good stuff.

Matt said they'll have done the work in 2/3 days so with postage there and back itll probably be mid to late next week when its back to me so thats all good :)

The work im having done is as follows:

New valve guides
Seats Cut
Valves Re-ground
Fully Cleaned
Skimmed Assembled
CatCam 708's with the new set of hydraulic followers

Looking good!

Will be ace once its all in.

wow.

havent been following this thread man. and just had a read through it now.

awesome. just awesome man! need to catch up after chrimbo!

can't wait to see the finished product:y: saxo is coming on nicely:)

Wednesday 10th October

Bottom end cleaning commences

Had a bit of spare time this morning, only an hour or so, so i thought id start to tackle the bottom end, condition wise it looked fine, but it was covered largely in what would be described as a spilt oil drum.

A roll of kitchen paper later, some scrubbing with a toothbrush and 2 sides are looking fairly clean. (Havnt started on the other 2 yet)

Ill give these another spray with gunk remover tomorrow to make sure and get all the little bits off that ive missed. Then whip over it all with a dremmel attachment of some sorts.

Ill then be hammeriting the bulk of it to keep it fresh and clean and start adding bits on again (if i can remember where the hell they go) before the head arrives back.

Heres a reminder of how it did look before cleaning started:

looks much better mate, bet that took you ages to get all that dirt off...
my whole engine bay is like it lol

Was pitted before wasnt it lol

Good work.

Seen that picture before ;)

Looking ace mate - I'll post up a couple of pic's of what you should be aiming for as soon as i have the inet :)

Looks good mate, bet that oil took some shifting, good progress :y:

done a really good job there mate, looks alot better

engine looks cleaner good job.

Engine rapage!!



Something to aim towards mate,I'll upload better pics once i have inet in my flat :)

Looking good matt! Will have to try sort another whoring day! My car is a state again!

Good job I wont be on track next year as I wont stand a chance! Didnt even get past you this year!

Awesome Pic aswell Josh! Still tempts me to throw money at the engine!

Friday 12th October
Cleaning commenced today.

Pretty much no more oil left atall on the bottom end now, only a few small crevises left to get in and another quick rub over to make double sure.

Started to dremmel the surface a bit aswel to get rid of any small signs of surface corrosion (ie. Small bubbles hiding hints of rust- you can see these bitsi n the pics where the paint surface is broken) just being a bit anal? maybe, but i may aswel do it properly tbh.

Ill go and get a few brushes and some hammerite tomorrow i think.

Todays pics anyway:













I also bought a 500w work lamp from screwfix too, an absoute bargain at just over £5. My god it gives off some heat though. bought my forehead out in a sweat after a few minutes


http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...03678&id=11281

Josh how did you manage to get yours that clean? No idea how much more to clean the innards on mine how. Cant get the end plate off like you have there either, dont know how the 'cog' bit comes off. Haynes manual could be clearer tbh

progress on the engine is coming on well:y: keep up the good work:)

Blocks looking much better now mate, Where things bolt onto the block like the water hose you can lightly sand down with very fine sand paper - have to use a good technique to make sure you smooth it down equally.

Dont worry about the oil pump, leave that alone, clean the surface where the sump seals to the block so you can get a good seal again. Crank and shit you wont be abl to remove because it has 4 pistons and rods still attached to it ;)

Start getting it all painted up so its nice and ready for when the head comes back now pal :)

Doing some great work on this Willsy mate! Looks so much better. Just a quick
question. Is it safe to apply hammerite to the engine?