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standard bore size should be 87-87.030mm.The wear limit is 0.20mm on top of these readings.Main bearing journals should be around 62.962mm.Big ends should measure around 49.964mm.The figures after the decimal point will not be exact when you measure them but will give you an idea what your looking for.If its not re ground have the journals polished and put a set of standard bearings in.

If you want to prove a bad earth use a jump lead from the battery to a good ground on the engine,Secure it so you can shut the bonnet and drive it.The earth runs along the scuttle is bolted there and then runs down the back of the engine and bolts to the passenger side of the bellhousing.You can get to it with the battery out.

This thread has been hi jacked somewhat.sorry Mark.Anyway back to the head gaskets.

Yes no problem.Mine is running smaller tubs than yours and it made 449fwhp at a recent rolling road day in Surrey.Mr dixon will sort that out mate.

So your still going but want to get it at its best before you go mate :D.

Hiya Mike,You taking that beastie with you?

why do you think the head gaskets are gone.what are the symtoms?

Nice smear of silicone sealant will do the job.I always use it and it works great..Not to much though as it could get into the cats if you have them.

Check for coins down the side of the seat jammed in the track.had this a few times.

You get to drive an LDV crapsus work van.I can just about take working on them all day but having to drive one must be a nause.you got good breakdown cover :D

Yeh PMs do have there uses :D.

Just renewed my membership.so thats another year you have to put up with me :D.

May make this one.Will have to try and stay away from Bmw rear bumpers.Didnt turn out to bad in the end.The guy settled for £25 to buy some touch up paint.Top bloke.

Braze them up and they will be fine.The small elbows off the pipes are no longer needed when the plenum is bypassed.

half a mm larger diameter on the headgasket should be fine.

Sorry to hear your going Mike.If you should decide to break it,first dibs on those sexy tubs :D.God your gonna hate me for that.

Any ford transit from 2000 onwards has a jump point under the bonnet.Reckon you can find someone breaking one of those easy Dave.If you need any advice on wiring,have a word with Dazzer.Hes an auto sparky.

Stock pistons iirc are around £75 each and the rings are extra.Get the wisecos mate.use them in all my builds and rate them highly.

If the clutch is biting on the floor and dragging then it probaly still has air in the system.Try pumping the pedal several times then engaging the clutch and seeing if it goes in easier.if it does then your system still needs bleeding.The clutch pedal is assisted by a servo like the brakes.it should loosen up if the engines running.

^^^^^^^^^.wot he said.just done my testers course and its a non testable item.like propshaft u/js believe it or not.

According to old posts they can be bought at garden centers as the same bulbs are used in pond lights are something similar.

Yes it should read like the other one at idle.As well as checking for voltage check the shielding on the wire isnt touching the inner core.The outer core is earthed.Using the meter on continuity,connect one probe to the outer core and one to the inner with the sensor unplugged.if it beeps you have a short.I had this on my zed and the ecu didnt receive the reading.Even though the de fault for an 02 sensor signal not being received is for the car to run rich it would still run fine.Mine never suffered running wise it just drank fuel.

your ecu wiring looks as it should do.The looms do have tape around like that as there are splices of common live wires to all the sensors in the engine bay.Most of the sensors will have a red/black live which is shared.Test this at the o2 sensor in question.You should have an earth and a shielded wire which is in the middle iirc.If you connect a multimeter to the signal wire and rev the car to around 2500rpm the voltage should rise and fall rapidly.If you need the ecu pin numbers for the sensor drop me a pm.

I will let him know mate.spot on.

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