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Fulvia 1200 coupe

lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Nov 21, 2016 18:22:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nov 21, 2016 17:03:03 GMT HoTWire said: Keep at it... we all have periods of low mojo with cars we're working on when things feel nearly there then seem a million miles away. Got the same with my Datsun at the moment, so trying to keep things small and achievable. These are such lovely cars, I really want one! thanks for this
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Nov 21, 2016 18:26:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nov 20, 2016 17:25:48 GMT nmretro said: Enjoying this thread. Keep at it, you'll have a fantastic car. thanks guys ...yep need a bit of a lift with it all at the moment. Still could be worse, I could have nothing to cobble an engine together with. AND Ive got plenty of interesting options with what Ive got.....So onward and upward.
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Nov 28, 2016 20:26:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Finally got out the nasty self tapping screw the was in the end of the crankshaft gear oiler nozzle. Now to try to put it back together and hopefully there will be a bit more oil pressure.
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Dec 1, 2016 14:22:23 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	2 full engine gasket kits have been ordered , one from Germany for the 1300, one from Surrey UK for the 1200. We will see which gets here first !!! The Germans say its "dispatched" and the guys up the road "processed" the race is on ...
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Dec 5, 2016 18:41:40 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	The guys in surrey won the gasket race .....but only by a few hours. heres some of the start of engine rebuilding. New crankshaft gear oiler nozzle ordered should be here tomorrow. I'm saying as I go Clean it again, Luke, and then clean it some more......
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Dec 11, 2016 18:12:47 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	A few pictures of progress on the engine. New crankshaft gear oiler nozzle fitted. New oil seals. New gaskets, which were supposed to be a full set for the engine but didnt include any gaskets at all for the oil pump and did include valve guide oil seals which the head for this car doesnt have....? Not a problem as I cut my own from gasket paper. Also a bunch of copper ring seals which could be for the spark plugs I suppose, but not too sure. I'm sure it will come to light as I go along??? More cleaning and washing out the oilways.
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Dec 14, 2016 20:28:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	having a few troubles with images disappearing when they come off google drive but think its sorted??
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Dec 17, 2016 19:55:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Ive just been watching youtube about engine building because I thought the crank was a bit tight. I should be able to turn the crank easily by hand shouldn't I?? Think I definitely need to clean those bearings off again. Got to be clean clean clean. A bit of lube too. Whats the point in doing it if its not done as well as I can, right?
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Dec 18, 2016 18:03:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	heres why the crank was tight. The thrust bearing on one side has a big scratch down it. It must have moved and got pinched when I put it in. Another is now fitted and the crank moves smoothly by hand now. The fulvia thrust bearings are a bit fiddley to fit and I found that a bit of assembly lube holds them in nicely to the cap while the crank goes in. Need less to say they are really clean now and third time assembled they feel nice and smooth when I turn the crank by hand. So torque wrenched up and so now to get the block installed onto the case. Shall I use the pistons and block that are from the seized engine and just need rings and a good clean up.... or get the block bored out to fit the biggest size overbore pistons Ive got from the original engine...or shall I use the slightly bigger block and pistons from the 1300 that I hope to get from another lancia guy in a little while.... or shall I splash out for the (supidly expensive) 80mm high compression pistons from italy and have the block bored to fit to make a race engine? Easy and get it done or bigger and a whole load of work but more grunt??
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Dec 24, 2016 13:26:23 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	whats happening this Xmas eve.... well I'm putting fulvia engine bits in the dishwasher of course... Before one of my customers old dishwasher goes to the dump Ive set it up in the garden to dishwash some bits of engine. Pistons at the top where the glasses and mugs go, crank case and rocker covers at the bottom on a 70 degree intensive cycle also added some soda crystals to help de-grease. hopefully that will work???
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darrenh Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,656	Fulvia 1200 coupe darrenh @darrenh
	Dec 24, 2016 16:46:40 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	yeah it works although i've noticed you end up with deep water horizon spec oil sludge around the filter basket
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yoeddynz Posted a lot Posts: 3,332	Fulvia 1200 coupe yoeddynz @yoeddynz
	Dec 24, 2016 18:20:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Interested to see how well this dishwasher works :-)
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jonsey Posted a lot Enter your message here... Posts: 2,794	Fulvia 1200 coupe jonsey @jonsey
	Dec 25, 2016 0:13:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I've kept our old dishwasher that has a small water leak, for the very same reason.


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georgeb Posted hell of a lot Posts: 7,864	Fulvia 1200 coupe georgeb @georgeb
	Dec 25, 2016 0:33:10 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I tried it with mine. Didn't go down very well!
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nmretro Part of things Posts: 340	Fulvia 1200 coupe nmretro @nmretro
	Dec 25, 2016 16:02:16 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Get it going, then build another engine later.
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Dec 30, 2016 13:32:07 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 25, 2016 16:02:16 GMT nmretro said: Get it going, then build another engine later. Yep you're right. I need to get the spare block machined to fit the good set of pistons and get it together and then vavoom
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nmretro Part of things Posts: 340	Fulvia 1200 coupe nmretro @nmretro
	Dec 30, 2016 14:53:20 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	My engine was tired so I bought a spare to rebuild. I didn't want the Fulvia to inoperable that long, it's just too much fun to drive. A straight swap can be done in a weekend.
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Jan 3, 2017 13:20:19 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	the dishwasher did an ok job. The steel bits have a slight coating of surface rust. The lower grade aluminium is a bit powdery but the higher grade aluminium is good. The whole lotis in a paraffin bath now so we are good to go.
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Feb 4, 2017 21:21:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	so it was a bit sunny today so I thought I woul have a look at the fulvia. Had a good clean up of the engine bay and then started on the subframe clean. I even found some shiny stuff under 40 something years of crud. And there was even a plate and some part no.s on the gearbox which i didnt know was there.
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lukestew Part of things Posts: 311	Fulvia 1200 coupe lukestew @lukestew
	Feb 5, 2017 20:18:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Didnt even know there was aluminium towers in the suspension there was so much crud all over it.
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