Head removal

Spenner · Post by **Spenner** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:13 pm

Hi all
All back together. Took 5, 3 second cranks of the engine before fuel got through and it fired. What a great feeling. (not to mention relief)
Many thanks to all who helped verbally throughout (A BIG LIST)
All we have to do is bleed it now.

helen&tony · Post by **helen&tony** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:29 pm

Hi
Tremendous news

Cheers
Helen

Spenner · Post by **Spenner** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:44 pm

Final minor hiccup. Needed to adjust timing.
Job now done except for final checks.
Thanks to all who helped.

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:00 pm

Well done guys

widdowson2008 · Post by **widdowson2008** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:18 pm

missfixit70 wrote:Well done guys

Thank you Kirsty.
Not bad eh? Considering neither of us had atempted ANYTHING like this before.
Took some time though. We worked strictly to the manual, checking everything at least 3 or 4 times out of fear of getting it wrong.

Don't mind working at spenners place cos his wife makes exceedingly good blueberry pie, popcorn sticky toffee thingys, chocolate cakes, etc. ..........and that could be why it took so long to do:lol:

progroup · Post by **progroup** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:32 am

Hey guys, way to go... told you you could do this!

timmyt · Post by **timmyt** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:15 am

As a fellow DIY bongo header a big

Just hope mine fires up as easily..only a few more hours in the evenings before i can try.....hopefully

Spenner · Post by **Spenner** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:55 pm

Hi All
Just thought I would round this one off with a summary pic.
It was a long hard job especially as I am not mechanically minded - but with someone who knows more about it and a manual, a lot of patience and the tremendous bank of knowldege on this site it can be done.
Good luck to all the other DIY head replacement people. Ours has had a polish up and a road test today and all seems well so far - I guess after open surgery we will need to be gentle....

timmyt · Post by **timmyt** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:44 pm

Hi just a quick one,
After rebuilding my head iv got slightly lumpy start/smoke (not steam!

) on cold start.
Seems to be just like it was before i replaced my glowplugs about 6 months ago....would the overheating/water in cylinder caused some of the plugs to go duff/lazy?
definitely not fuel timing as that is spot on.
I know im gonna get told to go back to basics here......!!!
Thinking i should have changed the plugs when i did the head

progroup · Post by **progroup** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 3:46 am

timmyt wrote:Hi just a quick one,
After rebuilding my head iv got slightly lumpy start/smoke (not steam! ) on cold start.
Seems to be just like it was before i replaced my glowplugs about 6 months ago....would the overheating/water in cylinder caused some of the plugs to go duff/lazy?
definitely not fuel timing as that is spot on.
I know im gonna get told to go back to basics here......!!!
Thinking i should have changed the plugs when i did the head

Me too timmyt! At first I thought it was too much additive; but not after two other full tanks. I didn't bother testing the glows because they showed no signs of degradation.

Easy to change, maybe 20 minutes?

Spenner · Post by **Spenner** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:15 am

Just a quick follow up post for those that spotted my deliberate mistake - it is never really job done!
1 week on the road with no problems - changed the fuel and air filter, oil filter and change next week, and a coolant/temp alarm installed yesterday. Jobs done (for now

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