Posted by peter r on October 1, 2009, 10:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Its alive!!!"
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Thanks Brad . Still haven`t got to look for you stuff on aulro and in the mean time either my hearing is getting much worse ( which it is and the eyes too ) but it seems the noise is less though i haven`t driven it much now i don`t have to share the 85 as much . Hope you got that 820 sorted , had to google it haven`t seen one though i do look at Rovers and Jags when i notice them . Hope you sorted the 4.2 and it was a silent failure , had a fiddle with one not long ago it is a Ritter 4.2 has 4 cracked skirts , one was broken off at the oil ring and other than a bit of noise at idle and a heap of smoke at 3000 rpms it ran well as it was falling to pieces . Had a look at the pics of you engine on the WA site and feel it`s an acquired taste , hope you put some special markings on it as it may become know as a BRADTOT in the same manner that engine builders give engines their own colours . Good onya Brad , talk again . Peter . , --Previous Message-- : Hello Peter : I could not be bothered making shims so I : ordered and waited $55.00 Later they were : here 3 different sizes so I could pick what : I wanted that was best measurement. : What space... its already filled with the : old one...well no not yet but My wife is : sorta happy its gone.Dont worry I will find : some other part to put in its place. : Comp ratio...well 9.35 is what I was told : the pistons were as they were genuine 3.9 : with only a slight dish out of them 94mm : from memory and with the tin gaskets and the : heads skimmed by not much 10thou and I can : still read the engine number on the block so : there wasn't much off that . I hope its all : still ok. : Yes I have seen the one on ebay I am : watching it ..but with low k's ...what will : I do with it? : I have my sons rangie coming back with a : suspected cracked block/slipped liner as its : using water and overheating...but not all : the time. he has got sick of it and has : bought a 99 disco diesel so I am left to get : the rangie going and to sell it..this one : has the performance industries 4.2 stroker : kit in it so I am very reluctant to get rid : of it. I may find a second hand motor and : fit that to sell it off and that will leave : me the insides to perhaps fit in the motor I : just pulled out of mine?...we shall see. I : also own a rover 820si that I repaired some : time ago that is also coming back and the : wife wants me to get rid of that as well . : It had a head gasket problem but I fixed : that and my son was driving it as a spare : until we got the rangie sorted but he got : cold feet and bought the disco. The820 has : only done 109k and was being sent to the : crushers . I rescued it and fixed it as all : new parts and recon head were in the boot. : It cost me nothing except the tow to my : house. it looks like a Jag from the front.. : google it and u will see, and its british : racing green as well! : Another long post....... : Borg warner ..if search AULRO on my name u : should see the posts and writeup I did about : it, Honestly they are dead easy to pull : apart I still have 2.5 units here in various : states of disrepair, chain, visc unit is : really all u need to replace to have a quiet : not clunky transfer case. : In saying that I am toying up the idea of : fitting the 95 disco zf auto box and lt230 : transfer case I bought of ebay with a low : 76k on it..or so I was told. I got it from : NSW and had it shipped over here at a total : cost of $900.00 nobody else did bid on it so : I got it and it really does look new. : That will be another project in the future. : : I have also bought one of those TM2 engine : alarms from e bay 149 delivered and I will : be fitting that soon I got it with the oil : alarm as well and an external relay output. : I also received today from Paddocks in the : UK the polybush kit...incredible what u get. : That was $110.00 to buy plus $120 for : freight . It was here in a week! so I got to : fit that as well. : One day I will have some time for myself.... : but here is a link to our club forum where I : have posted some pics of the motor so u can : see the colour : : http://www.lrocwa.org.au/forum/cgi-bin/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1249820769;start=0#0 : : : Brad : : --Previous Message-- : Good onya Brad . : : Wouldn`t expect any less though . : : Importing shims from the UK , WA really is : an affluent state , down here we have to : make our own . : : What are you going to use the space in the : spare room for ? : : What comp ratio do you have ? 9.35 plus how : much ? : : I don`t mind Sky Blue as an exterior colour : almost bought an 83 as such when we got the : 85 but as an engine colour i`d have to see : it . : : Have you seen the one on Ebay like yours ( : colour ) got 100k km on it with papers , : make a good parts car for ya . : : Good to see you do have the capacity for : long posts too . : : While your here could you direct me to where : your infomation is on the BW transfers , i`m : sure i read and saw pics but don`t remember : and can`t find where . Think our 94 has a : whine in the Front diff but it may be the in : BW , so need to do a bit of learning . : : Cheers : Peter : : : : --Previous Message-- : Well after many years I have finally removed : my new motor from my Games room/spare room : and its gone into my 89 Rangie. : This motor was originally intended to go : into my 82 4 door that I thought would die : but after some 525000kms when I sold it, it : was and is still going now with its new : owner. My current Rangie 89 has 379000k on : the clock and even though the original motor : was not noisy or had problems it was lacking : power on the hills and towing a small camper : I really felt it on the back poor old 3.5 : I now have a high compression 3.9 with a : stage 2 cam pc216 heads shaved block decked : roller timing gears tin head gaskets and : lifter preload set with shims I bought from : Rimmer bros in the UK. : This motor started life as a 3.5 and was : modified with new liners and brand new : original 3.9 pistons to be made as a 3.9. : I have been working on this on my own for : the last 2 months on the weekends removing : the old and fitting the new. : I did have problems getting the bolts from : the flywheel off as they are locktighted : from the factory and I rounded one off even : with the correct tool and had to drill it : out. : Tonight it all came to fruition when I : started it 2 cranks and it was off as quiet : as a mouse and so so smooth no clacking at : all. : I did get the oil pressure up before I : fitted the rocker covers and intake manifold : with a special tool I had made to go into a : drill and then onto the pump drive so I : could watch the oil drip from the rockers : therefore making sure I had oil up there : before I started it. : so far it hasn't got hotter than it should : and just sounds so good. : I do have a steering pump problem as I have : lots of movement in all directions so I need : a new one of those and also a new viscous : fan( I will get an xd/f ford one new) : I am just so happy that all my hard work has : paid off and no leaks yet that I can see. I : now just have to run it in for a while...oh : and I painted the outside of the block and : heads SKY BLUE with the rockers left as grey : and the timing cover grey and all the sump : bolts individually hand painted black : : Catchas later : Brad : : : : :