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yeah. it turns out that a 6 week or so lead time is just to cover their ass if there wasn't any at the factory. was here end of last week. then i had to take the conrods over to plymouth on monday to have them reamed out to the correct clearance. then tuesday through thursday i worked 20 hour days s...

bit of progress this afternoon.... http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/freelance111/mr2/engine%20v6/back%20out%20she%20comes/image_zpspalnvip9.jpeg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/freelance111/mr2/engine%20v6/back%20out%20she%20comes/image_zpsvzad9eqi.jpeg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums...

if i couldnt get the drain bolts off the pipes then id cheat and pop one of the pipes off at the engine end and stuff a airline in there with rags to seal it, itll blow all the old coolant out .

2 and a bit years ago i bought a house that needed renovation. as such i could only get a small mortgage on it and i still had do do about £10ks worth of work to it. this month i finished paying one of the loans off so i thought id treat myself to a congratulatory present. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/...

Get that area wire wheeled and coated in some rust converter like hammerite kurust or something similar then paint. Only problem will be there is little you can do to preserve the inside of the sill so just do your best to get some kurust on the surfaces on the inside. you can, get a waxoyl gun and...

i love your work lamp

about a fiver :) and silicone is free, i nick it off work :) i always thought it was the tbar seals, two reasons, its always the tbar seals and also because the LOOK knackered. i was just making sure i aligned the door right when i put it back on. it would have been annoying to 'fix' the seals then ...

so with so long to wait for the engine bits ive been fiddling with a few items on my to do list.... number 1 was my wet bum every time its parked outside in the rain. i was assuming the problem was with the t bar seal but i wanted to know for sure. a smoke machine turned up on facebook nearby for no...

when i did my alternator i happened to have the rear crossmember and suspension strut off the car. it was a 10 min job to get the alternator off. if i did it again i would definitely take the crossmember off for access, it doesnt take long and it makes is easy.

Lauren wrote:

jimi wrote:

I have to say that as an electrician that picture is somewhat scary

The bit of angle was aluminium.

you are aware that aluminium conducts electricity too right?

crank now fitted clearances checked and found to be ok, oil pump stripped, i then inspected and replaced the failed pressure relief valve (seized solid slightly open, yet another reason why it went bang) and fitted replacement rotors and re assembled. (tricky one that, it looks like you can shove it...

does anyone know if the 3s-fe and 3s-ge sumps are interchangable?

well look what just arrived from the good ol' us of a. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/freelance111/mr2/engine%20v6/back%20out%20she%20comes/image_zpsux4bmdqr.jpeg so just need the little end bushes to arrive (could only find one set in usa and he wanted $13 x6 for them plus $60 postage... :s...

so thanks to a very kind donation from a guy on twobrutal, i now have a replacement crank, block, pistons and conrods (and a fair few other bits including a set of head gaskets...) so i am going to start the rebuild soon. well, once ive waited 6 weeks for the little end bearings to arrive from japan...

ive just finished stripping my block down to put it in the back of my car and ive discovered the root cause of the blowup. oil starvation. some monkey had been in there before me and the oil pump was full of silicone, on top of that the big end bearing had been fitted wrong on the two end cylinders....

umm. bu88er. she dead. 2 snapped conrods, gouges in the crank, god knows what damage it did to the bores on the way out. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/freelance111/mr2/engine%20v6/back%20out%20she%20comes/image_zpsy7bfrkep.jpeg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/freelance111/mr2/engine%...

ive been investigating and it might not be as bad as i thought. watch this space...

http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/b ... with-bleed
problem solved

well that went well. was on my way to padstow (25mins away) and i happened to look in rear view to see lots of blue smoke. mostly on the overrun. o goody, the rings have gone. joy. no biggy, theres plenty of oil in it and im only 2 mins away, ill carry on. 30secs later. knocknocknock. big end has go...

i have a feeling i couldnt find that bush either iirc....