102 replies to this topic

[DannyTip]

Owch.  Where did you get the engine from? Who 'rebuilt' it?

[BlackJester]

Holy sh*t comes to mind lol depending on crank pisyons ect dont look too bsd considering.

[Nick Warwick]

Aaaaand boom goes the dynamite







Not naming no names on who built it at the moment, but i am pretty peed off right now because i have been lied to.

[cal844]

ouch!!

[MIGLIACARS]

name and shame.

 

has this engine ever run, or is it a fresh build.

did you pay a company to build it.

 

 

if you need a crank pm me

[sonikk4]

The whole thing looks a mess. Not good at all.

[Nick Warwick]

Name and shame will come but not yet.

Engine has never run and has had new big and small engine bearings hmmmmmmm. Cant seem to get the cap off on the crank pulley side even with a gentle tap, one side seems to be locked on the location tab.

Can somebody help me with that bearings i need to buy? Its all new to me

[MIGLIACARS]

Big ends and main bearing and prob thrusts

 

You need to measure the journals to see if they have been ground.

if the crank is standard then standard size bearing.

if the crank has been ground 10 then plus 10 bearings and so on.

 

you will now need to check the crank for marks, if it has marks on the journals it will need grinding assuming it will take a grind.

 

 

is it a metro turbo engine.

[MIGLIACARS]

Is that grease I can see all over the drop gears.

 

Do you know it has s/c drops

[Nick Warwick]

As far as i know mate the crank is standard but i will make sure.
Yeah its a metro turbo.

I will let you know if i need a new crank, hopefully not!

[Nick Warwick]

Is that grease I can see all over the drop gears.
 
Do you know it has s/c drops

Yeah i was told it did have them fitted, supposed to have no grease?

[MIGLIACARS]

no grease. they run in engine oil.

that would have mixed with hot engine oil and gone all round the engine. when building them build oil is used. not grease.

you need to check the primary gear make sure the bushes are good, front and back.

 

 

who s s/c drops are they??????????

 

what box was used?????

 

did the same guy build the box??????????/

as it will need looking at.

[Nick Warwick]

Yeah i did think it was strange them being covered in grease, i will get them cleaned up.
Gear box looks fine and standard with just a xpin diff which spins freely, as far as i know the box wasn't rebuilt (fingers crossed)

Just going to measure the crank now.

[GraemeC]

You'll need to strip the timing gears etc off and remove the two screw behind the crank pulley to remove the main bearing cap at the front of the engine.

Also - it looks like a pre-verto flywheel bolt was used, no wonder it wasn't tight. With the right bolt the socket fitting won't be a problem.

[Nick Warwick]

You'll need to strip the timing gears etc off and remove the two screw behind the crank pulley to remove the main bearing cap at the front of the engine.
Also - it looks like a pre-verto flywheel bolt was used, no wonder it wasn't tight. With the right bolt the socket fitting won't be a problem.

Ah right didnt know that held the cap in place thanks.

Hahahaha it just gets better and better, is the preverto bolt bigger hence the reason you cant get a socket over it when its close to getting tight due to the flywheel boss?