So got a fair bit done today
First was to refit the lower timing cover after modifying it to fit this........
I decided in the end that it would be money very well spent and will give me piece of mind.
Thanks to everyone's input on the damper
Clever bit of kit and looks the nuts too, it's a lot heavier than I thought it would be!
Next up I did the valve clearances, 19 thou inlet 21 thou exhaust.
I've also sorted the leaning tower of sandwich plates!
I wasn't keen on having 3 plates, so I came up with this.
I'm using the stock oil pressure switch hole in the block to feed the turbo with oil, and to feed the oil pressure sensor.
I could then loose a plate, and put the stock pressure switch and temp sensor on the first plate, then that gives the clearance for the Mocal thermostatic plate. Really happy with it. I used PTFE on all the threads just to be sure.
Oil cooler lines in, just need to get some P clips / cable ties to make them neat.
Breather can is on and all lines plumbed.
Will get better pictures soon.
Oil return for turbo, I'm going to redo it as I'm not 100% happy with it.
Next up is to sort the wiring around the back of the engine, then Inlet manifold on.
And next weeks task at work is to modify the radiator to take some AN6 and AN4 unions.