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Zisco decat like new, extremely strong? Or a wepr short decat from ct9 but might be a tight fit

Fuck me 500 quid lol? What did you have done haha? So basically I need to ask for this doing: -Check if head needs skimming, if so skim it the minimal amount required so it can still be non Interference. -Reseat valves with stem seals I supply and set up the valve clearances(if they say new shims are needed, tell them to take what is necessary from the stem head) -And possibly chemically clean head dependant on price Aky...I've not done a sniff test but after that other topic I took it out for a bait last night, pulled up and switched it off, rad pipes were hard and so I lifted the lid

Ah I see mate cheers, I've asked my Mate To call them tomorrow as he owns a Garage and can likely get trade discount, what did you pay for yours doing So i can gauge it?

Ah yeah ill get them to do that, and fit new stem seals What do you mean with the shim thing? So i understand what im asking them.

Ah, whats the purpose of that then? Im hoping the machine shop will reseat the valves is that normal? And then checking the tappets thats just where you use feeler gauges to set em am I right? what clearance should they be?

Ah I see, and basically put it through both cogs as that guide says? The guide looks helpful but really fucking confusing :/ haha What do you mean about reseat valves and tap what? you mean set the tappet clearances?

Thats what im planning mate, who will i send the head to my mate just mentioned it I don't actually know myself? and will they do all that needs doing on the head? If I say minimal skinning will that still be non-interference with a 1.2mm athena?

Right, it seems as though I have to do my head gasket, and therefore, I think i'm going to tackle it myself with a mate who is a mechanic but is there a little guide on how to do it as I always feel these help? - I am thinking of doing the stem seals whilst the head is off, cambelt even tho it was done at 99k km and water pump, is there anything else that would be a good idea, and where could I get some uprated stem seals from? - As these are non- interference engines how does it work in regards to getting head skimmed and thickness of head gasket if i want to keep it non interference,

Not as yet mate I'm gonna do that on my day off, I did it a year ago but not since, should I hose out the rad and then take thermo out and do engine?

What's that mean mate, pardon my igborance, and what will diagnose it?

Weird mate, typical mine did it on way down to see dean and get my td04 fitted, so I can't even give it anything lol, had to call my map off as well, fuck it I think I'm gonna do hg, Cambelt again, water pump and valve seals to sort it out good and proper

Great lol, will do, I assume it will need doing, will I need the head skimming if its not overheated?

I've done a comp test got 172 176 175 175 literally a week before I noticed the pipes hard, ill get a co test done and then make a thread asking how to do the hg if need be lol

Mines just started making the rad pipes hard when the engine warms up, do I have the same issue?

Really? Hmm maybe it might be normal then, wasn't sure it's always been like that lol. How about the temp of the bottom pipe, if I'm parked up idling the bottom pipe warms up, not heard the fan kick in in this weather however...but if I pull up from driving and check it appears to be cold....that normal?

Yeah still blow hot mate

I noticed yesterday after a long drive that a bit of coolant had come out of the expansion tank, maybe not helped by the capto exp tank being loose.....but anyway for piece of mind ive changed the thermostat and also rad cap(motor factors gave me 1.1 bar as opposed to genuine being 0.9 Ive noticed after driving around for a bit once the engine is warm the rad pipes get a little hard, the bottom hose is sometimes hot like the top and others not( i assume this is due to how long driving how long parked idling? Now is the pipe stiffness serious, am i gonna need to do the headgasket or is

Standard rad mate?

Can any one tell me where I can get a new rad cap from? Cheers

If I've still got it mate drop me a pm

Do they clip in or what mate? Got any pics?

Still got the roof gutter things?

Come on buy this and then do the other mods after ;) Was tempted to have the emb set up on this but it's not really worth it I think

Come on, someone must want this lol?

I am, tomorrow I should be getting the td04 fitted however.