I have been away for a week, and had a week of not going a great deal
So time to get back on with a few details. I am starting to get the engine ready. The jobs I need to do on the engine are:
Remove both camshaft covers to clean them up and stop the leaks
Fit prototype scavenge pump to the right hand cylinder bank
Fit prototype tappet chest to one bank
Remove IMS bearing cover to flip off the seal from the bearing and cure the leak on the cover
Remove sump to see if it is an x51 version and reseal to stop leaks
Fit stud kit for the exhaust
That is about it, nothing major going on as the engine hopefully won't be in for all that long.
I had already taken the cover off the right hand bank and started doing a bit of cleaning on it. Today I cleaned the cover, coils, and coil tubes. The coils have no cracks so they won't be changed at this point. The cover looks OK but I will be taking it to the acid dippers for a very quick clean. I am conscious of the bearing surfaces in there but the guys there know what they are doing so can just do a quick dip for me to not damage the surfaces.
The aluminium coolant tubes which run under the car will be dipped at the same time, they have had the fittings all removed. Some clips will need replacing.
I am fitting the cup cables to the shift mechanism, which require a plate to hold the cables in place. The standard cup cover plate means that the centre console doesn't fit properly, so I have made up a shorter one which will also require 8mm to be removed from the plastic mounting point on the shifter. This is where I am up to with it so far.
MC