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| naffsharpe (Nathan):
Thanks for the continued interest! Cyl head is fitted and torqued/stretched down, timing was, as usual, a pain but it's there and cranked round to check several times. I've got one porous hose to replace, fuel filter to replace and radiator fans to check in operation then I can fill with oil/water ready for test running. The oil and oil filter will be replaced after an hour or two running at the correct temperature just to be sure all of the oil/water emulsion is gone. It's not much different to the Golf/Jetta 1.9 tdi but is indirect injection, the 1.9 tdi will fit the T4 and give major power increases but also needs the front wiring loom changing. In fact all VAG 1.9 engines will fit with greater or lesser messing around mine has a Seat 1.9 head as the only available ABL heads were far too expensive for my (non existant) buget! As John said you can feel the bolt stretch in stage 4 tightening, bits of your anatomy get twitchy around then and start to pucker !! It will hopefully be on the road this weekend, but, being an old van you can never be certain! I was going to scrap it but swmbo soon changed that idea when she added up the time I've spent and cash I've used to rebuild the engine and transmission from the ground up. The gasket failed because of a seized cooling fan and a son who was determined to bring Dad's van home after a weekend climbing in Pembroke- should have called the recovery earlier . Nathan. |
| naffsharpe (Nathan):
Well it's back together and runs O/K, had 1 minor leak on a cooling water flange but no oil leaks. I did however reuse the hydraulic tappets and it is now sounding a bit dry on the top end. As VW say they can be refurbished I'll dig my spare (old) set out and work on them so I can do a minimum cost swap , the currently fitted set will have gummed/varnished with the overheating. I know our favourite auction site has loads of cheap pattern part followers but that is what they are - cheap and not very good quality, I will not use them again. I know also that most people will think I'm crazy for doing my own repairs but I still can and also enjoy it even if parts of my body tell me I'm not!! Nathan. |
| vtsteam:
Crazy? Repairs? On Mad Modder? :drool: :zap: :headbang: :ddb: |
| dawesy:
Good work buddy. There's a real sense of satisfaction from repairing things yourself rather than handing over cash for someone to do it for you. |
| naffsharpe (Nathan):
Just an update. The T4 is still in use and has covered about 2000 miles since rebuild, most of it my son's mileage. I've had no major problems apart from the timing/cam belt starting to climb off the intermediate shaft pulley. This was caused by 2 out of 3 mounting bolts falling out! I bought some new threadlock and refitted them/re timed and problem solved. I have 1 annoying but minor oil leak to sort then all "should" be good. Now I can start on the suspension upgrades that I want. Nathan. |
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