not a good start to the season

[Allys Cally]

well after much head scratching last weekend David and myself were back at it today. with the timing checked we checked for compression it was at this point with no compression it was beginning to sink in all was not well with the engine. off came the rocker cover to show the cams were not as they should be.

after taking off the cam pulley it was then all to obvious what had happened the cam pin was sheared off. these pins were hollow though and not solid pins like you normally get. after changing the cams to the ones with solid pins we were basically hoping we might have got away with it as there was no noise that the valves were slapping the pistons. unfortunately it wasnt to be. so next job was to get the head off to see how much damage had been done.

and heres the result

[DanSE4]

Not good mate but look on the bright side, time for a 3.0 / 3.2?

[rich30mex]

So where do you go from here then mate
Fix what you have or upgrade ?

[Allys Cally]

with the head off mate probably going to be easier just fixing this just now for this year

[v6 steve]

head now stripped and on way to machine shop for new guides

[Allys Cally]

head now stripped and on way to machine shop for new guides

can't thank David (Vexorg) and yourself enough for all your help. one of the main reason i enjoy this club theres always members willing to help each other out

[DanSE4]

If it's any consolation, I think mine's broke too (not quite to your standard though lol).

Think I've bust an engine mount as there's now an amazing "clunk" from up front when I change gear in anger while giving it some beans. Knew I should've sorted that torque bar sooner!

[Allys Cally]

Easy fix then

[rips]

If it's any consolation, I think mine's broke too (not quite to your standard though lol).

Think I've bust an engine mount as there's now an amazing "clunk" from up front when I change gear in anger while giving it some beans. Knew I should've sorted that torque bar sooner!

I meant to ask if you had fitted your torsion bar yet..

[Allys Cally]

got the head back today so will be cracking on tomorrow to get her back together