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I'm wrapping up a 1.6 rebuild.....I didn't have to do the crank/rods/pistons, only the head and IP rebuild. Had the flywheel resurfaced and included a new pressure plate and clutch. New water pump, but that's in another freshly started thread! Doing the GP pimp job while I'm at it!. here's a photobu...

gotta start the search for one I suppose....suggestions? (I could try the local wrecking yard, not too confident though)

Well....putting this 198(2?) NA 1.6 motor back together, and found out that the new water pump has a smaller mounting surface than the original one :shock: Any suggestions on a fix.....like, where do I get a pulley that fits the one that's smaller and already installed? (ok..I know I can go to the &...

Yikes.....I didn't do that fortunately!

Fire Extinguisher (bigger than your average store bought) and a good first aid kit. Warm blanket(s) and a gallon of water per person, and protein bar(s). Box of matches and some newspaper. Add a 27mm deep (fuel injector) socket to the previously mentioned tools! Cell phone charger Flash Light with s...

I can't wait to get it back in the Dasher and fired up.....!

Thank You for your help....I really appreciate it

I did leave it loose.....and it sure helped with getting the belt on, that buggar was tight!

Ran outa time to do anything else though....dinner.

Any other tips on timing (I have the Bently and the write-up Vince Waldon put together. I'm doing this with the motor on the bench at this point.

No key on the camshaft. Just a keyway cut there to fool people. Put it together as is. Clean up the rusty stuff on the cam and sprocket mating areas though, they should me immaculate. AWESOME....thank you so much.....I thought I was loosing my mind about misplacing a pin! I'll clean that internal s...

I would have to say that the motor is bad....not to the point of innoperable because you say it will not get the oil in the water at highway operating condition....but it still sounds like at least a bad head gasket if not a cracked something-or-another. The honesty about the motor condition is admi...

so....I'm putting the cam timing gear on the cam shaft, and there's a keyway slot in it, and there's a rusty spot on the gear internal surface where the two were together before.....but, I can't find a keyway pin in my removed parts stuff.....and, I'm pretty meticulous about keeping stuff together (...

82vdub wrote:I use antisieze on anything that threads into aluminum.

I did too!

Today's progress

Would applying some anti-seize be prudent?

How about applying anti-seize to the glow plugs as well....when they get here

Plugs are here today (2-11)...woo hoo....movin forward with the rebuild...

It would seem possible to crack the injector because of the angle not being completely vertical I imagine?

I've had the injectors rebuilt, and will be putting them in once the new glow plugs get here....didn't goof up and crack 'em pulling - Lucky me!

Since you didn't know what they were you probably don't know that you have to torque them to 51ft/lbs and to tighten toward the head, not away. If you do this incorrectly it will break the boss on the front side of the head. Do not keep tightening until the head breaks. Wow.....thank you "the ...

I just went and felt/looked at the old ones, and I can tell where they were crushed/squeezed in the middle like you mention....Thank You for that information, I wouldn't have known about that!