Hate

[ROBBIE]

i think my SJ hates me!!!!!!!!!
i had to replace the engine for the last mot and that is now shagged, all i did was a weekends laning on salisbury plain and the alternator snapped all the bolts that hold it in place so got that sorted only to find the rings have gone
so unless i can find a cheap vit so i can rob bits i will be breaking it an selling the bits



oh yeah this is its third engine since i got it

[ScottieJ]

oh dear matey not good! i'm sure you'll find an engine cheap enough.

[dominic]

Oh my,
just what are you doing to it Robbie ?

save it.

Dom

[ROBBIE]

when i made the first post i was very but have now had time to calm and think
i still cant afford to replace the engine but im thinking do i want to? its been good up to this point, certainly the most powerful of the 3
Ive had the head done, skimmed, valves ground, stem sills replaced. the alternator has been sorted, bracket bolts all replaced after snapping off in the block
so why dont i just do the rings, i cant make it worse

but i do still believe he hates me

[ROBBIE]

Oh my,
just what are you doing to it Robbie ?

save it.

Dom

Dom it was fine , it hadnt been used for just over a week .
i got it ready for the trip, checked all the fluids and topped up as required, that was friday morning and set off all was
sat morning at the campsite thought i d make sure all was good before the off and there was no oil, so filled up and set off. i got a call on the cb to tell me my oil was disappearing in the cloud of smoke that was coming out of the exhaust

i wouldnt mind but i dont even rag it!!!!!!!

[Edweird]

What a bitch. I would'v'e thought rings wouldn't be too hard to find?

[ROBBIE]

What a bitch. I would'v'e thought rings wouldn't be too hard to find?

my local motor factor can get them

but its a job ive never done

[Edweird]

It's not that difficult. You could probably do it without taking the engine out of the car in an SJ. You need the head off so the pistons can go up, and the sump off so you can undo the bell ends. Sorry, big ends. Then you just ease the pistons out the top of the engine, not completely, just so the rings are exposed and take out the old rings. I think you get a special gadget to help you fit new rings in, but I just used a pair of big, flat ended screwdrivers to squeeze the ring whilst I dropped the piston back down, then you bolt everything back together, I was careful to put everything back where it came from, so the bolts all went in the same holes, though I'm not sure if it matters.

However, that was in a 1.4 litre Vauxhall Astra MK2 engine carb fed pig. Gutless but hard-wearing and reliable.

Shame my dad wrote the car off a few months later, the engine along with it. The block was split from the starter mount into the nearest cylinder. That was one hard tree.

[mayhemmiller]

a tool such as this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BNIB-3-PISTON ... 3cb8a61a47" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Edweird]

Aye, that's the thing.