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Jun 23, 2010 16:39:00 GMT
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New crank nose oilseal arrived from Kansas, $9.56. For one oil seal! At least it was available in metric here. Fitted that up, sealed and torqued down the endplate. Sealed up the sealant channels on the flywheel end and wodged some sealant on the sump gasket, fitted and torqued that down.  Sorry for the shonky cellphone pic, my camera is acting up.  That's considerably better than it was when I got it... compare to this:  Waiting for the sealant to cure, which stinks of vinegar. Gotta clean up the belt guides and fit them, clean up the head bolt holes and torque down the head with the new (stamped 1994) gasket. A whole lot of nothing then it all starts to happen ;D --Phil |
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Real high quality tools get you this.  Sadly that's the best I could get locally in metric. No idea where I got it from now, but it should be under warranty. Receipt time... |
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Oh, waffles*.
Well, turns out my research was very nearly right. Trying to find out just which parts bins Renault picked the bits for this engine from.
Turns out the timing belt and pulleys and idlers and stuff are from a diesel variant of the same block... no wonder the rusty marks didn't line up and the timing belt doesn't fit.
Back to ordering more random parts.
--Phil
*substitute any sailor-friendly curse-word here.
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 Nearly ready to go. Builds up nice compression turned over by hand, bounces back a bit when it's turned. That's a good sign  Got one or two little things, got some fabric washers to get for the top of the camshaft cover, find the other two screws for the dizzy cap, torque down a couple bolts then it's going outside, getting a sumpful of oil, the plugs pulled out and it spun over on the starter to make sure it a) builds a bit of oil pressure and b) doesn't leak everywhere.. Successful now, mojo on the rise and keeping moving forwards, even though it's really really little bits at a time. --Phil |
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nice job phil , my hat off to you sir .
love the alliance to bits , almost imported one myself from Canada a few years back .
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Jun 29, 2010 23:38:14 GMT
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Thanks! Consider headgear doffed to yours too, a lot more impressive than my heap of scrap lol
re importing them, beware- all the ones up north have apparently rotted to nothingness underneath... I'm surprised this one hasn't, given the humidity down here.
Mind you, the wife'd probably welcome me shipping this one away, ha!
--Phil
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Jun 29, 2010 23:51:34 GMT
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More as a mental aide-memoire for me... To Do list:Distributor cap screws were in the old head
$ Copper washer for sump Got a rubber item and a new plug
$ Fibre washers for rocker cover Frosties packet circles
$ Thermostat $3.77 from O'Reilly
Torque oil pump pulley bolt and crank nose pulley bolt!
$ Knock sensor
$ Aux belt idler bearing, purchase and $ refit
Locate and fit heat-guard for firetrap
$ CV boot
$ Wheel bearing purchase and $ have fitted. - got the bearing, need to find a place to fit it Scott's Auto, $33.10
Rear engine mount bolts
- Steering arms and balljoints to fit
Bodge something for the back of the exhaust for now, gasket paste for the silencer join
Refit engine, test
- $ Various other rubber stuff like clutch release fork gaiter, gearshift gaiter,
vacuum pipes etc
$ denotes something I have to spend money on, bigger $ suggests more expense!Probably not complete but can work on that for now |
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2012 22:59:58 GMT by PhilA
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Updated a bit of the list. Checked the pressure washer over, stuck some fuel in it, dislodged a wasp-nest and pressure-washed the car down to remove the green muck that's been accumulating on it the past few months. Evicted yet more wasps from inside the bootlid. Decided to blitz the muck off the engine cradle and blew over the rest of the engine bay whilst I had everything running. Good result.  Thinking about getting some Waxoyl or similar to scootch down inside the frame rails and inside the engine cradle to help prolong the life of the vehicle somewhat. Decided to take the bulbs out of the indicator sockets to allow me to clean them up and *PAK*, got a fingerful of glass. Getting tired of bleeding because of this vehicle. Discovered pressure-washer takes blood out of jeans effectively.  Shame as it was nice self-coloured glass not the cheap tat that has a thin coat of orange laquer that peels off. Waiting on my overtime to come in so I can purchase a new bearing... --Phil |
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Last Edit: Jul 5, 2010 23:06:08 GMT by PhilA
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Put some wind in the tyres of the dolly and hauled the engine outside today. Decided to check see how well it turns over, if it leaks etc.
Stuck some oil in the sump and cranked it over on the starter to see if it build up oil pressure- it does, result, multimeter says the oil pressure switch switches off. So that's at least five pounds right there just on the starter.
Now I'm sure I've got oil everywhere (cranked it over a fair bit more than that off-camera!) I stuck the plugs in to see what result it'll yield.
Result. Nice even spin-over, and the rings haven't even bedded in yet.
