SKID'S SUBMARINE IS ALIVE

[wgtnnewbie]

looking at the pics i can't help but wonder whilst the engine is out if it's a good time to give it a new coat of paint. A nice shade of yellow i'm thinking.........

size=50]we've all been in skiddys cruiser submarine[/size]

[mercutio]

you guys doing stuff like this makes me think i should move to wgtn

[Andrew1706]

Just looked at the photos for a second time..

.. soooo much hair involved in pulling that motor..

.. wellington barbers need no fear of the recession with you boys around..



[edit] I'm sure you guys have it under control but I found this the other day http://aus80.freeforums.org/new-consoli ... t3295.html

[Jerry]

Bloody hippies

[T-Boon]

you guys doing stuff like this makes me think i should move to wgtn

I`m thinking to agree with that..

Have donated anyway.

[rangimotors]

if someone in the area has a dehumidifier it works really well to put them in the cab with the doors and windows closed for a few days, it will help to dry out the wiring loom and plugs and stop them corroding.
Nothing worse then getting it all back together and having endless electrical issues.

Great job guys

[Heath]

Any news on the donk?

[dazza85]

if someone in the area has a dehumidifier it works really well to put them in the cab with the doors and windows closed for a few days, it will help to dry out the wiring loom and plugs and stop them corroding.
Nothing worse then getting it all back together and having endless electrical issues.

Great job guys

Now there's a very good idea ... I was thinking today about the computer and other boxes of electronics that makers insist on putting in the foot-wells
They need to be opened up and washed in clean water if the water that Skid played sub in was really dirty

Corrosion works very quickly on the very fine tracks etc on the boards

[vvilly]

if someone in the area has a dehumidifier it works really well to put them in the cab with the doors and windows closed for a few days, it will help to dry out the wiring loom and plugs and stop them corroding.
Nothing worse then getting it all back together and having endless electrical issues.

Great job guys

when i done my 4X4 driver training with the army one of the guys on my course dround one of the trucks better than what skid done, well and truly they used the dehumidifier in the cab god it worked a treat nice idea

[Bolo]

So whats the news Skid ??? , do we know what happen to it yet??

[skid]

So whats the news Skid ??? , do we know what happen to it yet??

nup, its at my mates house ready for a strip down

my week is rather screwed as I have my daughter all week and a family thing this weekend, otherwise I would of stayed up all night to look at it myself.
so if its not looked at by monday, then I will be going round to strip it myself


the dehumidifer has been getting emptied every 5-6 hours so far over the last couple of days

the boys noticed the standard chassis cracks around steering box when motor was pulled, so will have to fix that as well and the thrust bearing is a little bit in need of replacing as well

all fluids are drained, just curious to know if I should be putting something back in there whilst its sittnig idle


I cant say enough thanks to everybody whos helped so far

I hope you boys remember how that motor came out, coz I wasnt home to watch

and what the hell were you hippies on about, I run out of piss.

the chilly bin in the back of the 80 is still full of green bottle and some orange ones too and I fond a few full orange cans in my bed later that night too

never thought I would see sadam wasting tui like that

[skid]

[curly12]

all fluids are drained, just curious to know if I should be putting something back in there whilst its sittnig idle

I would be putting some diesel in the diff's...........

[skid]

all fluids are drained, just curious to know if I should be putting something back in there whilst its sittnig idle

I would be putting some diesel in the diff's...........

yeah, someone told me that, just wanted to double check to make sure

[skid]

Also, this is a fairly accurate re-enactment of what happened and how deep it was except for the fact that I was in a flowing river, so water was coming in fast and beating up my cruiser...........

[rangimotors]

Things could always be wrose.


Why not just put oil back in the diffs? Then its one thing done and off the list.

[skid]

Why not just put oil back in the diffs? Then its one thing done and off the list.

just curious to know, if the diesel will help loosen any more of the coffee liquor thats in there and then drain and refill with the oil then

or do ya wheel it back and forth down the drive for a bit to clean inside housings/gearbox before draining diesel


transfer case must have an awesome seal, cos the oil is like new in there

[rangimotors]

fair point, I guess it all depends how long it will be before its up and running again, diffs will usually run fine with a bit of water in there and it only really causes damage when they sit around so it all seperates. I'm sure at this point (until the motors stripped) you won't no how long it's going to sit for so diesel may be a good idea.

good luck champ.

[Sadam_Husain]

Righty Ho got my mates photos

[Smurf]

Shouldn't that sign on the tree say "ENGINE BREAKING"....

[wgtnnewbie]

Shouldn't that sign on the tree say "ENGINE BREAKING"....

altering the sign was discussed but i can't remember why we didn't.....

[Andrew1706]

The message gets across though

[Bolo]

Shouldn't that sign on the tree say "ENGINE BREAKING"....

altering the sign was discussed but i can't remember why we didn't.....

No tape to change it

[BlackDeath]

Blackdeath going through Skids water bath, and it survives

[Beer_Cruiser]

Blackdeath going through Skids water bath, and it survives

Must be that snorkel thing that stops the water going in to the motor...
Or could be some thing else

[skid]

upon further investigation, I have found yet another sticker that was placed upon my 80 whilst I was at work and the boys were pulling motor...................





THANX GUYS, LUV YA WORK





righto then, down tp the nitty gritty of it
had a bloody busy day today at work so did not get much looked at, but did get most of motor stripped down........










it may be a bit blurry, but if you look close enough, you will see balck marks on the pulleys and one on the block in a different place, this is far as the crank turns round. It isabout 20mm away from doing one complete revolution, so it seems we may have a couple of bent rods or something. We suspect the middle 2 pistons due to them being the ones that don't do a full cycle.......




the head seems fine. The camshaft spins freely and all the valves look like they are doing what they are supposed to do with no odd movements or anything like that. A clean up and it should be good.............





I will be pulling sump off on Wednesday night to investigate deeper and hopefully having an accurate answer to the inability to turn over and then the list of bits will be made and sought

[Sadam_Husain]

I will be pulling sump off on Wednesday night to investigate deeper and hopefully having an accurate answer to the inability to turn over and then the list of bits will be made and sought

So what did you find?

[skid]

I will be pulling sump off on Wednesday night to investigate deeper and hopefully having an accurate answer to the inability to turn over and then the list of bits will be made and sought

So what did you find?

a small list

[skid]

righto then

went round tonight to pull sump and determined why donk not wanting to turn over....................





so, once the sump was off we were turning it back and forth and shining torches etc in there but could not see any problem at all........




so we decided maybe the gears behind the front cover were jammed or something.........






but they looked mint as well, so by now we were getting dumbfounded and scratching heads, when I spotted some shiny parts down around the bottom of the number 1 rod, so we took out the rod and piston........






and wouldn't ya faaarking know it.......

ITS BENT............





So we only have one bent rod,which is a piss to find after pulling the whole motor down, but it had to be done.

So tomorrow I will price up a new rod, head gasket, water pump, cam belt and then it goes back together


hope you welly boys remember how the faaark it came out

p.s. gotta repair chassis cracks first

[Sadam_Husain]

So tomorrow I will price up a new rod, head gasket, water pump, cam belt and then it goes back together


hope you welly boys remember how the faaark it came out

Yeah Reece knows