That would certainly look the part v8 
As you say, lotta money though!
Got some small updates to report tonight. Simple cosmetic ones first, my new trim clips arrived so I got the chrome trim put back on the bonnet.
And I got to put my sun visors in.
Both of which little touches are nice to have done, as they sort of finish the exterior and interior jobs respectively.
Which means I really can focus on the engine and gearbox. My gearbox parts have arrived, so over the next few days I can get properly stuck into that.
Also my friend Hobbawobba popped round tonight and helped me measure my crank. I say helped me... he measured as he was used to using the micrometer, and I took notes/pictures!
He bought with him a couple of micrometers, and even a calibrated test block to prove they were accurate. The micrometers were metric, which I thought was going to complicate things, but helpfully there were metric specs in my Daimler manual as well as the imperial ones!
We checked all the journals at several angles, and the good news is that I think with a light home polish my crank will be absolutely fine. The manual gives a spec of 50.78-50.80mm for the main bearing journals, and a limit of 0.08mm wear before it needs to be reground, and all of mine are 50.78-50.79mm. For the rod journals it states 44.42-44.43mm, with the same 0.08mm max wear, and all of mine were again in spec at 44.42-44.43mm.
I think the journals all need a light polish, just to remove some high spots really, nothing like my cam shaft needed. So while he was here with the micrometer I did a quick test polish on a journal on my spare crank. We found it removed 0.01mm of material after a medium amount of polishing, probably more than would need needed on my good crank, so that shouldn't be a problem and my crank should still be well inside the wear limits.
We also took a moment to measure the crank, and the calibrated test block, with my digital callipers and I'm pleased to report that my £10 eBay's finest callipers were pretty good! Sometimes showing exactly the same as the micrometer and sometimes over reading by 0.01mm. A little bit of technique is needed, as over aggressive clamping of the callipers using the thumb wheel would give an under reading of 0.10-0.15mm, but if handled considerately they were fine. So now I know I can trust them, I can use them to help me make sure I don't get over zealous with the polishing!
As you say, lotta money though! Got some small updates to report tonight. Simple cosmetic ones first, my new trim clips arrived so I got the chrome trim put back on the bonnet.
And I got to put my sun visors in.
Both of which little touches are nice to have done, as they sort of finish the exterior and interior jobs respectively.
Which means I really can focus on the engine and gearbox. My gearbox parts have arrived, so over the next few days I can get properly stuck into that.
Also my friend Hobbawobba popped round tonight and helped me measure my crank. I say helped me... he measured as he was used to using the micrometer, and I took notes/pictures!
He bought with him a couple of micrometers, and even a calibrated test block to prove they were accurate. The micrometers were metric, which I thought was going to complicate things, but helpfully there were metric specs in my Daimler manual as well as the imperial ones!
We checked all the journals at several angles, and the good news is that I think with a light home polish my crank will be absolutely fine. The manual gives a spec of 50.78-50.80mm for the main bearing journals, and a limit of 0.08mm wear before it needs to be reground, and all of mine are 50.78-50.79mm. For the rod journals it states 44.42-44.43mm, with the same 0.08mm max wear, and all of mine were again in spec at 44.42-44.43mm.
I think the journals all need a light polish, just to remove some high spots really, nothing like my cam shaft needed. So while he was here with the micrometer I did a quick test polish on a journal on my spare crank. We found it removed 0.01mm of material after a medium amount of polishing, probably more than would need needed on my good crank, so that shouldn't be a problem and my crank should still be well inside the wear limits.
We also took a moment to measure the crank, and the calibrated test block, with my digital callipers and I'm pleased to report that my £10 eBay's finest callipers were pretty good! Sometimes showing exactly the same as the micrometer and sometimes over reading by 0.01mm. A little bit of technique is needed, as over aggressive clamping of the callipers using the thumb wheel would give an under reading of 0.10-0.15mm, but if handled considerately they were fine. So now I know I can trust them, I can use them to help me make sure I don't get over zealous with the polishing!
