Lee's Garage

[dhdev]

Thankyou, like I said do it when you want the cash. If you have other people that require your services or you can't be arsed, then don't rush. But if you want the paper then I'll come collect as soon as its done

[lee303]

no worries mate, i really havent got that much on that i cant get it done this weekend though i reckon, and i know if i was in your shoes i'd be wanting it now now now!lmao will give you a bell when its all together

[lee303]

lots of fun up the garage today, with many visitors, including jr and animal!
finished ollys gearset, so thats ready for collection next weekend


and jr cleaned all his engine parts up ready for assembly, which i may well build tommorow now that i finished the gearset today, we shall see...dont want to spoil jrs fun so will text him first

[lee303]

righty, made a start on jr's build today, but, as will be come clear, didnt get that far!
started out with a bit of a dry fit of the crank to measure the end float, 0.1mm so thats cool

then got the bearings out and cleaned them, surprising how much dirt they have on them out the pack!


then fitted and lubed up the mains

all torqued up, rear seal sorted using gm sealant, crank rotation feels lovely


then refitted the rings to the pistons, and chamfered the end caps for the ARPs


and then i hit a snag, having fitted the pistons in the bores, i noticed the bearings seemed a bit tight to get the caps on

and, sure enough, somehow or other between me and jr we had the wrong size bearings, turns out he crank mains had been ground but not the big ends, and we had first oversize bearings all round, whoops! so that was all she wrote for today
jr will source some new bearings and we will finish it off after that, oh well...

then me and brian got a bit destructive on a v6 pistons just for giggles, turns out they're quite strong, took many, many hammer blows to do this to it, snapping the rod was relatively easy with the press though lmao


also fitted mr walshs' airbox properly and a new dizzy cap and leads, so that should be finished next week with any luck too

[jr@corsasport]

it nearly went to plan lmao, nice/pointless destruction of a v6 piston too lmao

[lee303]

lmao it literally was just pointless funlmao

[jr@corsasport]

cheers for your efforts though, steve has a set of standards in stock, so will get those this week

[lee303]

top bannana

[Colonel K]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm engine building. I like the way that Animal is now a 'visitor' and not a resident heh

[lee303]

lol, well, he treats the place like he's a visitor thats for surelmao he is still one of the original residents though

[jr@corsasport]

ive been to the unit now 5 or 6 times ? and animal has been there 50% on the occasions ive been there, are others not so lucky lmao ?

i also owe you lot lunch at some point too, which i forgot about on saturday

[lee303]

you're just super lucky jr! he used to be there every weekend and most evenings, then he went and bought a house and now he's almost a strangerlmao it was actually awesome on saturday, just like old times, lots of piss taking, even more laughing out loud, some new nicknames a three legged dog and an odd vehicle to weld up, i believe matt and brian left at 4 amlmao
and dont worry about lunch, there will be many more times i'm sure

[Colonel K]

Im pretty sure I owe you guys a burger too, but I cant for the life of me remember why or from when. Maybe it was a Kebab. Ah I dunno, was when Animal was doing donuts of some shipping container until he sheared the front driveshaft on the celica or something. Random-memory.com

[lee303]

ah, that would have been at brians old work place, a long time ago in a galaxy far far awaylmao
all random food donations welcome

[dhdev]

finished ollys gearset, so thats ready for collection next weekend

Gearbox porn!

[lee303]

glad you like it! i can safely say its like new now tbh, all the bearings, synchros and spring clips replaced, feels lovely!

[eggman]

found this and thought of u man
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASTRA-H-GEARBO...d=p3286.c0.m14

[spanishfly]

found this and thought of u man
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASTRA-H-GEARBO...d=p3286.c0.m14

No good for Lee.

[lee303]

yeah, cheers but its not what i need, interesting that its basically a hydraulic equipped f13 though, wish i had known they existed a while back...

[Brian_S]

Yeah, the weekend was bloody good fun. I even enjoyed welding the floorpan of the van whilst laid on the floor! lol

I'm sure Animal enjoyed all of the ribbing he received about his box + engine too!

That piston took a lot of effort to break - we did find out a few things though, specifically that the gudgeon pins CAN be made floating if you apply a hammer in the right place.

[lee303]

oh yes, and, if you find have gudgeon pins that are too small for your v6 rods, a hammer and a jack can fix it with minimal expenditurelmao

[Ghost_Walker]

erm you welded up a 3 legged dog?

RSPCA not intrested in that by any chance?

[lee303]

lol, nah, the dog passed its mot so no welding required, we're safelmao

[eggman]

i have knowen a couple of peeps to convert standard pistons to be fully floating type and claimed it to be very good at makin "free" power ment to be good for power up high and only involves a reemer and center dab for pistons that dont have clips!!

[lee303]

lol, not sure you'd get much free power if you did it the way we did thoughlmao