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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:16 am

Did I read somewhere that you had stripped threads in the block? Were they at pot no.6?
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:10 am

driftwood wrote:Did I read somewhere that you had stripped threads in the block? Were they at pot no.6?
yes,one at pot 6 and the one next door on pot 5 both on the zaust side .
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:56 am

i bought this pipe for £1.99 [cheapest thing i've had to buy lately]....
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hooked it up to the compressor and we have air leaks at throttle body and exhaust exit tips.

so i'm thinking take two good valves from the other head,lap them in and bolt it back up.

now do i need to spend again on head bolts and head gasket ?

i checked the dipstick and no air from there or any of the rad hoses , rad not connected up .
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:00 pm

Ideally, you should fit new head bolts and HG, but seeing as you've only just replaced them, they are probably re-useable, though you may want to fit a new HG for peace of mind...
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:26 pm

Fit a new gasket Mick, you can only really compress them once anyway. Bolts will be fine to go again.
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:26 pm

Oh, and make it a standard gasket this time :D
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:32 pm

i heard that,it's half the price :D

just waiting for Craig to pm me back .
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:06 pm

magpie wrote:so i'm thinking take two good valves from the other head,lap them in and bolt it back up.
I think you mean 4 :D

So glad its not the bottom end :thumb: And glad to be proved wrong :D

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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:25 pm

thanks for all the help so far lads,what with all the testing etc and i hope i've been a star pupil :D

there is light up ahead :squint:


CRAIIIIG !!!!!
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:33 pm

Any chance you making The Pod under your own steam do you reckon?

No bother helping out either.
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:42 pm

i'm hopeful mate :D
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:15 pm

magpie wrote:

CRAIIIIG !!!!!

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:lol:
M50 Turbo!!! :o I shall say no more :D
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:26 pm

:D
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:00 pm

Just back home! Let me know if you need anything, glad it's the top en a we thought on Sunday.
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Post Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:43 pm

the work is getting done on Friday Neil 8)
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:46 pm

Now you have a handle on the problem, do you have any idea how the valves got bent?
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:49 pm

magpie wrote:

there is light up ahead :squint:
Probably some bastard holding a torch!
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Post Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:40 pm

maggspower wrote:Now you have a handle on the problem, do you have any idea how the valves got bent?
no idea yet but i did notice two of the valves looked much cleaner than the rest and were even shiny when i got it back from the skim... :?
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