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Had a go a a few more things today.. 

 

The crossmember that supports the gearbox was fun to remove, but a get few taps with the n01 tool got it free.. 

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Threw everything at it, inluding the kitchen sink, it yielded luckily the chassis didn't collapse, not looking forward to refitting that is for sure. ;) 

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Cats/downpipes out next. 

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Currently struggling with the tin heatshields that LR decided to use, absolute pain the ass, temped to just rip the fuckers off, but I want to do a good job so struggling is the name of the game! :);) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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After hours of sweating and swearing at them, the dreaded shields are off.. 

they gave one hell of a fight, but they yielded to a hammer and screwdriver eventually ;) 

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Next down the list is the bi hex 12mm bolts that hold on the manifolds.... 

 

Tight as shit they are, hopefully they don't strip.. ;)

 

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Got a bit further today..

Upper intake manifold removed along with the coils and HT lead spaghetti. ;) 

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Then the manifold itself, the fuel line in the back is a pain in the arse to get at, but got it off eventually ;) :) 

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Valley gasket out next just two 13mm or 1/2 inch bolts. 

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Rocker shaft removed next. 

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Pleased to see the old V8 is nice and clean inside, quite a few of these usually have a coating of carbon/sludge on everything not too bad for 140,000 miles. 

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Couldn't resist a quick peak at the cam followers while I was there, no wear on them at all... :);) 

Another rarity for the RV8 :) 

Excuse the potato grade photo. 

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I've run a straight edge across the face and they definietly aren't concave.. ;) :) 

Camshaft looks reasonable too. :)

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Next up heads off. :)

 

Oh and the HG is weeping from the front water galleries too... 

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Happy i'm doing it to be fair, it's not putting up too much of a fight either. :) 

 

At the moment LOL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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12 hours ago, Matty said:

Absolutely clean as a whistle that bugger. Must've been well cared for even before you got it.

Agreed - looks really good inside!

My old blue RRC was full of nasty black gunge in the rocker boxes and looked like it had been on 60 Rothmans a day.

As far as I can remember from investigating this job when my P38 turned into Old Faithful, the exhausts / hateshields are the hardest bit. Obviously there's a ton of gubbins to remove around the plenum on these later cars too, but hopefully it'll all be just nuts n bolts for you now. Not planning on a hotter cam / tubular manifolds whilst you're in there?

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4 hours ago, N Dentressangle said:

Agreed - looks really good inside!

My old blue RRC was full of nasty black gunge in the rocker boxes and looked like it had been on 60 Rothmans a day.

As far as I can remember from investigating this job when my P38 turned into Old Faithful, the exhausts / hateshields are the hardest bit. Obviously there's a ton of gubbins to remove around the plenum on these later cars too, but hopefully it'll all be just nuts n bolts for you now. Not planning on a hotter cam / tubular manifolds whilst you're in there?

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Yep I'm pleased with the condition, it was on LPG for the majority of its life which helped. 

As for a hotter cam, to be honest I was tempted but £££ is probably better spent on other things like the VCU and front diff that needs doing too LOL :)

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Next up OFF WITH ITS HEAD(s) image.gif.a4c1be308390e12ee7ab8bfc6ee7ca88.gif

No joke i needed a scaff tube on the end of my breaker bar to crack them off one of the bolts tried to strip which caused an hour or so of sweating.. :) 

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For the drivers side the lower manifold bolt for cylinder 8 is near impossible to get at unless the arch liner is removed..

So off which its wheel and liner.. ;)

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I did discover a small compost heap residing behind the mudflap :) 

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No rust though which is very good to see :) 

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Bores are in good nick with the crosshatch still very much visible  ;) :) 

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And all covered up

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Getting parts together now ;) 

 

hasn't fought me too much so far.. :) 

 

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  • 1 month later...

Past month has been slow.

 

I've got ARP studs coming from america which are taking their time.. 

 

Just recently i've been marinating the heads in some gunk degreaser to remove all the carbon and oil deposits. 

And yes that is a clothes basket!! ;) only thing in my immediate vicinity that would hold the heads :) 

 

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Gunk went brown/black after 30mins of soaking, so i'm going to leave it soaking for 24hrs :)

 

More to come i'm sure ;) 

 

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  • 3 weeks later...

soooo.

Been a bit quiet recently, the old girl is back together it went quite well a few small issues but she's no longer pouring coolant from the headgaskets 

The piece of the puzzle that took the longest to turn up were the ARP headstuds which are a necessity for the rover v8 due to block threads which are like cheese.

