Back in the garages we fitted heads then put the exhaust on place pipe over studs then put brass nuts held in a long socket with a piece of paper, then using two or three extensions tighten up , same top starter nuts bottom nut easy top nut you go over the top same method with small diameter socket extensions. , your doing a great job no alarm bells !
Also good to see the dial indicating torque wrench. I use two sizes of those every day at work. I like them as they confuse the kids, analogue with no digital display or bleeping.
I used to work on cars when I was at school, I saved all my pocket money, walking someones dog, cutting the grass, chopping logs, bought myself a torque wrench and 127 piece socket set, still all there including the 10mm, broke the ratchet but got a rebuild kit, a good set looked after will last, old tools still work.
“I always make a plan then never stick to it” yep me too, make loads of plans end up doing it a different way or just wander off and get deeply involved with something completely different… Love your laidback attitude and your problem solving skills
Enjoying the series. I have always coated a new petrol tank with rubberised paint or underseal. With this one being above the boot floor and away from water it probably won't matter. Looking forward to the next episode. Really enjoying your honesty showing problems and how you resolve them. ❤
Looking good Mart, your attention to detail will reap benefits for someone if not you. Referring to the problems locating the exhaust manifold when you dismantled it did one of those manifolds have the wrong bolts instead of studs, could have been the reason.
Hi Pat. Yeah, someone had fitted bsf studs and nuts on one side. I replaced them with the correct unf studs and nuts. The other side had an undersized nut and bolt in it I reworked it with a new bolt with the correct thread.
This to me is just like a double handed Imp engine.Virtual same design of cylinder head. I do hope that the basic block and heads are true with no cracks in the liners. Understand that this is just a repair status ,but you need a lot of luck with this saga as you usually do.
damn that tank was rotten, maybe a good idea to get it outside and flush the coolant system. As the shims are hardened you must be careful not to remove the hardening when rubbing them on the emery.
Hi Jag. It was difficult to reduce them. One thou or slightly more was all I did. fingers crossed it will be ok. Difficult to be worse than it was. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi Mart. You have made a grave mistake sir. Having built many Stag engines there is a rule. Of many. The 1st is. The water pump. The clearance is from the centre of the impellor. To the cover centre pip. It has to be less than 0.5mm. The ideal is 0.25mm 10 thousands of an inch. If it is outside this clearance then the water pump will cavitate & you will have no flow. Most people now use a electric water pump located lower down as the stag pump is too high & is the acculese heal of blown head gasgets. Subbed to your channel as I hope you are to mine. Good luck fella. They are a nightmare to work on & usually fail at some point, even when rebuilt correctly. Steve.
Hi Steve. I shimmed the pump to the triumph training book so fingers crossed on that. Even with all the work done it is not particularly confidence inspiring so we'll keep our fingers crossed. Thanks for the sub and for watching and commenting.
Back in the garages we fitted heads then put the exhaust on place pipe over studs then put brass nuts held in a long socket with a piece of paper, then using two or three extensions tighten up , same top starter nuts bottom nut easy top nut you go over the top same method with small diameter socket extensions. , your doing a great job no alarm bells !
Cheers Steve. Good to hear how it was done. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Also good to see the dial indicating torque wrench. I use two sizes of those every day at work. I like them as they confuse the kids, analogue with no digital display or bleeping.
Hi Mart. Nuthin but old fashioned tools at Mart's Garage.
Thanks!
Thanks a lot George. That's very good of you!
Well done Mart you have made tremendous progress on the stag that will be up and running before you know it
Ha ha yeah, that would be nice. Have a few more hoops to jump through yet. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Enjoyed as usual, a tedious but rewarding job. Waiting for the next instalment!
Thanks John. It's not as tedious as editing all the video! Thanks for watching and commenting.
I used to work on cars when I was at school, I saved all my pocket money, walking someones dog, cutting the grass, chopping logs, bought myself a torque wrench and 127 piece socket set, still all there including the 10mm, broke the ratchet but got a rebuild kit, a good set looked after will last, old tools still work.
