This thread can also be known as the "will it ever start again thread"

After owning my lovley scooby for 7 weeks the big end bearings started to get a bit to audible!

Before:







Then the madness began:

Battery, Top Mount, Air Filter & Gril Removed.


By the end of the first few hours of attack it started to look like this



Then it started to look worse







Radiator Off



Washer Bottle Off & ignition leads



Fuel pipes off, all breather hoses, inlet manifold off





Turbo off - WAS A BUGGER!



Started to get a bit more room



sadley the garage dident.....




Long story short..... Gear box disconnected, Engine mounts disconnected, Power steering pump, altinator, air con pump, headers, up pipe, downpipe, clutch fork, starter motor. also the rain was primed and running like usual





then she rest on her new home, ready for strip down...



Clutch, Flywheel, Crank Pulley, cam covers all off.



Cam Betl, Tensioners and all idlers off, Sump off



Oil Strainer off, Crank and Rods Revealed



Rocker covers off, Cams & Buckets & Shims Removed.



Heads Off, Pistons Revealed





Next i took the pistons out and split the block....







the opening!



All out




number 1





Number 2





Number 3





Number 4





Main bearings



The Block half's







Crank Shaft











Done one or two things since the strip down.



Few Parts have turned up. Gaskets, Gauges, Oil Pump, Water Pump, Crank. Hopefully the rods and pistons and bearings will be here this week.





Garage looks a state.



There are parts everywhere!

 

Cleaned the bay a little, still got a lot more to do till its cleaned to my satisfaction.

 

looks good, what back ground do you have in mechanics???

 

None, I have always been into cars. Hanged around at garages. I just seem to know how everything works.... don't ask me how. would love to be a mechanic as a job

 

Great work so far! Putting it together will be the good bit!

 

Thats why im hoping your going to do yours first

 

This lot turned up today



Now i can get the block bored out

 

Were you doing the rods as well Matt?

 

Yes mate, they are coming tomorrow Then its construction time!

 

You hope when you turn that key for the first time

Looking good m8 keep us up to date with build

 

Thanks buddy, I hope it starts too.

 

Rods are here

 

hi mate doing well so far im doing a 2.5 build as we speak thought you might be intrested in this link, its for a 2.5 build but i supose it's the same for 2.0liter here you go Subie TV

 

Spot on mate, Seen it before but could not find the link the other day

 

Ok not much done today. Dropped the block off to be bored and honed.

My brakes looked a little shabby so i am going to upgrade them and paint them while the car is off the road.

Not looking to pretty


Took the caliper off


Cracked it open


Cleaned the halfs up a little, going to clean them some more then paint them


Also decided to do the brakes on fathers ST3, Will post a pic of how they turned out tomorrow.

 

Well today i done a bit more to the brakes. I also cleaned up the wheels as 12 years of brake dust was making them look a little shabby. Its hard to tell from the pictures but the calipers are black with glitter specs on the with gold lettering. Will try to get some petter pics sometime.

Painted Calipers after a bit more cleaning





Cleaned up the Wheels




Fathers Calipers on the ST3


Back Was jacked up at the time.

 

Like the black glitter look Is it HT paint?

You going to do the motor in the same stuff

 

yes the paints designed to cope with high temperatures. Was going to do the block silver and maybe heilight certin parts of the engine with it but im not sure, if anyone havs gont any ideas they would be appreshiated.

 

Matt great job you are doing so far, brakes look amazing...hope it keeps going as well

 

Pick up the block tomorrow, These arrived today aswell:

 

Nice work Matt. I think you're going to pull ahead of me soon. How much was your new rad - I was wondering whether it might be worth getting one anyway just because mine was really old and cruddy. Your calipers look mint. I must redo mine really, and clean my engine bay up.

As far as the paint scheme goes, I'm doing my block silver (which obviously it already is, but giving it a good even coat of paint will tidy it up) but my heads black. So they look evil.

 

Im not sure if i should do mine all silver or what, but tbh thats the least of my worries. The rad was £63 delivered. I know a few people who are running them and they can not fault them mate. Pick up my block from allan today, Well chuffed. now i can start putting it all back together some measurements and a lot of cleaning!

 

Ok since i picked the block up first thing yesterday i have been working pretty much flat out on it. Most of the day was taken up from cleaning out all the oil gallerys and trying to undo one oil gallery plug that i suspect superman had tightened. Im not rushing anything i just want to make sure its all clean and it all right so you will have to ignore the slow progress.

This is the block during the cleaning i gave it (about half way through)



Then i slowly installed the bearings and the eagle rods




After double checking everthing again i clamped the two block halfs together once again.




Then i installed one of the sets of the rings to the wiseco pistons and installed the piston its self




That done it for last night, im going to head back up there in a minute to get a bit more done. Would also like to say thanks to alan jeffries for being so welcoming at his shop and showing us all his current projects. Top bloke

 

Well today i made a bit of progress, and the day started well!



Then back to work getting the rest of the pistons in



New water pump


water pump & Sump back on, Now shes back on the stand as she was getting heavy!


RCM Oil pump on, ARP head studs, Tensioners, Idlers, Pulleys, and a few other bits.







Garage is a state!


Also i just brought a new clutch

 

Looking good
Garage may be a mess bit the motor is gleaming
Did you get away with reusing the crank?
You sorted what heads you are using??

 

your rear crank seal is to fare back it should sit slightly under the face of the casing

 

There is a grove in the block for the crank seal to sit in, its sitting in that, surley thats right?

 

Had to get another crank mate, Going to reuse the old heads with after they have had a bit of a clean and a few new seals

 

nope thats the common mistake people make

 

Your right! lol bollocks, going to fish it out tomorrow and get a new one in there!