project: F7P-16-T

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

today i started on painting the engine that my first project is begin built from after i had it chemcally cleaned last week, i decided to paint it with some dark blue harmmerite paint as on the tin it looks quite close to the 449 blue the 19's came in so good choice i thought as my next car will more than likely be blue now

right some pics 1st is from the day one after i got it, just the bare block and sump of doc

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2nd aint the best but as you can see it has been cleaned but it still had the paint on it the sump came back quite silver and after a quick brush with the wire brush were ready for painting

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this is after the 1st coat paint as you can still see the black through the paint

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and this is the 2nd coat its gone on quite well dark blue as it said impressed Very Happy

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now just got to clean all the faces up and clean and tidy up the inside of the block before i start buying the internals and start getting my beast off the ground Very Happy

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

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few more colour coded pieces in place, and few things ive took off my other block just been cleaned and de-greased and unfinished and are just held in place for now so i remember where all the bits are and are going lol
still stripping my other bottom end and im hopeful the crank and conrods are still in GWO have to buy a few things this weekend for now a few cheap items will do a new water pump and front engine mount 1st i think Very Happy

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

right not done to much lately stated stripping my spare block to get the crank out but havent so far as the bolts have beaten me so far and two 11mm sockets need to go and get a 6 sided one, been finishing off and painting all the brackets and other small rusted parts, dark blue, (all for rust proofing really, but also have some time to spare Laughing

) also bought a manual and dialogys disks which should help out quite abit, have ordered some parts in aswell so far i have a 21T map sensor and injectors, (Â£30) also been and got a few parts waiting at renault for me

bigends
all core plugs
sump plug
water pump

so will pick up these aswell as a few other bits and bobs this weekend, will also post some more progress pics then Smile

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

*cough* pullies

What you mean big ends?

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

shells

and pullies i will have to sort out tomorrow

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

You still wanting the con rods bb?

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

i will tell you as soon as i got my crank out

i doubt there would be any reason why the ones i got would be naff but you never know,

so i cant say no as of yet

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

last bits are all painted up there are more but i have to build more up before i can fit them, hope to go to renault today to collect my parts as this project is slowing up at the mo Sad

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going to take the alloy parts for a sand blast to see if i can get their shine back.

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

right today i started back on my project pulling out the remaining parts i needed from my spare engine to go in ths one, got 3 on the conrods out easily the the forth was nt havinh none of it so abit of anger taken out on that one lol but apart from it went sweet Very Happy

all looks in wicked condition so hopefully i dont need new con rods or a new crank, the only thing i need to get is a pulley for the end of the crank because it looks slighty battered and chipped (not by me!! Laughing

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what bolts should i use for these and the con rods??

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these were in the last 2 pistons gearbox end wtf are they??

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and what are these? i got as far as they lube the top of the con rod inside the piston? i think, Laughing

i cant find my book of lies so im flying totally blind on what they do.. should i re-new them or will a good blast of air do?

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also managed to get this bit of pipe out the block (goes behind water pump) left it soaking in a load of WD-40 a month ago so wasnt as bad as i thought it would be (considering it wouldnt even budge back then) so thats going to get cleaned out of the crap and get painted the same dark blue as the rest of the block and get it fitted,

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still have things to get as im waiting to get quite alot of the parts and then do as much as i can in one big go rather than in dribs and drabs Very Happy

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

the 2 crescent shaped things are thrust washers, they sit either side of crank journal #2, must have fallen down into the pistons when you lifted the crank out. Get new ones.

use new conrod bolts.

The other things are the under piston oil spray jets, just clean em out and put em back.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

The other bolts are reuseable

The rest as Neal said

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

TY as always Very Happy

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Posts: 192

the ally bits would need buffing to get shine not sand balsting i owuld have thought Confused

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

wheres this at BB ?

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

at the moment i am geting im parts and information still

i need my exhaust manifold and turbo downpipe made up asell as low comp pistons

its moving slowly Sad

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

cash problems? lol, join the club.... lol

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

ok so im well board so i have been and ordered a few bits for the block so for now the project is slowly gona start moving forwards again

whats the best way of sealing core plugs?? and should i paint the fookers in??

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

whats the best way of sealing core plugs?? and should i paint the fookers in??

i been told that they pop if the block freezes to stop it craking?is that right in that case how should i make sure they will stay in? no paint i take it

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

thats what they're for! unless you have bulletproof paint or something as strong, cant see the harm in painting them.......

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

3 coats of hammerite Smile

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

lol how silly.

core plugs are so the casting sand core thus core plug, can drain out of the block after its cast.

just tap em in, some sealant like vblue hylomar etc is fine but dry is fine as well. painting over them after insertion ensures they will be ok on the outside from corrosion.

they can pop if it freezes and may save the block but thats not their design purpose.

Some small core plugs block drille doilways.