Yes COUP1200 that is the rocker gear, dont worry i cleaned it before i put it back on the head and it had only been sitting there for 5 mins...

Yeah niceproducts have some good stuff hey, glad to know it was of use to you.
Cheers boofhead, i have some gasket sealer and holymar glue that maybe could be used but ill see and test. I booked the car in for a check up and tune on Tuesday next week so until then its just getting it looking pretty is the only thing need doing!

The ball joints wernt doing it before i took it off the road again (about 2 months ago) so maybe something could have happened to them since then???

We will see when the guy checks it out on Tuesday as he specialises in brakes, exhaust and tune ups for injection/carbs.

Thanks for the replys!
Dave

Also the guys who welded my zorst didnt put another mounting point below the gearbox so now it knocks on the bottom of the firewall, it was there before but the cut it off - assholes...

g'day dave, silastic = gasket silicon, window sealant, shower and bathroom silicon. local hardware or auto shop, nothing special but after a day of being compressed the spacers hold tight to the rims
cleaning the deck of the block should usually only need a scrape with a blade type scraper, get all the bits off and slap in the new gasket ..... can't see how shiney it is once its all to together

Thanks all for the advice

I will give it a bit of a tidy up...with a brass wire brush. I foolishly left the pistons exposed overnight without oil on them and they picked up a little corrosion. So I'll brush that off as well.

I wont aim for a mirror shiny finish on the top of the block - just remove all the old gasket material and brush it up fairly smooth.

When the decked head comes back I'll reassemble with a new head gasket and see how it goes.

Thanks again for the re-assurance...hope I didn't hijack this thread!

the knocking when on full lock could be ur balljoints or tie rod ends... i had the same problem and i replaced both items and havn't heard a thing since..

the knocking in the rear when u are going straight??? Errr good luck with that one..

Is that thed rocker gear on the ground next to the creeper?

GOOD WORK on that nice products website!!!

i have been looking for really long wheel studs and those 4570 s are awesome!!

thanks for the tip


ben

To clean the internals of the engine, do a seach on water injection. . . Think of it as a steam clean. . .

Top of the block. Get yourself an oilstone, soak it for a week or so. Don't go silly. If there are carbon marks that don't seem to move, you may need to skim the block.


Oilstone=what you sharpen a knife on. Try the $1 shop.

free compression! yes,yes i like that a lot..lol

MM - if you are just doing the head on your A14 then leave the piston carbon as is. Sometimes removing that in situ leads to other problems - just think of it as free compression! Just use a razor scraper to clean the top of your blockand then wipe it down with some thinners.

Mildman, in january i took my engine to a workshop and they completely re did my engine: hone, bore, decked the whole shebang. BUT! When i pulled my head it did have detonation marks and carbon residue as you have described in your own instance. I replaced 2 out of 4 pistons (1 cracked, one splattered !) but the other 2 i used degreaser, a bit of petrol, rags/soft wire brush and rubbed quite hard until most residue came off.
I got it down to faint black lines/splodges around the outside of the dish but thats about it.
Depending on how old your pistons, some are past their used by date and are not salvagagble to look pretty and clean again! A got a set of 4 cast ACL pistons for $105 so its worth getting some new ones. This includes pins aswell.

The deck it wasnt too bad but did have gasket marks/residue on it so i chisled these off carefully and for the big bits carefully used a very thin grinder disk to get them off without touching the deck at all. Came up as new and didnt have ANY scratches or dents from the cleaning process.
It doesnt need to be shiny new, infact im sure a bit of roughness mite sufice well for the gasket to imbed itself into, mite not but im just
guessing here!

Anyway let us know how it goes!

Cheers
Dave