Recent content by Neilbow

Hi, to answer your question I found TDC by inserting a long screwdriver into cylinder no 1 and turning by hand until it rocked from going up to going down and then marked the camshafts with a spot of white paint (if you actually look behind the front camshaft bearing you will see there is a...

I am impressed, that is no easy task, I had enough trouble getting the pump off without the heads on, it is those pesky exhaust manifolds that cause all the problems. I have since learnt that you have to disconnect the engine mounts and raise the engine to allow the manifolds to be released. The...

Thanks Conaero for the manual, all I have to do is wait for Eurospares to send me out the gasket set l and I should be in business.

Hi Guys, while trying to find out why my 7 Litres of expensive oil was turning a nice shade of coffee and the water having nasty globules of the same coffee coloured oil floating around the coolant system, I pulled the heads off (not literally I did use allen sockets) to see if we had a blown...

Hi folks, Thanks for the reply's, you lot are a bit harsh, just because I have not posted a query, does not mean I do not find this forum really useful. so far I have managed to fix a passenger window that had a mind of it's own and would often just open all the way down when you opened the...

Hi Folks, I took my 4200 out for a blast up the M1 to Silverstone (from Barnet, Herts) in the pouring rain on Sunday, and on the way home I noticed the indicator light on the dashboard (left and right) was coming on when I indicated but not flashing, I do not know if the indicators were...