XSeries-forum

[quote=""Turks""][quote=""Sanj""]Simples...

Let me know how you get on pal - hope Turks sorted you out after the cockup on the one you missed!

Serious respect.[/quote]

Eh... have I missed something


Turks.[/quote]
He thinks you have sorted a manifold for me mate as i missed a good one on the bay the other day for £100........never mind the sily old fool it's one of his senior moments
BTW i have just picked up my new parts so after my sarnie i'm heading into the workshop to try AGAIN i'll report back the outcome when done

Ahh ok...

If i'd have known, I would have dug out the brand new manifold I have in the cellar from when my mate thought he needed one! Gaskets too...


Turks.

[quote=""Turks""]Ahh ok...

If i'd have known, I would have dug out the brand new manifold I have in the cellar from when my mate thought he needed one! Gaskets too...


Turks. [/quote]
Lett me guess it would have coast about £230 aswell right??? all posted BTW fella

If thats was me, the car would be sitting at the bottom of a lake now.....i hate having spent hours and hours woring on something only to make find another problems.

Good job tho

Did you shrink those pictures.

Hope it's all sorted soon fella. At least now I know where to go

[quote=""jeegnesh""]Did you shrink those pictures[/quote]

Just like your signature

[quote=""jeegnesh""]At least now I know where to go [/quote]

Round sanj's

You'd never go that far.

Quick update ....i got eveything back together (well almost everything)tonight so i will finish off tomorro some time and then take her for a spin and diagnostics check after......fingers crossed.
I'll update tomorro with the results and re do the pics a little larger (if ok with the mods)as they are a little small.

Go to sleep - long day ahead of you!

Very best of luck.

X555, just a quick question (I'm sure it isn't helpful at this point); With the welded manifold, how far out of square was the end port?

I was only wondering if it would have been possible to have 'packed' the gap with additional gasket material?

Great post though mate, and great job too. As others have said, not many would have undertaken such a job. Hats off to you.

[quote=""x555""]Lett me guess it would have coast about £230 aswell right??? all posted BTW fella [/quote]

Yeah thats about the ball park figure I was thinking... with postage!

Cheers mate... i'll hopefully get this all installed when I get home and do a little write up!


Turks.

[quote=""rusty nail""]X555, just a quick question (I'm sure it isn't helpful at this point); With the welded manifold, how far out of square was the end port?

I was only wondering if it would have been possible to have 'packed' the gap with additional gasket material?

Great post though mate, and great job too. As others have said, not many would have undertaken such a job. Hats off to you.[/quote]

Great point mate but it wasn't just set back from the other ports it was on a slight angle so not being 100% sure wether the extra gaskets/packing would work (and at £30 a time for a set of gaskets ) I thought fu@k it i'm not re doing all this again bite the bullet and get a new one
Good idea mind

A few more pics if anyone is interested....

New parts ready to go..


went for a silver one this time.....gold is so last year


replacement vacume pump hose that i noticed was worn so re done while having good access

it went from here

to here


shiny new manifold fitted


an interesting shot of the rocker cover going back on...


replace one of the injectors rubber o rings as it looked worn/teared ...don't want any weak parts after all this work


all back together and working fine.............so far


so in the end a pretty big overhaul with over £800 worth of parts including the oil breather, filter, glow plugs and conrroll unit as well as the manifold etc
hopefully thats it for now at least anyway.
Just them ba$@ard pdc sensors to sort now and then i will be a happy chappy

Well done mate, all the hard work finally paid off!

Mitch,
I have some spare rev sensors, bought from my 2nd favourite site (e..y) will bring them to the meet, if you have not sorted by then.
Lez