Got a few things to sort out first but that's very promising. I'm happy!
--Phil
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Jul 21, 2010 23:10:19 GMT
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Bought a wobble extension and a universal joint for the socket and managed to successfully remove the single nearly fingertight bolt that was holding the rear engine mount in place. Evidently Billy-Bob had difficulty doing them up or forgot about them, as the central stud coming out the back has sheared from the old rubber and the Nyloc is solidly rusted on, only done up to the nylon. The threads have chattered away to nothing so the thing was pretty much u/s. It's right next to the exhaust too so I decided to not try repair it. Bought a new one. Oddly two of the three mounts are still available here.  Boring stuff but it all adds up. Or, at least, the wife tells me that it all adds up to the price of a car I could have bought in a running state. Have lost track of what's been spent on the car so far... --Phil |
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Last Edit: Jul 21, 2010 23:11:25 GMT by PhilA
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Spare bits arrived today. So this happened:   More tomorrow if it doesn't rain --Phil |
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I didn't take any pictures because it was too $%^&ing hot today. 42 degrees in the shade, 65% humidity and no wind.
Needless to say the power steering pump is on (came off again because I routed the pipes wrong) alternator is on, aircon compressor is on, intake and exhaust manifolds are on, fuel injection etc.
Got it all in, got as many things plugged in as possible and stuck the jumpleads on.
It spins over, it's peeing fuel from one of the unions, half of the vacuum lines have perished and the fuel smells like Budweiser so needless to say it didn't start. Do have sparks though which is an awesome sign that the ECU hasn't died. Oil pressure light goes out after about a second of cranking, stays out for a few seconds after you stop, always a good sign too (aka I did a good job on the bearings). The tacho reads a little when it's trying to spin over too.
Next up is to get a new knock sensor, fit the coolant pipes in and get some new vacuum lines, clean the old ones out as quite a lot of them had bugs nesting in them (little mud plugs with a green grub inside), drain the fuel, fill it up fresh and try again...
--Phil
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Last Edit: Aug 2, 2010 3:08:46 GMT by PhilA
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Changed out a bunch of vacuum lines which were either perished, split blocked or nonexistant.
Cranked the engine over a bit but it doesn't want to fire. Got good fuel at the injector now, good compression by the sounds of it (that's scientific!) and a spark when the plugs are pulled but I'm not sure if the sparks are either crapping out under compression or what.
Putting the plug leads on in the wrong order results in pops and bangs out the exhaust and intake so I know it's at least trying.
Gunna get a spark tester tomorrow (one of those neon jobbies that goes in line with the spark plug lead) to see if it blinks on cranking the engine or not.
Then diagnosis begins.
It will run.
That and I need to find out why the hell it buzzes all the time I have the key in the ignition...
--Phil
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Got everything hooked up checked out, in the right order etc. Bought a new set of plugs because the spark was a bit intermittent. It remains intermittent on the king lead as well as the plugs so either the crank position sensor is acting up (highly likely) the coil is breaking down (equally likely) or the ecu is giving up (quite possible).
What makes me think it's the crank position sensor is that it'll crank over and show the tacho moving a bit randomly but not fire until I let off the key and it'll cough and sneeze out of the intake- but not run. The voltage reads about 8 volts whilst cranking, so there's no telling if it's too low for the cps to be reading right on the ecu's input. That and the wiring is suspect until proven good.
Grump.
--Phil
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Last Edit: Aug 4, 2010 1:40:03 GMT by PhilA
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Have some photos because the battery decided to hold a bit of charge long enough to put the lights on for a few minutes. Dashboard. 80's-tastic.  Moody shot of the back of the car. It's a bit misty out.  More diagnostics tomorrow, going to check the crank sensor with my oscilloscope. Knew I bought it for a reason --Phil |
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bloomin eck... cool thread dunno how i missed this.... bookmarked it now |
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It sparks evenly now. I have compression. The fuel injector is injecting- I threw a gallon of fuel in the tank but that might not be enough to freshen up the fuel. Heck knows what's in the bottom of the tank tbh.
Next task, drain the tank (ugh).
--Phil
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Good work so far sir !! Just the " french " electrics to sort now then.. Can't place your accent though.... ;-) |
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Somerset! ;D
Now that it has some fresh fuel it's popping and banging like a pig.
All I can concede is the timing marks on the cam and/or crank sprocket are wrong, have come from the wrong engine and my cam timing is out because it farts a couple times out the intake then stops.
The coil fires continuously when cranking, let go of the key and it flashes twice as the engine coughs a little.
It did try to run earlier, farting and burping whilst on the starter. I think I need to check the timing (after carefully counting teeth) and see if it is a tooth or two too far retarded.
--Phil
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