Reassembly is well underway. The block came back from reboring very clean, having been put through the parts washer to remove all traces of swarf. This meant I was able to give the exterior a spray of silver Hammerite (I have found Hammerite to be very good for painting engines, with good adherence and resistance […]
Pistons and Gauges
The psitons and bearings arrived from Turner Engineering this evening. Late, but not their fault – the courriers were simply incompetent and despite loading the parcel on their truck for delivery on friday and again for a special delivery on Saturday, they never turned up. frida Turner was a bit surprised to get my enquiring […]
What Would You Like?
I’ll be rebuilding this site in the near future to make it more accessible as a resource to those who need information or advice on how to carry out certain jobs or mods. I plan to keep this blog going, and that which has been written so far will remain as it is, but I […]
3 Dec 2007 – Annoying Little Jobs
I replaced the oil and filter on the 12J engine today, even though I hope it’ll be coming out soon, as the 109 has now racked up 5,000 miles since the rebuild (I service the engine every 5,000 miles and the whole vehicle every 10,000). It shouldn’t benefit me too much , but should help […]
Leaky Gearbox Seals, and Leaky TDIs
The main gearbox was loosing oil into the transfer box, so I spent Saturday fitting a new main shaft rear seal. This meant removing the prop shaft, hand brake assembly, overdrive, speedo cable, transfer case bottom, transfer box intermediate cluster and oil thrower before access to the seal was possible. The good news is that […]
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