About right Bob ...I think it might be around 100-150mls ....gonna have to work out actual capacity once fitted along with oil cooler as the original specification will be well out the window by now.... silver soldered an extra oil return (unpainted T piece) this will be taking return oil from both camshaft galleries... it is my own personal mod .....as I understand at high revs this motor can suffer a backlog of oil in the cyl head that deprives the pick up in the sump, I think it has been done before tho....Got some paint on last night as well, so it is the crank to work on now.

kev little note. weld a 3-5mm plate on top of the tank to beef up the mounting for the pump, if you dont it will always leak fuel as i found out even the sender eventually leaks so worth doing both holes.

also the iva examiner may not be too happy about copper fuel line going through the diff bracket hole

Thanks for the heads up on those Ash....will be looking into them;)

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bob

WTF's been going on:eek: that was some spam attack....ta for the bump Bob but you'd have been at it all day....what a bunch of t**ts, I rely on this forum for a little sanity now I have just lost the plot what with me crank timing cog totally refusing to budge....been at it now for a day and a half wd40 and others, wedges, screwdrivers, a modified 2 leg puller, oxy acetylene hot/cold
I finally got it to move 1 effin milimetre.....had to stop and leave it to stop me morphing into Dr David Banner':mad: :D s alter ego

finally finally finally got the bluddy timing cog off the crank.... knackered the oil pump tho (which does not matter since I have a new one to go on anyway)
strange set up the ca18det has a large cast cradle that keeps the mains caps on and also stops any twisting at high torque values which is probably why this engine has really good sturdy internals.
here is that cradle

[quote=K4KEV;81351]finally finally finally got the bluddy timing cog off the crank.... knackered the oil pump tho (which does not matter since I have a new one to go on anyway)
strange set up the ca18det has a large cast cradle that keeps the mains caps on and also stops any twisting at high torque values which is probably why this engine has really good sturdy internals.
here is that cradle

They fit those girdles to yank motors to stop the main caps fretting at high rpm. They dampen the effect of vibration and stop the caps walking. 4 bolt main caps do a better job but the girdle is cheaper and more than good enough for a road smoker.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Moroso-main-...-/251155721283

Bob

First time I have seen one Bob.....got to mention this....don't know whether to laugh or cry....last week I went to hell and back trying to get the timing cog off my engine, it must have worked out at around 8-10 hours interspersed with lots of coffee and beer and some serious language:mad: :mad:
Today I went down my shed to take off the timing belt on my "spare" engine and for a laugh, I took a couple of screw drivers to see if the timing cog would come off....well f@@@@k me after two light taps with one driver it moved a whole millimeter another few taps and it was off ....total time to do about 6 minutes ( Victor Meldrew moment) and several more exlpetives.
I have managed to prime the engine block with Vactan which is basically the same as Kurust ....looks like milk and turns any rust patches into a black oxide
I'm sure we have all used it at some time or another.....sometimes works sometimes does'nt .

Share some pics Kev pls :)

here you go DoS.....you'd think I didn't upload piccies:rolleyes:
first one is just primed with Vactan ....second is with HT silver paint and then around 4-5 coats of engine laquer .....hope to switch to the other side tomorrow....have also decided on the colour of the rocker covers, vernier pulleys and other pulleys and this is the colour I chose http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250ml-CUST... tem27bcf3d176

piccies