Practically Classics Forum

hi there Harvey well I got new valves and strings to go with the heads. I may need new tappets to as ends are worn. also got to order new big end shells then I can start the rebuild of the engine. I am going to remove the crank to check for wear and also to replace the rope seals. I looked at the pi...

hi guys with the heads now stripped of valves and cleaned it is time to start installing new valves and springs. All the valve seats look it excellent condition with no pitting or significant wear. I also cleaned out the valve guides and now using an old valve all move smoothly up and down the guide...

dear Harvy

I thought as much as long as i get the bulk out i weill then flush and change the ATF in the car. Head rebuilding this afternoon.

best regards

lee

Hi there everyone I am reassembling the engine now and I need to drain out contaminated ATF from the torque converter. Obviously I could refit then fill up the gear box and pump the old out and then change the whole lot but surely there is a better way of draining out the fluid in the torque convert...

picked up a spare pair of good quality heads this evening. one of my original is close to being repaired so its all systems go.

cheers

lee

sent heads off to be looked at and possibly welded. At the moment the problem is that they look like they may have already been skimmed at some point so this is an added complication. I may however have located an alternative set of heads just waiting on confirmation as to the status and condition. ...

I have sent the heads off with a mate to see if they can be welded and skimmed. One question though is that on land rover heads there is a skim indicator mark which shows if the head is ok to me skimmed. Do the Daimler heads have the same thing? where do you go to have this sort of work done? Cheers...

well guys I have cleaned the water ways as best as i could however there is significant decay around the waterway inlets to the stage where I may be looking for recon heads as the amount of damage is substantial. It is so irritating that a previous owner had obviosuly not used antifreeze. They have ...

hi guys well the engine is out and in ite engine frame. I have taken off the heads and started to clean the heads down. I found initially that the water ways in one of the heads was very bady corroded and full of what looked like limescale. I carefully removed the scale and reopended the water way u...

hi there guys I was goign to use new shells as a matter of course, like JPB I was also taught never use old shells as these have been subjected to heat and stresses and can become brittle. I have been thinking about this for a while now and due to the number of things I could do I think I will take ...