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Took 3 weeks to arrive from america.


Next up were the cylinder heads the gasket kit i bought included stem seals so while everything was apart I replaced them, took me an hour per head due to me making the classic mistake of buying the cheapest valve spring compressor I could lol 

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I also re lapped the valves to seat, just as a precaution 

old seals below rock bloody hard they were. :) 

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Lapped valve awaiting refittment.
 

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Once that's done the heads were cleaned off and attention was turned to the manifolds. 

New studs and because I lament the horrid steel covers LR used to cover the manifolds I decided to wrap them instead..

 

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And yes the manifolds are different colours oops.

skipping ahead somewhat the engine is back together "almost"

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After putting her back together I turned her over and petrol squirted out of the fuel rail!!  argh!!

Took her apart AGAIN!!! and found I had pinched off the seals under the injectors, duh... :) 

Anyway

back together with new seals and she fired up first go and ran perfectly..

Just need to replace the 02 sensors and get an MOT 

I'll get a complete picture later on..

 

Thanks.
 

 

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Old girl is back together and runs well.. 

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Of course it needs a few more things, new 02 sensors as it's running open loop at the moment because both of them failed.

 

Runs mint though totally silent at idle, and no leaks whatsoever well chuffed. :) 

 

just needs an MOT

 

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1 hour ago, Matty said:

Question is, now you've completely minted the car what will you do now? 

Old girl still needs quite  some work to be totally minted, now its a case of replenishing the suspension new balljoints and the like 

HVAC needs the blend motors rebuilding along with a new aircon drier. 

Headliner needs recovering 

bodywork needs a few dents pulling and some paint. 

Audio system overhaul too, arguably the most expensive bit... 😶

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You've done a fantastic job there - huge amount of hours and work changing the head gaskets on these, even if none of (bar the heat shields) is especially difficult. Looks like you've made a great job of it too with a proper rebuild of the valves and seals.

I'm with you on the exhaust wrap - those heat shields are shite and just a PITA whenever anything needs fixing. And the next jobs on your list can be done as and when, so happy days!

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Roight.. 

In typical RR fashion its one step forward 300 steps back, I tell ya laying these motors up for an extended perioud is what does the most damage lol ;) 

New ride height sensors needed for the rear as it's decided to lean quite significantly to one side ;) 

And I need to re seal the pollen filter covers as after the torrential downpour yesterday there is some water ingress... 

Luckily the engine is still ok...... 

 

I did spend some time today giving the bay a much needed tidy up as it was a right mess.. :)  

cleaned the intake and throttle body with a brass wire brush, followed with some metal polish on an old terry cloth 

Plastics treated with autoglym vinyl and rubber care :)

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Put some coolant in her too, with the wather getting colder thought it best, I filled it with water initially just to make sure there were no leaks. No point wasting £40 of coolant if it pisses stright out the bottom lol :)

 

All good now. 

 

I'm thinking she's going to see the road sometime next year,probably january, gives me time to iron out the small issues that have surfaced :) 

 

 

Thanks.

 

Oh and this perfectly sums up RR ownership lol ;) :)

 

 

 

 

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Small little job ticked off the list today, that being a cleanup of the rear arches and chassis as it had a fair amount of dirt stuck here there and everywhere.. :)

The condition of this motor really belies its age, one reason the P38 trumps the L322 and D2 is the simple reason, it doesn't disintegrate ;)

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Amazing also for the fact she lived on a causeway for the first 15yrs of her life! :)

 

Next up will be a coat of paint and the arch liner back in :)

 

This is what came off!

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Was considering starting another thread, but In keeping with AS and the sheer simplicity of having only one thread i'm just goning to add my other shite to this one..

 

Making her first AS appearance, my 2005 S type a fine conveyance indeed. :)

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Well whats the story?

Bought her years ago when I was very young, same story as the blue heap.

She's been a great car for the 4 or so years she's been my daily, taken me to and from my apprenticeship , almost always averaged 30 or so MPG and has been fantastically reliable..

It's been a slog to keep her in reasonable nick, i've had to scrape/paint underneath more times than i'd care to admit, it's never been welded "yet" and with knocking 150k she seems to be one of the few S types that has survived the ride 'till death life most get when they go from £40k supersaloons to £400 crocs of shit with 6 months MOT....

:)

 

Still worth fuck all really, but the old girl is worth it to me, which is what matters....  ;)

 

 

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