Cheepest and most redily available source for L series blocks come from Pick
apart.
Regards
Trev
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From: Anthony Tuting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 14 June 2001 0:38
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Engine went bang....
mate I know exactly what you mean ...
I have had 2 weeks off between changing jobs and I spent close to 85% of
that time working on my 1600, trying to get it working again after having a
gasket go in the timing cover...
I did all the engine up nicley and new gaskets everywhere, timing chain,
guides, new paint, detailed engine bay. After full contructing it again, it
doesn't start, after a week of fiddling and checking with mates, I took it
to a sparky who found that my starter motor had no brushes whatsoever, so he
replaced those, axed a dodgy brother relay on the strut tower and she
started up fine after a few changes to the distributor plug sequence.
To my releif the car ran very well for its first run in but only 30 min
later I was driving and bad idle, no power and the car was over heating...
I checked the oil cap and there it was again ... CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE!!
ARRRHHHHHH!!!!! I crawled the car home and went out the back yard to find
something to release my frustration on, I found the old cubby house and it
copped a thrashing...
Anyway, seems after what i've done to it that the block has some corrosion
in it and the water jaket is leaking into the oil. TIME FOR A NEW BLOCK says
me, so I'd like to know if anyone has a 'reliable', 'cheap' L18 they want to
sell/give away in the Sydney area. It doesn't need to have a good head or
any carburration, just a solid block.
ELSE I'D BE WILLING TO SELL THE OLD GIRL AS SHE IS WITH REGO AND MANY MODS,
JUST EMAIL ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS.
Anthony
From: "Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Engine went bang....
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:57:26 +1000
Ahh the highs and lows of owning a datto. Today is a low :( Took the ol
1200 for a spin up to the fuel station to fill her up and on the way back i
gave it a squirt around a corner. 1st was smokin up pretty hard and 2nd
never came around. Missed the gear and revved the crap out of the A14.
Rolled to a stop only to hear a knocking noise from under the hood. Oh shit
here we go!! Got out and had a look and nothing noticbly wrong except a big
ass knock. So a crawled home with the engine still running well. There was
no missing or other noises just a knock. I pulled the rocker cover off to
check the pushrods, rocker arms, vlaves and valve springs and everything
looked spot on. I went to turn it over with a shifter on the crank nut (or
whatever u call it) and it was loose as a goose. I turned the crank over
and it feels like the crank is sorta loose. Could be the main bearings??
Time for a bottom end rebuild i think! Just wasnt expecting to do it this
soon!! Any ideas people??
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