Hi Taz. Thanks for watching and commenting. All the very best to you for Christmas and the new year.
Always an interesting watch...good progress Mart. Proper old school tinkering and fettling. 👍
Cheers Doc. Thanks for watching and commenting.
“I always make a plan then never stick to it” yep me too, make loads of plans end up doing it a different way or just wander off and get deeply involved with something completely different…
Love your laidback attitude and your problem solving skills
Cheers Paul. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Enjoying the series. I have always coated a new petrol tank with rubberised paint or underseal. With this one being above the boot floor and away from water it probably won't matter.
Looking forward to the next episode. Really enjoying your honesty showing problems and how you resolve them. ❤
Cheers Paul. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Lot of work gone into that mart well done
Cheers Martin. Yes, a lot more to go as well! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Wow what a job, always remember hearing that these were a nightmare to work on. Once done I reckon you will get some sense of achievement.
Hi Jacq. Yeah, it has been an interesting learning curve for sure. Thanks for watching and commenting.
great blog as all ways mart keep them coming Gary from Crewe
Cheers Gaz. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Nice to see the Stanpart markings on the head.
Hi Mart. Not as nice as seeing your name popping up here!
@@MartsGarage Aw, shucks!
Looking good Mart, your attention to detail will reap benefits for someone if not you. Referring to the problems locating the exhaust manifold when you dismantled it did one of those manifolds have the wrong bolts instead of studs, could have been the reason.
Hi Pat. Yeah, someone had fitted bsf studs and nuts on one side. I replaced them with the correct unf studs and nuts. The other side had an undersized nut and bolt in it I reworked it with a new bolt with the correct thread.
This to me is just like a double handed Imp engine.Virtual same design of cylinder head.
I do hope that the basic block and heads are true with no cracks in the liners.
Understand that this is just a repair status ,but you need a lot of luck with this saga as you usually do.
Yeah, fingers crossed it will turn out ok.
nice one Mart another great video mate
Cheers! Thanks for watching and commenting.
damn that tank was rotten, maybe a good idea to get it outside and flush the coolant system. As the shims are hardened you must be careful not to remove the hardening when rubbing them on the emery.
Hi Jag. It was difficult to reduce them. One thou or slightly more was all I did. fingers crossed it will be ok. Difficult to be worse than it was. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Amazing work, keep it up.
Cheers Nik. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi Great job I think someone has mix up the water coolint it should be all blue antifreeze
Yeah, I flushed it and refilled with blue when the time came. Thanks for watching and commenting.
That’s the wax from inside the thermostat leaked out
Do you think so? There was a lot of it. I thought it was from mixing coolant types. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi Mart. You have made a grave mistake sir. Having built many Stag engines there is a rule. Of many. The 1st is. The water pump. The clearance is from the centre of the impellor. To the cover centre pip. It has to be less than 0.5mm. The ideal is 0.25mm 10 thousands of an inch. If it is outside this clearance then the water pump will cavitate & you will have no flow. Most people now use a electric water pump located lower down as the stag pump is too high & is the acculese heal of blown head gasgets. Subbed to your channel as I hope you are to mine. Good luck fella. They are a nightmare to work on & usually fail at some point, even when rebuilt correctly.
Steve.
Hi Steve. I shimmed the pump to the triumph training book so fingers crossed on that. Even with all the work done it is not particularly confidence inspiring so we'll keep our fingers crossed. Thanks for the sub and for watching and commenting.
#111,ha ha.thanks.ps,the heads will need to 'align'.....parallel.
The head alignment is a poor part of the design. I will need to revisit this in a future video.
What's your opinion about the design of this engine, from an engineer's view point?
I don't know enough about it having only worked on one. But I would say it is not great. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Pheww😅
Hi Kevin. Thanks for watching and commenting.