CHESTNUTXE

head bolt question,it says on number 13 bolt to put some sealer and only tourque to 75nm i suppose its the bolt that goes down next to the water pump the one with the long hex on it,but what sought of sealer ? silicon ? loc tite ? or anything

it should be fine cause it ain't gunna be a daily driver,altho does look good with the black cover

i also noted the dipstick is further down the block

ok she is a july 1981 xd jg23ya so first of the alloy heads i imagine,i reckon its been rebuilt b4 ,i will strip it down and put some new welsh plugs and any other small rebuild bits over the next few months when nothing else to do.

head is a hf-1 im gunna look up the engine cast date soon and see what vintage it is.

under the rocker cover looks pretty good for an engine that has sat around for a while

definatly not a corty crossy

yep thats what i intend to do,ol.m8 has orderd another fitting to lift the oil mod connection up a 1/4 of an inch should do it,but i would be more comfy with 1/2 inch .

note the borgy one has 2 large holes in the centre as the one i got today has the 4 holes around the outside,chime on in if you know ?

what did suprise me is this flexplate i reckon its a c4 one

unmarked head

new wheel,and inside guts,and crow dizzy gear.

i got the dizzy back together with new parts and did a test fit with just the black est plug but its still to close imo,should be able to wire it directly to the 3 pins that go up underneath.

good info i never new that.

ok i only saw a picture of it ,hole will be drilled at back for dip stick too yeah ?,i have 3 crossys nowi can do a kerosine rebuild on one put some rings and bearings in it and sell/spare engine ?

i bought another crossy for $50 will pick up tomorrow unknown year model but has alloy head ,almost complete,good parts on it to muck around with.could be corty motor.

if you pm broken wheel he knows a joint in Brisbane or its in crossflow do's and donts but every shop will have a different theory to hp gains,be prepared to fork out many thousands for a completely sorted head ready to use

should be some good shops in adelaide,just mail it under 22kg regular post is cheap.

just hitting the oil filter i rang him and he is gunna come around and put a different fitting on it.

he is old school and built a million of these over 40 years and reckons something to do with delivering more oil to the rear as the hole is tiny for oil compard to the front hole if that makes sense i think he means the size of the hole which gives oil to the bearings,i will ask him again this afo ,when i bought the block in thats the first thing he was intending on doing,could be similar to the clevo thing where it doesnt get enough oil ,but in a daily drive or mild performance engine i doubt its worth it,will post more info when i ask him about it,as others say its totaly unessecary and could be right,i just went with what he reckonds,didnt want to rock the boat as he gets cranky very quickly,i can always just unscrew it and plug the hole with a plug,i was actualy against it but he chucked a spastic when i doubted his work lol.

if i can non p/s,but just fitted the bracket to see,i mean if i extend the filter somehow it will stick out quite far and hit the bottom of the pump thats on the bracket i think but havent tested that yet might just give it a go tomorrow and see.

the first snag is the est plastic cover is hitting the oil mod,so i guess i can remove that and wire it directly to the 3 pins,problem solved,snag 2 is the oil filter is hitting the oil mod and wont line up with the thread,might need a small extension on the filter ???? snag 3 now the oil filter is hitting the power steering bracket,solution =fuk the oil mod off lol.i was just looking at some remote oil fittings might solve the clearance or i will talk to him about fixing the problem with a taller fitting to clear the filter in the normal position.

today i will buy some more gear,belts.oil filter,ect...maybe even a car to put it in

The fat heavy alt bracket,and powerbond street/strip balancer.

Then i gave it a coat of paint,fitted the oil pump and pick-up,just loosely put the std sump on for the moment until i get it modded by asr or ando's one,fitted water pump today,put some brackets on just for a look ,also pulley,i ended up finding some correct bolts in wagoon's boxes of parts,pistons are 20.5 cc dish and deck is 0.005,i will be using a mls .040 gasket for a comp ratio of 9.7 ish,arp main stud kit,arp rod bolts,king race bearings,tighe solid cam and fluted lifters,9.800 hardend pushrods,7/16 ford clevo/big block roller rockers,arp studs ect,,,,stainless 2v clevo intakes and chev exhausts turned down to ol.m8's spec's,reckon it took him 5 hours of work to turn the valves down.