erm, no not yet, that is currently in use in another Roadster, currently blasting around a track :D

cheers
andy

Definately on the next one mate, the little fella has only been home from hospital 2 weeks so didnt wanna push it with the mrs, still letting her hormones cool down :D :D

The car is running superb at the moment though so looking forward to a bit of track action

we were out for pub lunch on day 2 with Toby ( the 6yr old ) but it was a straightforward birth.... it was three months later when everything went major tits up and I ended up being sole parent for about 2 months whilst doing 2 hospital runs daily..

TT

Hi Andy,
If you need to do some headwork on the engine, there is a head gasket set going super cheap on ebay.

Sierra 1.8 OHC Head Gasket Set

Cheers for the link Deezee,
I,ve just had a look at the listing & I,m not sure if that gasket set would fit my CVH as it states its for the 1800 (1796cc)...is that the 1800 pinto?
as my CVH is known as an 1800 but is 1769cc. :confused: :o

cheers
andy

Forgot about that Andy, you need to kick my butt now and again. I'll get you one next time i see you.....;)

AndyH

A little update.......

Spent the day on my car yesterday fitting & filling things :D

yesterday it got....

new front brake discs,
new pads
fresh coolant ( blimey that stuff ain,t cheap :eek: )
drained & refilled the gearbox & diff with fresh fluid ( smelly sticky stuff )
new oil & oil filter ( went with 10 / 30w semi synthetic),
new plugs
new plug leads

Now, when I started the engine after the above work was done, ran really quiet, no tappet noise, thought...great, problem solved......but then the tapping noise slowly returned.....aaarrgh...........but then it goes away again...really frustrating, don,t know why its doing this?

after a while with the engine running upto temp, the revs at tickover rose to 2000rpm, wouldn,t drop back down........fiddled with lots of things, checked throttle cable was free & returning= yes, checked idle adjustment= correct.

A neighbour suggested it might be a sticky "something " in the carb, so took carb off, cleaned the insides with carb cleaner, all back together & it seems to have solved the high tickover :)

Whats really annoying me is this tapping noise , it comes & goes even when hot, so was thinking it can,t be due to the oil thinning out once warm....

any suggestions before I pull what little hair I have left out? :confused:

Oh & also fitted new gauges into the dash panel, looks good if I say so myself lol.

cheers
andy

Use a long screwdriver on the cam cover to narrow down which tappet/folower it is.

TT

Forum member "Mark" came over to have a listen of my engine today,

at first it ran quietly then the tapping started :eek: ,

we took the rocker cover off & found 1 almighty loose rocker arm, well it wasn,t so much that the arm was loose, but the cam follower was obviously not working as it was no effort to push the rocker in either direction, unlike all the others, so in a way a good result as it was quick & easy to identify the issue.

So............ straight onto "fleabay" & i,ve ordered a full set ( 8) cam followers, brand new, but the best part is the cost :D ..................

£19.99 plus £5.99 postage......great bargain indeed for all 8 :cool:

Thanks for your help Mark :)

cheers
andy

LOL good to see that normal service is resumed on the bargain front:)
Trust Andy to search out another great buy. I reckon your car must have cost at least 100 quid by now though :p

:o :D

The seller has 1 set of followers left at that price ;) if any one else with a CVH might need them.

My car will be on the road within my original budget

as these parts are such a good price it means I can still get my new tyres :cool:

cheers
andy

Buking Fargin

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ford-1-8-cvh-r...#ht_1801wt_911

TT

SUCCESS :cool:

My new cam followers arrived yesterday, so had a good read of the manual last night to get my head around the fitting process, this afternoon I set to on the engine.
Now, I openly admit I am not a trained mechanic, more a case of learnt a little over the years when repairing various cars I,ve owned due to keeping the costs down on basic repairs etc......
Anyways......off with the bonnet & socket in hand off came the rocker cover, with the manual beside me I undo the first set of rocker arms ( keeping them in the correct order on a cardboard cutout to ensure they went back in original place etc).
In the manual it states that the tiny oil passage hole in the follower MUST go opposite to the oil passage hole in the cylinder head, so I pull out the first cam follower to find this was incorrectly fitted :eek:
I finally fit all the new followers ensuring they are fitted correctly ( each new one has a painted mark on them to aid fitment ).

It is obvious that my engine has had replacement followers in the past as I found that 5 out of the 8 were incorrectly fitted.

I bolted everything back to the correct torque settings, turned the fuel on ( I have an inline fuel tap ) & started her up......... she started first time & I can,t tell you how chuffed I am :D she,s running like a purring cat.

I also set to & sorted the high tickover problem I had, with thanks to the spare carb I have I sussed out that as I,m not running the automatic choke system the "step" rotor that is adjusted when using the auto choke was set at its highest tickover position, a quick fiddle with to allow it to rest as if the choke had warmed the engine & now she,s ticking over at the correct revs:cool:

Thanks for everyones suggestions of what the prob was, I,m now a very happy bunny indeed.

cheers
andy

Nice to hear you've got it sorted :) What's next on the list?? :cool:

Cheers Dave,

next on the list is the "bleeding brakes" :D ......... I mean ...brake fluid going into the system, then once I have brakes that will stop me.....time for a little drive....on a private road of course:)

cheers
andy

awesome :D

its all to do with the oil you must use a mineral oil in the cvh 10/40 dont be tempted by performance oil, duckhams do a good one (from my time racing a XR2) came of track ratteling like a bag of spanners changed the oil quiet as a mouse brilliant

It was a strange situation..last year when I bought the donor car, I drove it home approx 200 miles, ran great, nice and quiet... stripped the donor for this build, so the engine has been idle for about 13 months.

The noise was traced to the cam followers, I,ve replaced all 8 & its super quiet now :)
I,ve put fresh oil & filter in so hopefully with all that it should be a happy motor.... I must admit, I don,t intend keeping the engine very long ;) got a transplant in mind during winter .

Cheers
andy

ps... I used to race motorbikes... crazy days :eek: :D