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major surgery on one of the fleet

Postby Steve » Wed, 23 Apr 2008 8:31 +0000

The Jeep ('96 2.5td) was regularly popping a pushrod from under a rocker arm (GRRR previous owner didn't mention anything of course..), so decided to fix it properly.

Headgasket, hydraulic lifters, push rods etc replaced. (Thanks to Frank for the help!)
Then a week later (last Monday) it snapped a rocker post bolt, now back on the road (Yaay), still has a couple of niggles but can fix those at my leisure.

This is how it all starts..
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Always need a hammer.. even if you don't ;-)
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So, after removing intake pipes, coolant, rad, fan, intake manifold, exhaust manifold (grrr hate that bolt at the back!), coolant manifold, rocker assemblies, grill, injectors (nightmare) and head bolts, I can see this : Sooty cylinder ... "great"
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Heads are off
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Fished out the hydraulic lifters with a magnetic tool thing, VERY easy to drop them into the sump here..
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Cleaned up heads with new head gasket
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oil up the cylinders
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Frank happy as a pig in s***
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Tightening head bolts
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Rocker assemblies back in
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Almost done
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After 8 months off the road (not offroad), its back in action!
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pheeeuuuwww... ;-)


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Re: major surgery on one of the fleet

Postby mx5ash » Wed, 23 Apr 2008 8:44 +0000

srigley wrote:

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Steve


I think i see your problem mate, you seem to have a frank stuck in your engine bay. :wink:
I've heard they can be hard to fix but if you go to a motor factors and ask for a FBH that should do the trick.
Hope that helps
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Only messin, fair play to ya for getting it fixed looks major work. And i gotta say it looks like a nice motor.
Lets off road!!!!!!!!!!!!
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