I broke down,. Now up and running again

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Re: I broke down,. Now up and running again

Post by Gibbo2286 »

ekjdm14 wrote:Glad to hear all's well now, how did you go on with the valve spring? I'd have opted for compressed air down the GP hole to hold the valve in place, petrol engine I would likely have put a bit of nylon rope down the plug hole and wound the piston round to trap it. Interested to hear any other method you may have used, and can imagine it was 'fun' getting the spring compressed enough. Now a nice low revving sidevalve or IOE lump would have been a doddle, just hold the spring/cap down with one hand and insert collets with the other :D bet these springs are a bit tougher though!


Injector out and a bit of telephone extension cable fed in on top of the piston.
Compressing the spring was a problem, had to knock up a jig, nothing to lever against and all at arms full stretched, out of sight too.........but it's done.
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Nothing like working blind and at arm's length to get the old sweat glands pumping (not to mention the swear glands!)
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So what timing kit did you put on this time Gibbo? It's all a lucky dip I reckon.
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lexi wrote:So what timing kit did you put on this time Gibbo? It's all a lucky dip I reckon.


A Schaeffler Automotive tensioner and idler kit labelled as INA and a Gates belt.
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Re: I broke down,. Now up and running again

Post by ekjdm14 »

I don't think the decent named brands are "lucky dip" at all, in fact it's quite rare for a good kit to fail early (the warranty claims & bad rep would soon send the company under methinks). Personally I've stuck with Gates or Dayco belts & INA branded spinny-roundy bits and never ever had an issue with them.
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Post by elma »

ekjdm14 wrote:I don't think the decent named brands are "lucky dip" at all, in fact it's quite rare for a good kit to fail early (the warranty claims & bad rep would soon send the company under methinks). Personally I've stuck with Gates or Dayco belts & INA branded spinny-roundy bits and never ever had an issue with them.

I agree with that. There will always be the odd exception but I've not come across any of the above failing without an external cause in my own experience.
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