[88S1]

The old lump is nearly fully stripped down. No scoring to bores thank god, need to check crank bearings yet. But no surprises just yet. Sump had thick sludge at bottom, maybe never taken off and cleaned before.

Plenty of work ahead cleaning and painting the components and engine block before re-assembly.

[Granturadriver]

Instead of silicone for spraying, I would recommend silicone grease from the tube. The sprayed silicone is too thin and quickly disappears.

[88S1]

One rocker cover stripped. Got resigns of corrosion but Seems a shame to paint them. Do I just lacquer them.

What’s your thoughts people??

[TVR-Stu]

If they were mine I think I would go for powder coating.

If you like the brighter metallic type finish I am sure a decent powder coater will have a silver that will be along the lines of a bare metal look.

[phillpot]

Powder coat, but before you do cut off all those horrible HT lead clip brackets that are in the wrong places because TVR swapped the covers around