DANNY8
Yo Coooornflake!
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2004
- Messages
- 2,257
- Reaction score
- 25
- Points
- 48
- Age
- 37
- Location
- Port Pirie, South Australia
- Website
- www.kerrbrosracing.com
- Members Ride
- VK WAGZ 5.0L, GQ Patrol TD42
Some new pics...
Plan B! The 253 is cactus......so, we'll chuck the 308 in, problem solved. Only bought it last week. Just needs new welch plugs and a new sump gasket, as the sump was changed over from a Kingswood sump.
I thought I'd take photo's of this coz alot of people don't realise how easy it is to change welch plugs. Only thing is, normally when they start leaking, people fix them when the motor is still in the car. We rip the f**ker out coz it doesn't take very long these days. But here's how they're done anyways.....
Use something to hit the edge of the welch plug in. A bigger hammer is better.
Now the plug will either pivot in the middle, or pop in...either way it's no biggy. Grab it with some pliers and just pull it out. A bit of force is normally required.
Sometimes it's easier to put sumfin under ur pliers like in the pic, so it gives ya more pivot, which makes it easier. Then just pull it out.
Once removed, get some sand paper and rub around the inside of the hole, just to clean off any ****.
Then use some gasket goo to put around the inside of the hole, as seen in the middle hole. This is to just help it seal. We use a Loctite non-hardening sealant, which we use for all our gaskets.
Place the welch plug over the hole, and use a socket to sit inside the plug, the socket needs to be a fraction smaller then the plug. Then start tapping it with a hammer to push it in. A bigger hammer is better, I use a 4lb hammer....still small, but got some weight behind it. Tap the plug in so it sits flush with the block, I wouldn't go any further then say 1mm into the block.
And the finished product! Good for another 20 years!
Lobes havin a piss......just pisses where he wants haha.
Me doin the welch plugs.
Brad.
Lobes havin a beer...bloody draught ****! Gday Brad!
Brad torquing the main cap up to 500 ft lb's haha. Nah he saw Lobes snapping away with the camera so put the face on for the pic.
Doing up the oil pickup. The pickup and sump was changed from HQ to Commodore, so just have to do it all up.
Torquing the main cap up.
Sump gasket. We use gasket goo on both sides.
Brad cleaning up the sump.
Lobes on the phone....again lol.
Spotted this just b4. The hole is there coz it leaks water when the seals are gone in the waterpump. And by the looks of this she's been leaking....so will chuck another waterpump on to be safe.
Plan B! The 253 is cactus......so, we'll chuck the 308 in, problem solved. Only bought it last week. Just needs new welch plugs and a new sump gasket, as the sump was changed over from a Kingswood sump.
I thought I'd take photo's of this coz alot of people don't realise how easy it is to change welch plugs. Only thing is, normally when they start leaking, people fix them when the motor is still in the car. We rip the f**ker out coz it doesn't take very long these days. But here's how they're done anyways.....
Use something to hit the edge of the welch plug in. A bigger hammer is better.
Now the plug will either pivot in the middle, or pop in...either way it's no biggy. Grab it with some pliers and just pull it out. A bit of force is normally required.
Sometimes it's easier to put sumfin under ur pliers like in the pic, so it gives ya more pivot, which makes it easier. Then just pull it out.
Once removed, get some sand paper and rub around the inside of the hole, just to clean off any ****.
Then use some gasket goo to put around the inside of the hole, as seen in the middle hole. This is to just help it seal. We use a Loctite non-hardening sealant, which we use for all our gaskets.
Place the welch plug over the hole, and use a socket to sit inside the plug, the socket needs to be a fraction smaller then the plug. Then start tapping it with a hammer to push it in. A bigger hammer is better, I use a 4lb hammer....still small, but got some weight behind it. Tap the plug in so it sits flush with the block, I wouldn't go any further then say 1mm into the block.
And the finished product! Good for another 20 years!
Lobes havin a piss......just pisses where he wants haha.
Me doin the welch plugs.
Brad.
Lobes havin a beer...bloody draught ****! Gday Brad!
Brad torquing the main cap up to 500 ft lb's haha. Nah he saw Lobes snapping away with the camera so put the face on for the pic.
Doing up the oil pickup. The pickup and sump was changed from HQ to Commodore, so just have to do it all up.
Torquing the main cap up.
Sump gasket. We use gasket goo on both sides.
Brad cleaning up the sump.
Lobes on the phone....again lol.
Spotted this just b4. The hole is there coz it leaks water when the seals are gone in the waterpump. And by the looks of this she's been leaking....so will chuck another waterpump on to be safe.
