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It was time to change the head on Monty, I did everything right and when I put the stupid rocker gear on and moved it a little than had to remove again, one of the lifter fell out and, DON'T know where it has gone to
 I heard a drop the a little tinkle sound and gone don't know weather it went down the motor or into the Cat Hope it is the latter, Cam will be posting pics soon of the FEEELTHY condition of the OLD head. |
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| bradley4567 |
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Papa Smurf wrote: It was time to change the head on Monty, I did everything right and when I put the stupid rocker gear on and moved it a little than had to remove again, one of the lifter fell out and, DON'T know where it has gone to I heard a drop the a little tinkle sound and gone don't know weather it went down the motor or into the Cat Hope it is the latter, Cam will be posting pics soon of the FEEELTHY condition of the OLD head. how hard was it to do?
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bradley4567 wrote: how hard was it to do? Very easy actually except for me losing the Lifter just fiddly and you will need a ratchet ring spanner to do the back bolts for the inlet manifold on ya EF |
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| TROYMAN |
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Papa Smurf wrote: It was time to change the head on Monty, I did everything right and when I put the stupid rocker gear on and moved it a little than had to remove again, one of the lifter fell out and, DON'T know where it has gone to I heard a drop the a little tinkle sound and gone don't know weather it went down the motor or into the Cat Hope it is the latter, Cam will be posting pics soon of the FEEELTHY condition of the OLD head. by the sounds of it the lifter has probably fallen into the engine?? was it a front or a rear lifter?? as long as it hasnt fallen into the timing case, it will be in the sump, you coild try fishing it out with a teliscopic magnet, but dont worry if you cant get it, it cant go anywhere.. you just need a replacement... |
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TROYMAN wrote: as long as it hasnt fallen into the timing case, it will be in the sump, you coild try fishing it out with a teliscopic magnet, but dont worry if you cant get it, it cant go anywhere.. you just need a replacement... Thanks Troy, that settles our nerves a bit, George was thinking he'd need to remove the engine and pull it apart to get the bloody thing out. He used swear words I'd never heard before.  Incidentally, George says it was a rear lifter. |
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CamFord wrote: TROYMAN wrote: as long as it hasnt fallen into the timing case, it will be in the sump, you coild try fishing it out with a teliscopic magnet, but dont worry if you cant get it, it cant go anywhere.. you just need a replacement... Thanks Troy, that settles our nerves a bit, George was thinking he'd need to remove the engine and pull it apart to get the bloody thing out. He used swear words I'd never heard before. Incidentally, George says it was a rear lifter. well being a rear one there is much less chance of it being in the timing case.. and as for it being in the sump, the oil pick up has mesh so it cant get sucked up and it will just live its life in the sump..lol.. there is a small chance it might come out in an oil change but i doubt it... 
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Thanks Troy, I could see the word fail written on my Forehead
I will have to dig up a new lifter. |
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Papa Smurf wrote: Thanks Troy, I could see the word fail written on my Forehead I will have to dig up a new lifter. come around tomorrow and get one
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Papa Smurf wrote: bradley4567 wrote: how hard was it to do? Very easy actually except for me losing the Lifter just fiddly and you will need a ratchet ring spanner to do the back bolts for the inlet manifold on ya EF do u know what size so i can buy just that one instead of a whole set, brad.
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bradley4567 wrote: do u know what size so i can buy just that one instead of a whole set, brad. Yes I do, 10mm. BTW, thanks for the offer Bradley but I do have another one. 
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you cant get a socket set in there?
i use a T bar 10mm to do them all apart from the rear 4 which i use a socket set then the tension bar on them all |
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For clarification, we think the lifter might have fallen into the engine at the point of one of these two arrows (I think the top one is where the hole is, I'm not totally sure)...
Weird thing is, George is certain it came from the rocker on the opposite side of the camshaft to the hole.... Attachment: where.jpg
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ashcook wrote: What did you end up doing with the head you got before you fitted it? Did it check out all good? Good to see it fitted up though  NO Ash, had to have it worked on again before we could fit it. It had 6 stuffed exhaust valve guides, needed shaving again and was putrid inside. Total cost of the head, $150.00 to buy and $300.00 to get it FIXED = $450.00. We could have bought a reasonable S/H AU motor, gotten an EL Fairmont ECU and would have been better off. Next time we will be more careful when buying from people on here we don't know or anywhere else for that matter. Lies really kill a persons trust.
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dropping thing like that can be a pita for sure like when we rebuilt a mini engine put it all back in only to hae the shaft from the bottom of the dizzy fall off inside the mongrel - not fun spent about 5-6 hours trying to get it to no avail only to have to pull the buggar out and remove gearbox then refit again
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Guess what I got for my baby?
Attachment: montywheel1.jpg Attachment: montywheel2.jpg Cost me $257 all up. Can't wait to have it in place.
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