DOC'S R 19 16V

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

I pulled my finger out and finally got the engine and box off the p1. I didn't have an engine crane so the box and block were separated, the box I lifted out and the block dropped out through the bottom of the sub frame.

Having dragged the block round to the shed I set to with dismantling it.

Soz for the lack f pics but, there we go.

the reason the block failed was due to the no.1 con rod bearing failing. that in turn has marked the crank quite badly which means I need a replacement one (found on e-bay for Â£0.99)lol

thatâ€™s as far as I've got so far the next step is to get the new crank and measure it for the new bearings ect.

Oh what fun! Evil or Very Mad

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

i was going to bid on that crank! but dont worry you can have it!

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

Did some more work on the block last night.

I took all of the bolt on bits off the block, cleaned up the pistons and knocked out most of the core plugs!

If your going to recon your block Iâ€™d suggest you take them out and clean the crap out of the waterways as thereâ€™s a load of rust waiting behind them to be removed.

Iâ€™m going to throw the block through the jet wash tonight to try and clean out some more of the rusty crap, so Iâ€™ll let you know how it goes.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Hmm i think i might, chris had said to to me but i didn't think the meg black was as bad as it is

How many is there in total? Dialogys is a bit crap for them

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

77 03 075 216 PLUG CORE 38 1.64 ---3 x 1 need 3 of those for the back of the block

77 03 075 214 PLUG CORE 2.99 ---3 x 1 2 of those these go each end of the block, where the box mounts and where the cam belt is.

77 03 075 219 PLUG .89 ---3 x 1 the small one by the bottom hose pipe.

(Thanks to chris for the numbers)

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Brillaint!

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Got two of the back ones yey

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

I can see a trip to renault coming up.

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

Ok didn't do muck last night, but I did take the block down to the jet wash.

TBH I'm not impressed with how clean it got the outside of the block as there was still grease and crap left on it after I had washed it twice!

It works wonders on the water ways though! With the core plugs remover the rust and crap just falls out! so although the block still needs the outside cleaning up a bit, the inside is spotless.

Well worth the effort.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

you need a good detergent to get all the grease off. The pressure alone won;t do it. its a bloody awful messy job. You need to scrap the worst of it off first as well.

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

I used some de-greaser when I got it home and wiped most of the crap off. I'll give it another going over with a brush and some detergent like you said though.

Will I get away with using hammerite paint on the block?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yeah shoudl be fine as long as its clean and you give it a few coats.

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

whilst Chris was down last week we fitted the "demon Engine" of his into the valver.

here it is in all it's glory! Muwhaha.

as you can see, the car has been sat there for a while.

here is me just before we set off to get my new cabby. (it was the only day it didn't rain!)

anyway through the rain and the snow we managed to finaly fit the demon engine into the "white beast. Muwhaha!!

all shafts are back in and almost everything else is done, so with a little more work the valver will be back on the road.

Big thanks to Chris, he may not know how to drive with a trailer but he does wonders with cars. lol

Site Subscriber Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 1139

good pics

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

I can drive with a trailer fanny face, I managed to avoid hitting cars etc in the tight carpark, its just that kerb came right at me! lol

my first trailer incident!

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

LOL ok mate

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

quick up date on this bad boy:

MOT'd it a couple of months ago whils up seeing chris. he was also a gem and sorted out some of the running problems and over tight cambelt.

lately the cars been feeling loose so i think the rack is on the way out but I have a new renault rack to put on there so thats not an issue realy.

I also had fun at the weekend when the brakes stopped working completely!!!! once I had pulled onto the hard shoulder It became obvious what the problem was. the retaining bolt had come out of the calliper and the pads had slipped out! not sure how that happened but I had been away for 2 weeks so some funny fucker could be messing with the car. anyway the RAC fixed that problem at the side of the road and checked the others for free too.

also had a wicked misfire the other day which was due to the Iggy module. swapped that over and she was running normal once again.

Future jobs for this car are the tyres, sills and some slight welding on the inner wing, but thats not a biggy. (might stick a 2L in her but that depends if i get a supra in 6-8 months or not)

fuck knows, but it's gona be fun I'm sure.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

Update on this.

Andrew came up over the weekend and I got cracking on it, he just stood around looking for a potential new mrs.

It has 2 new tyres on the 17's.

Offside front arch liner and brake duct fitted.
New nearside balljoint.
New brake pads after the retaining bolt incident.
New caliper retaining bolt.
New ignition module, it now drives as it should.
New front door cards.
New front door pockets and speakers
Plug cover water dispersal unit installed (drip tray lol)

No pics sadly but all the work was done.

Car is up for sale so pm doc if your interested in the car.