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V8 Repairs
Reply #15 on: August 09, 2008, 19:55:14 PM
Im just winding you up :p

I used to do a lot of work on my brothers boat when I was a kid... well i did until he jabbed me in the face with a minging mop and pushed me over the side..... the river wear doesnt taste so good :(
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Reply #16 on: August 10, 2008, 02:13:38 AM
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the river wear doesnt taste so good :(


Ive heard it tastes a bit like Newcastle Broon does now they make it in Gateshead.
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Reply #17 on: August 10, 2008, 11:20:53 AM
Ive never waterskied in a river. But I have kneeboarded in a river. At high tide. In 3 inches of water. Sideways  :w00t:
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Reply #18 on: August 11, 2008, 23:43:43 PM
use the opportunity to buy a modern V8 - the half buick 3.5 rover is a bit of a 1960s relic.

An LS1 can be had for fairly handy money these days

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Reply #19 on: August 12, 2008, 08:53:38 AM
We havent got any plans to spend real amounts of money on it. We decided that if it needed a whole new engine it was only worth scrapping, the rest of the boat is almost totally worthless.
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Reply #20 on: August 13, 2008, 17:11:16 PM
OK, pictures time. I admit theyre a bit big, but I dont have the time nor the attention span to shrink em.
The first is the shape of the pushrods, one good one bad, the second a snap of the backwash rot and the third is a picture of the stripped block
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Reply #21 on: August 13, 2008, 17:15:17 PM
And heres a snap of 1) the rockers and 2) the almost intact engine
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Reply #22 on: August 14, 2008, 12:16:34 PM
OK new update, after totally dismantling what was left of the heads we found it was cheaper and quicker to scavenge some new ones.
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Reply #23 on: August 14, 2008, 19:18:06 PM
Looks like it would be cheaper to scavange a new engine, Im sure knighty has something suitable in one of his trucks you can nick ;)
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Reply #24 on: August 14, 2008, 20:03:20 PM
 :stupid:
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Reply #25 on: August 15, 2008, 00:18:48 AM
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Looks like it would be cheaper to scavenge a new engine, Im sure knighty has something suitable in one of his trucks you can nick ;)


oddly enough Ive got a boat engine in the yard at work.... 11 litres of diesel goodness !

(soon to be part of a combined heat and power system!)
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Reply #26 on: August 15, 2008, 01:26:31 AM
You should put the 21l Merlin engine in a boat
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Reply #27 on: August 15, 2008, 08:39:37 AM
Where are we going to get a 21000cc merlin V12 from with a budget of under £200?
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Reply #28 on: August 15, 2008, 11:23:38 AM
EBAY !!!!!!
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Reply #29 on: August 15, 2008, 11:34:53 AM
Is that a half V8 ? In that case it must be a lot of good fours around like a volvo B18 engine which also comes as marin engines a reliable engine it is.
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