thebear54
DAF Nut
Those who say it can't be done, should not interupt the people doing it !
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Post by thebear54 on Apr 27, 2014 23:58:43 GMT
Should not need one...
Just rotate the motor to TDC, remove the head bolts. Just remember to twist the head off (DO NOT pull it straight up when you remove it)
As long as you don't rotate the motor while the head is off there should be no liner movement and it's easy to replace the gasket.
John
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Post by 33grinder on Apr 28, 2014 7:35:27 GMT
Noooooooooo! Really sorry to hear that Panos. Guess I shouldn't have admitted to changing her cylinder head and gasket when we met yesterday...I must have jinxed her...
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Post by macplaxton on Apr 28, 2014 11:24:17 GMT
A couple of short M10 x 1.5 bolts and some big washers will do. p2080005 by macplaxton, on Flickr Or just get some big washers, use the headbolts and space them with sockets. Two will do, or add as many more as you like depending on your degree of liner-shifting paranoia. p2240012 by macplaxton, on Flickr As John says, twist the head off. In the last picture you can see the dowel sleeve nearest the distributor hole. It will pivot round this point.
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Post by Nick on Apr 28, 2014 12:43:00 GMT
just use a big washer and a bolt of the correct thread
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Post by Sigmund Fraud on Apr 30, 2014 15:47:56 GMT
Last Sunday, after a most enjoyable day at ED central and 200+ trouble free miles, I noticed some smoke in my rear view mirror just before the Hook junction of the M3. Ena was running well, and none of the warning lamps of death had illuminated, but I thought I should stop to make sure everything was OK. So I exited the motorway and eventually found a safe place to stop. I came out of the car and noticed steam coming from underneath the front valance - I initially thought a hose had burst so I turned the engine off and popped the bonnet. I then realised that all the hoses were intact, and the source of the steam was the radiator overflow pipe. Whoops... I let her cool down and took the thermostat out, hoping this was the cause of the problem. AA man eventually appeared, bringing some water with him. We refilled the radiator and restarted the engine. Unfortunately, it became immediately apparent that the cooling system was pressurising. Great. So Ena returned home on the back of a recovery truck, a good five hours later than expected. To say I was not a happy bunny would be an understatement of epic proportions. Anyway... Since then, Ena has been scrapped, as I gave up and bought a Golf on finance like everybody else taken to my new workshop, and I have ordered various essentials, including a NOS Payen gasket kit. Updates to follow, she will live again !
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Post by pauldaf44 on Apr 30, 2014 16:39:44 GMT
Well I hope your HG change proves easier than mine. In theory a spitfire is super easy to change the HG on and access is fine and all the nuts and bolts undone ready to free the head in 10mins then spend a further 3 hours whilst giving oneself a hernia trying to get the head to part company with the block.
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Post by ozzie on Apr 30, 2014 17:59:23 GMT
Well I hope your HG change proves easier than mine. In theory a spitfire is super easy to change the HG on and access is fine and all the nuts and bolts undone ready to free the head in 10mins then spend a further 3 hours whilst giving oneself a hernia trying to get the head to part company with the block. Don't tell me you left a bolt still in there.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Apr 30, 2014 18:57:59 GMT
Well I hope your HG change proves easier than mine. In theory a spitfire is super easy to change the HG on and access is fine and all the nuts and bolts undone ready to free the head in 10mins then spend a further 3 hours whilst giving oneself a hernia trying to get the head to part company with the block. Don't tell me you left a bolt still in there. Nope it just didn't want to come off. Its off now but half the HG is on the block and the other half on the head. The HG had welded itself to the block and head and I literally had to split the two laminations of the gasket apart to get the bugger loose.
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Post by spunkymonkey on Apr 30, 2014 19:18:31 GMT
Mmmmm. 66's and head gaskets. They do that, y'know No need for a liner clamp if you're just doing the head, btw. Just remember not to turn it while the head's off. Or use a couple of big sockets and two head bolts if you do need to
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Post by macplaxton on Apr 30, 2014 21:47:33 GMT
just use a big washer and a bolt of the correct thread Or use a couple of big sockets and two head bolts if you do need to Is there an echo in the room?
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