well after much looking and thinking about it i have decided to have a go at doing valve stem oil seals with the heads on !! god help me!!

 

here are some pics of the progress so far

well after much looking and thinking about it i have decided to have a go at doing valve stem oil seals with the heads on !! god help me!!

 

here are some pics of the progress so far

 

Fair play to ya mate. I hope it does turn out to be the stem oil seals. You should know soon enough when you take the cams off & have a look at them. If they've all slid off the valve guides or look melted then you know you were right!

 

Good luck & if you need some help then let me know.

Shaun

well after much looking and thinking about it i have decided to have a go at doing valve stem oil seals with the heads on !! god help me!!

 

here are some pics of the progress so far

 

Hi mate,

 

Have you got your seals yet ??

 

I have a brand new set here if you want them ?? ;)

 

Alan....

I take my hat off to you!

most people say take the engine out to do the simplest of things, you got balls!

well after much looking and thinking about it i have decided to have a go at doing valve stem oil seals with the heads on !! god help me!!

 

here are some pics of the progress so far

 

nice one mate for having the balls to go forward,after the cams come off pressurize one pot at a time with a compresser,i did this once on another 16 valve motor and butched a compresion tester for the plug hole fitment and conected it to a compreser line,the air should hold the valves closed iff its high enough. good luck and keep us posted as this could save us £££££££ iff it goes ok

i think i must have big balls or very stupid lol!! :smash:

 

right then what have i done so far!!

 

removed the plennum, what a friggin nightmare but after much kicking and screaming off it came!!

 

rad, yep out it came!!

 

cambelt covers there off,

 

rocker covers off also!! not as easy as you might think as the bolts closest the wings are a bit of a pita!!,

 

in work 2mos!! find a damn 27mm socket to remove the underdrive pulley!!

 

fabricate a tool to use on top of the head to compress the springs!!,

 

now then with regards to compressed air!! i have read somewhere that some vacum tubing stuffed down the sparkplug hole works well to keep the valves up!! will have to measure how much i put in!! turn the crankshaft so it just about nips up against the valves, and when i have done the valves must remember to reverse the crank b4 remove tubing!!

 

here are some pics of todays progress!! removed the rad, timing covers and aux belts!!

i think i must have big balls or very stupid lol!! :smash:

 

right then what have i done so far!!

 

removed the plennum, what a friggin nightmare but after much kicking and screaming off it came!!

 

rad, yep out it came!!

 

cambelt covers there off,

 

rocker covers off also!! not as easy as you might think as the bolts closest the wings are a bit of a pita!!,

 

in work 2mos!! find a damn 27mm socket to remove the underdrive pulley!!

 

fabricate a tool to use on top of the head to compress the springs!!,

 

now then with regards to compressed air!! i have read somewhere that some vacum tubing stuffed down the sparkplug hole works well to keep the valves up!! will have to measure how much i put in!! turn the crankshaft so it just about nips up against the valves, and when i have done the valves must remember to reverse the crank b4 remove tubing!!

 

here are some pics of todays progress!! removed the rad, timing covers and aux belts!!

 

this could make a great faq when finished...

 

:cool:

this could make a great faq when finished...

 

:cool:

 

 

definately, and theres me worryin about just taking the plenum off! :bow:

fire away with any questions you have fellas as the engine is in bits i can tell you how i took it off!!

 

might not be the right way though ( hammer & chisel :dance: ) LOL!!

fire away with any questions you have fellas as the engine is in bits i can tell you how i took it off!!

 

might not be the right way though ( hammer & chisel :dance: ) LOL!!

 

 

Bit of this :smash:

 

 

Bit of that :duffer:

 

and :eek: oooppssss....

oooh, ooh, how long should it take first? work out if i can do it in 2 nights at work.

 

does anything need draining before removal?

fire away with any questions you have fellas as the engine is in bits i can tell you how i took it off!!

 

might not be the right way though ( hammer & chisel :dance: ) LOL!!

 

Question!!!!

 

If this works out when are you coming to Coventry to do mine!! :D :rofl:

Question!!!!

 

If this works out when are you coming to Coventry to do mine!! :D :rofl:

Thought there would be 50+ posts after this one everyone chomping at the bit as an excuse to go and see the lovely Trinity! Think more pics needed Trin... people are just not paying attention any more :tongue:

Thought there would be 50+ posts after this one everyone chomping at the bit as an excuse to go and see the lovely Trinity! Think more pics needed Trin... people are just not paying attention any more :tongue:

 

pmsl

 

You hav clearly never had to do engine work on a 300, i did an induction kit on mine and i'll tell you what if Carmen Electra was to offer her services to me to fit her one i would have to say no!!!!!! :eek:

 

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Bah i fitted a battery in clarkey's 300 :P :tongue:

Bah i fitted a battery in clarkey's 300 :P :tongue:

 

PMSL

 

Well done your now a fully qualified mechanic!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :nelson:

sweet

I did replace the air filter in my fiesta and also fitted a new timing belt to a polo (with some help).... that count :rofl:?

so then trin , when r u goin to start working on ur car wearing tight pvc ???

better still i think you and storm should get some pics of u washing your 300 ;);):rofl:

definately missed out somewhere on these pics!!

Watch this space [hopefully] :D

well trinity when are you coming over to help me out :D :D

 

all i have drained so far was the radiator!!

 

the thermostat is still in the housing holding the water in the block and heads!!

 

if the thermostat falls out im gonna get soaking LOL!!

 

1 1/2 hours to get the plennum & rockers off,

 

1 1/2 to get the rad out and the aux belts and the timing covers!! not started the main pulley yet!!

 

dont forget its not a race take your time and remember where everything goes thats the trick here!!

well trinity when are you coming over to help me out :D :D

 

I would babe but i am allergic to working on 300's bad things happen, it tends to lead to me throwing things at the car and breaking things off. Not to mention the shouting and stamping of feet

 

I had to get the angle grinder out to fit the induction kit in the end!!! :cry:

 

lol

 

:p

 

But like i said when you have finished yours, you are welcome to fix mine :p

I would babe but i am allergic to work and bad things happen, it tends to lead to me throwing things at the car and breaking things off. Not to mention the shouting and stamping of feet

 

Typical bl**dy woman :rofl: :rofl:

well trinity when are you coming over to help me out :D :D

 

I would babe but i am allergic to working on 300's bad things happen, it tends to lead to me throwing things at the car and breaking things off. Not to mention the shouting and stamping of feet

 

I had to get the angle grinder out to fit the induction kit in the end!!! :cry:

 

lol

 

:p

 

But like i said when you have finished yours, you are welcome to fix mine :p

 

 

Thats not bad tho - im in another car club with half a dozen women that wouldnt know where to start!