Ronnie's new runaround - Project VAN!

[rc]

Just stop messing around with rubbish gm engines and put an Isuzu in it!

when u brining it round?

[rc]

just been reading this thread. my cuz just sold a diesel head for 20quid , it was brand new! dint think anyone would want it
if you want i can give you the number for the guy he sold it to

where bouts are you mate?

[adzie_2005]

where bouts are you mate?

Felixstowe, my cuz sold it to a guy called pat seagar he owns a shop in ipswich

[rc]

Felixstowe, my cuz sold it to a guy called pat seagar he owns a shop in ipswich

yes please DEFFOOOO find out, can get it asap!

[adzie_2005]

PM'd

[SteveM]

Hey ronnie, just checked with my mate, and we have one of these kicking around if you want it ? has new springs, all the valves recently lapped in, but needs a stem seal

[rc]

Hey ronnie, just checked with my mate, and we have one of these kicking around if you want it ? has new springs, all the valves recently lapped in, but needs a stem seal

p'm'd

[Jack]

Good to see you're sticking with the GM, Ronnie. They're not bad engines if they're looked after, I think they just get a bad rep because they're always compared with the Isuzu. Which obviously is miles better. And attracts women like you wouldn't believe.

[SteveM]

Good to see you're sticking with the GM, Ronnie. They're not bad engines if they're looked after, I think they just get a bad rep because they're always compared with the Isuzu. Which obviously is miles better. And attracts women like you wouldn't believe.

only when running on veg oil, you'll get all the fat chinese lovers chasing after you lmao

replied

[rc]

cant change a habbit with the van, it gets as little as possible spent on it whats so ever! lmao

if i was to change a whole engine it would be for another diesal anyway, how ever much better it is lol!

[rc]

BIG thanks to SteveM for sourceing me a head

[rc]

well managed to go get a head finally

went to milton keynes today, bout 2 hours and picked it up, had new valve spring, valve stem seals, and all the valves lapped in, and had a pressure test and a skim before fitting, and wasnt on for all that long before the guy found his bottom end was nakered, so he just got a new engine!

and all for 30quid



gave it a clean up





the oly thing he did say was he caught one of the valve stem seals when fiting it so he glued it up, so thought as i had a full head set id replace it



stuck my injectors and glow plugs in as i new they were deffo all good



got my delivery from autovaux out



but went to put the manifolds on and its the wrong ****in head set



its correct on the packageing though isnt it??



nothings ever easy

[escort1989uk]

if the head gasket the same use that. and go to local motor fActors and get some gasket paper and make the rest mate

[SteveM]

Happy to help mate

Wish i could help you with the astra lmao

[Steve!]

OMG

When will it go right, when it does Ronnie... Put a pound on the lottery mate

[rc]

wel finally got the head set through today, genuine erling plesant suprise lol



so went out to the van, where it had been sitting for a fortnignt now



correct gaskets this time



built up the head



new headgasket on



gettin all ready to go on and noticed something really strange.....

on the end of the cam is the locating hole



but nothing on the cam sprocket?????



how the **** are you suposed to know where it goes? got 360degrees of cam adjustmaent???????even if you work out where the cam is tdc, and line the sprocket timing mark up, its still gonna spin when you tighten it up???

things are never bloody simple

could see where it was on the sprocket by the whitness marks, so dot punched and drilled it



and made up a 6mm dowl for the cam



then stuck the head on



went to put the cambelt ont but got stuck on the tensioner??



how do you work/lock/adjust it????



help please....

[SteveM]

put an alen key in the tear shaped bits hole, twist round, and do up the 13 in the middle

and yeah, the diesels have no locator on the sprocket i was also confused lmao. theres a tool you can get that goes on the vac pump end which locks it tdc, then your meant to just do up the pulley and keep your fingers crossed it doesn't spin lmao

[LongLiveTheNova]

Turn the alley key till the pointer is by the New mark(if your using a new belt), and tighten the 13mm.
Turn it over by hand, then undo the bolt, turn the alley key bit till the pointer is lined up to either the used/new belt mark, and then torque the bolt up
Done

[rc]

so wheres the new/used belt mark?

it is a new belt by the way.

[Fow16v]

in the last picture the pointer lines up with the v cut out when tensioned up.

[LongLiveTheNova]

Looking at your last pic, there aint any lma
Must be different than petrol engine auto tensioners.

Just turn the alley kit bit until the pointer points towards that V cutout in the back plate on the tensioner.

[Joe's GSI]

ron i got auto data here if you want me to email you the timing belts info?

just give the engine number and can email over? and is it a bosch or lucas.

[rc]

pm'd cheers

[RickGTE16V]

theres no locator for the cam pully cos your suppose to use a dial gauge on the camshaft to find the right posistion to bolt it on at , thats why there's no timing marks and stuff . these engines r a nightmare , lucky you could see that marking on the pully .

[rc]

well worked out all the cambelt tensioner in the end, easy when you know how lol



started up first time, didnt even need to bleed the injectors up or anything which was handy!

idled lovely and all ran perfect!

all going well, gave it a little rev, only to like 1500rpm, then all missfireing and getting alot of backfires through the turbo and it stopped, i thought doh cambelts slipped, bent the valves, took the cambelt covers off, and all the timing marks were spot on still strange, tried stating it again, just jumpy turning over on the strarter and popping aback through the turbo!

strange, so whipped the rocker cover off and found this



a broken rocker on cyl1 and cyl3



so whipped the head bolts and cam box off



put all my old rockers and lifters in incase there was someting wrong with the ones in the new head,

and back together, reused the bolts and gaskets, its ****ed already so whats the worst that can happen



started it up again, fired into life again, idles perfect, smooth as ever!

gave a little 1500rpm rev again and bang pop pop pop, cambelt cover was still off so linded up the timeing marks and all spot on still,

so took off the rocker cover and another broken rocker, in cly3 again, but the other valve



what the **** is goin on???