Engine Strip Down

[Tatey]

How would i go about investigating if the head gasket had blown?

[flyerncle]

Bring the head and gasket down on thursday ! I hope you marked the pistons 1234 and which way they pointed Mr Tate !
Engine oil,back to the days of 20/50 maybe ?
You didnt did you ?

[Tatey]

Originally Posted by flyerncle

Bring the head and gasket down on thursday ! I hope you marked the pistons 1234 and which way they pointed Mr Tate !
Engine oil,back to the days of 20/50 maybe ?
You didnt did you ?

I'll load it into the car and hopefully this time i can reverse into your garage without having to drive down the road, turn around and attempt it a second time

Is it much issue if i didnt mark them? I have a rough idea what cylinder each piston came out of, as i have the pics and i havent cleaned the crap off them yet....

And i didnt do what.....?

Edit: I've just been out and had a look at the pistons and i now know which piston came out of which cylinder and which way round. May i ask why it is important to know? When i took them out, i thought to myself 'i bet i'll find out i need to mark these up'. Sods law eh....

[AshG]

sorry i have got some more bad news for you. looking at the clutch housing one of the 3 pressure plate springs is cracked (the one at between 7-8 o-clock on the picture)

[Tatey]

I've just been out to have a look and it appears to be just a section of dirt has been removed, making it look like a crack. I've taken pictures of all 3 springs and they all seem to be fine.

Cheers

[flyerncle]

You didn't mark them !
The piston and conrod fit a certain way in the block facing the front and thats what I meant so mark them front and 1 2 3 4, find out what size they are and get new rings and shells plus the center thrust's. To clean out the grooves break one piston ring from each of the three grooves and use the good end to remove the carbon. Check the top of the bore and see if there is a lip on it (black carbonised ring at the top)if this is large the block may need reboring. If not a glazebuster will do the trick ( yes I have one)!
Pop down on Wednesday and practice your reversing, I have reveresd artic's in to smaller spaces !!!!

[Tatey]

I've just been out and taken a couple of pics of the bores, im not sure how large the lip needs to be to be large:





Oh and i got this engine chucked in for free with my donor parts, so if it turns out to be a dud, then its not too much of a worry to me, as long as i can get some use or knowledge out of it im happy