First advice is don't buy anything from Spectrum Rubber. .
Hopefully they don't sell condoms.
Car looks the business Dan, congrats. :headbang:
Mike.
First advice is don't buy anything from Spectrum Rubber. .
Not sure mister Rambo. My 406 may have holes but it's tubular instead of U section. Another possibility is I've stuck them on upside down. Is there a right or wrong way for them to go? I have asked this before, and asked Spectrum Rubber too. It seemed I did it right, but maybe not. I thought the U should be inverted so it doesn't collect water and crap but it would squish better the other way I think[till it filled with dirt].
No, definitely thinking about glueing them flat.
Luthier,
The windmills of my mind are telling me that the seals on the 203 were on the door opening and not the doors?
Anyone??
Well I nearly got it historic regoed for a start, but then I was a bit bothered by a small oil leak at the engine pulley.
Mal told me it would have a stuffed front main so I dropped the motor out.
Today I have all the problems with the engine laid out in front of me.
First thing, the head is pretty well stuffed. The waterways have corroded way past their original design and I don't think the head is worth dealing with. It also had oversized exhaust manifold studs fitted along the top row, which didn't matter except I always thought that manifold was also a bit suspect.
Happily I have the head off the old motor with the extra oil ring, and that head looks fairly intact.
I have another head as well but it's a long way from home at this time.
Anyway next thing is the pistons and sleeves.
There were three broken rings as I removed the pistons, the top one on each of three.
But the bore is standard and there is only a very tiny score on one bore and no discernible lip, so I think it's right for a new set of standard rings. The pistons appear undamaged. I'll obviously check this out thoroughly before I'm convinced.
The front main is cactus with corrosion plus the weird notching that they apparently get from crank flex.
The rear shows a few signs too while the middle looks OK as you would expect.
The big ends look great and I may reuse them. Bigends and mains are marked M .3 so I gather this is the final grind for this crank. Still if I can get a new set of rings and bearings without a grind or a new sleeve set I'm happy.
Pics later.
Hi Dan
What I see is great but for historic rego your seats will need to be 30 years old.
so nothing newer than srs1 505 in Pug seats.
Robbo