Emergency Pre Bedford Trackday Rebuild

[Michael Woodford MST]

As some of you may or may not know,

With Bedford 2 working days away, My car decideds to do this!

Loss of compression on Cyclinder 4, and oil spraying out at high pressure from the oil breather- The engine is DEAD!

So after a moment of throwing my toys out the pram I set to work!

45k engine won on ebay for £40 is what I will be putting my whole trackday faith into from now on. There is just 1 snag!

She snapped her belt at 120mph on the Motorway.

So the rebuild begins,

I will be updateing this as often as i can. I still need to drive 240mile round trip to fetch a rear beam from Fred and fit that too!

 

[Lawro]

Some nice bent valves there.. Best of luck with the rebuild! Get a shift on

 

[Bobby.]

Well sh@t mine! And time to make a thread about it aswell.

 

[Michael Woodford MST]

Right work is done for the day. Time to focus on the Clio for the rest of the day. I will be updating this as the day/night/morning goes!

 

[Fred@BTM]

late night meet on the M40 with a rear beam in my boot?

 

[Pete.]

Makes my problem insignificant. Good luck with the build.

 

[Dave..]

That's commitment. I'd be setting fire to it in your position.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Just seen this, I could have picked the beam up for you, would have been a little less distance to travel.

 

[George182]

Good luck!

 

[Michael Woodford MST]

22.39

Been to Birmingham to see Fred! Smashing bloke. Pleasure to finally meet you mate!

When I was I Fred's my mate Charles ground in all the valves and rebuilt the cylinder head.

The second I got back, I removed the engine.

 

[rdoxenham]

Wow, and I was worried about a flat battery before my track day! Best of luck getting it running bud

 

[Chip-mk1]

Good luck mate. Gutted I'm not local at the moment to help

 

[mark123]

You found some "can be f**ked" then

 

[Wayne-G]

Commitment! Hope the new engine works fine once its in, best of luck

 

[Alex Conway]

Awesome commitment mate! I've been in similar situations before but nothing this bad, crack on and good luck!

 

[Michael Woodford MST]

23.35

Old engine out and stripped of all useful parts.

Arp's installed in new bottom end, and new engine starting to go back together.

 

[BIGASH]

Awesome stuff Mike Best of luck with it! I'm sure you'll manage it

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Some of the commitment on here is just superb.

Great work Sir, hope you get it sorted!

 

[Jonny1*2]

Nearly there mate. Brilliant commitment. Most would have just sold the day. Hope it runs well

 

[Michael Woodford MST]

01.20am

Engine is almost ready to go back in. Just doing the cambelt and the auxs.

Just about to start the 3rd can of relentless. That stuff is epic!

I've also decided to swap to my 182 cup pack front anti roll bar to help stiffen up the front end.

 

[TimR26]

Good work mate, hope you get it up and running ok.

 

[Shedspeed]

Hands a-blurr with the speed of work! Getting there!

 

[Michael Woodford MST]

2.43am

The 182 front anti rollbar is on and the engine is completely built with gearbox attached!

Next step! In the hole!

 

[Michael Woodford MST]

03.32am

Engine is now fully built and in the whole. Next step. Connect everything up and wait for a shops to open to get an oil filter.

 

[Dan@SJM]

Good work man, I'm about an hour away from the yard now, and as soon as I get in I'm heading to the garage to get all my bits and pieces done. OPD - the last minute rush society

Funny part of it, chip, the person who had the most to do, has actually finished way before us lol

 

[Michael Woodford MST]

04.35

Got the relentless shakes now! Progress is defiantly starting to slow down however, it's the radiator and fluids away from being able to start it up and see if this all nighter was worth the effort!

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Fair play to you sir!

 

[Adamm.]

Fair play to you sir!

This mate. Some dedication tbf.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Should have got a filter off of Fred, save waiting.

Hope it was all worth it.

 

[Michael Woodford MST]

05.55am

And she's back in the game!

Now any normal person would say right, job done, time for bed! But as there's no point going to bed now, we're going to turn it round and fit a 182 rear beam instead!

 

[Tony Hunter]

Why not.

 

[Adamm.]

Nutter.

 

[Adam G]

Just don't oversleep tomorrow now.

 

[Tim.]

Epic effort Mike, will make the day so much sweeter!

Legend of the month!

 

[BoatNonce]

The WRC called. They need you.

 

[Lal B3N]

Epic commitment.

Theres not many excuses people can make now for not making it because something is up with their car haha!

 

[Michael Woodford MST]

7.26am

Will this poxy rear beam come off! Will it hell! Bolts a seized to buggery. Going to need a Mcdonnalds breakfast in a minute to see off the relentless shakes!

 

[Cub.]

Awesome work, looking forward to seeing it tomorrow.

 

[BigDaveRotary]

You are crazy. But fair play, maximum respect for all the effort.

Really hope it rewards you

 

[Martin.]

LOL F*ck me that is some serious dedication right there!! Hats off to you guys, what a turn around!