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Belated Happy Birthday Bird.

Back working on the engine again today and the sump is sealed up nicely and the top cylinder heads are torqued down again to spec. I was about to put the lifters all back in and I noticed that they all went soft so 2 hours later they are all rebuilt for the second time. Lifters now back in place next job tomorrow night is to start putting the camshafts in and torqueing them down.

:sneaky2: You mean club !

All came togther nicely and on time. With less than a week from the drive getting done and the leave date on the yard is next monday night. Still to move my gearbox, old exhaust and a few tools that i've left.

I original planned to get the zed home at the weekend but discovered that the trailer wouldn't be available. So the schedule had to be bumped up a bit and she made the trip home tonight. Two hours all in to get her strapped up, moved back to its new home then take the trailer back. Arrived home we offloaded the zed into the street. It took three of us to push the zed of my drive, over the stones to its final stop in the new garage. A nice fit with plenty of room all round.

Well, its good news. Dismantled the top end carefully and the valves are all good. One by one I removed them and checked how smoth they moved. I also inserted the lifter again without the spring to see if they move freely enough and they do. Next job is to start again and put it back together. :)

I'm thinking I've damaged the valves when I originally dismantled everything. As I don't recall putting everything at top dead center. I'll soon find out i'm just about to take the valves out again and see how easy they move.

Guide?

And its done, hopefully my zed will be home in about a week.

Bottom end reassembled and everything is rotating easy enough. :) So before I bolted down the cylinder heads I dismantled them once more on the bench. First I removed all the lifters in sequence and then fitted the camshaft, at this point I just wanted to see if they rotated easily enough which they did when they were properly lubed up. After carefully fitting the lifters again and ensuring that they are not jammed and move easily I torqued down the cam shafts again. As a test I but one of them on its side and using a spanner tried to manually open the valves. This is were the problem lies :( It took a lot of effort to get them moving so I think the valves must be damaged. Tomorrow i'll dismantle them again and get the valves out to check but I believe that i'll have to order a new set.

New driveway upto the garage getting made now :) Zed will be coming home shortly.

No This was the engine from my last zed. The engine lost oil pressure then seized on the way to the nec. Then it was hit by an artic lorry and written off.

Only taken two years to diagnose the reason Purple Rain broke down. Looks like it decided to eat itself from the inside out.

So The questions are : what part is this ? Where did it come from ? What zed previously owned by me did it come from ?

I've left the crank in held only by the oil pump and seals and rotation is very good and free. Even with the crank cover on it felt just as loose and free as it is with it off. I don't think I will bother stripping it any further as I would have to split the seals and risk wasting two paper gaskets. I made another wee video to show the crank moving. [video=youtube_share;RJ2qKhlaoc4]

Engine now 99% stripped to its base components :

No, Whats published is only a link to our club and the thread that was published. To be honest the feature has always been there at the bottom of the page under bookmarks; this is simply a more automated way.

No. Only if you tick the publish to Facebook option.

If you haven't already noticed I've enabled the Facebook Integration. We previously tested this about a year ago but at that time we never had the site fully SSL enabled. Now that we are 'SSL Enabled' the platform is secure its now tuned on. You can all link your accounts directly with Facebook by using the connect button near the top login bar. The integration will allow you to publish your posts and threads directly to Facebook and also make registration to our club a lot easier. Any questions let me know. Lee

And another wee video showing the rotation of the pistons and crank. [video=youtube_share;evj13B2NBbw]

Engine now stripped back to block.

Agreed, Engine rebuild Take II :) Ordered up some proper lube you originally suggested, i'll start breaking the engine down tonight and start again. I started this build in the works yard and moved everything to my home garage so i've either done something wrong or something is wrong with the bottom end since it was dismantled.

Happy Birthday Stewart. :)

Here we go, all turning fine, but just seems really stiff. [video=youtube_share;59CQRmP7dQo]