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yup, crossflow head as opposed to exhaust and inlet ports on the same side. Think I'd just drop an valver lump in to be honest

I'm not imagining it am I? One of the thrust bearings is in the wrong way round

you sure it's not spun the bearing and the shells are welded to the journal?

WHAT!!!!!! :eek:

m6 cap head with a 5mm allen key ;) :)

yup, they're basically the same thing though. The term is just a cry back to the days when everything was rear wheel drive, and the fan was attached to the front of the engine, normally on the water pump

very likely the bearing. Pretty easy to do with a press.

AE do .25. There's 2 different types of shell and rod too, one that has retaining tabs and one without. Think the tabbed shells are same as F7

no way. We were talking about this today, new leads form renault are £90+

machine shop should be able to help you with shells, where in essex are you? be aware that if the bearings have spun, the rods wont be much use now.

half the cars on the road have the paint touched up before they even leave the factory lol

the point was, being cat-d doesn't mean it was crashed :)

indeed. Considering a ph1 172 at some point and the only way i'll afford one is cat-d at the moment. Just going to be careful what i go for when it comes to it

no it doesn't. Could have been stolen recovered and needed no more than a window and a lock set. You really need to find out the specificy of what happened.If it's been fixed well then it shouldn't be a problem day to day, and you get a car for cheap, just remember it will also reduce the...

you'll struggle. They're motorcycle brakes

a good engine building manual would be ideal to have a read of, checking clearances is time consuming more than anything, with decent equipment and the knowledge to use it right (plastiguage, feeler gauges, etc) it's not hard really. A good machinist you trust, and decent quality parts (bearing...

I'd see it as an opportunity to go for high compression pistons and get some oversize forgies if it was me

sizes look ok, but if it's out of line by as much as in the picture I think that's your problem

wrap the screwdriver in some electrical tape first so you dont scratch anything

that'll be why i dont like PAS ;) i've been spoilt :D

starter is a bit of a pain to remove as it's under the exhaust manifold. It's normally heat that causes problems with these things so if it's when the engine is warm, i'd be more confident to say it's a starter issue.

sticky starter motor solenoid

could be a damaged ring from the detonation maybe?

can't say fairer than that really

superb, never been a fan of PAS, always felt more confident in every non-pas car i've had /driven

no, ALL of them

Fords, all of them, especially anything with a CVH. hateful things

on a mk1, it's on the back of the plenum between the throttle body and the coilpack

the singlemost barefaced lie i've ever seen on ebay yet.

that a confession?