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Alpinehead

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Re: Tappets
« Reply #10 on: 24 February 2008, 20:10 »
BOINK!!!

Offline midz16v

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Re: Tappets
« Reply #11 on: 26 February 2008, 06:37 »

Offline dabill

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Re: Tappets
« Reply #12 on: 26 February 2008, 09:37 »
euro car parts for mine, nice and qiet, not i can only hear the bottom end knocking!

tappets are a morning job, just take your time(!!!!!!!!!) tightening up the camshaft when putting it all together, i did mine in a rush, and snapped a cam bridge(the caps that hold the camshaft down) and then found out each is specific to the engine, although that didnt stop me stripping an old engine and getting one from there haha! works fine though tbh.

anyways, its a reletivly easy job, just monotonous...abit like my post.


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Re: Tappets
« Reply #13 on: 26 February 2008, 09:59 »
I have these in my valver (2 sets obviously :wink:)

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no probs so far and I've done a fair few miles!

Plus they are easy to change, cam cover off, cam/s out magnetic thingy makes it easy to pull them out, drop your new ones in etc...

Don't ever use a magnet to pull out tappets. Inside the tappets is a ball valve. If this ball get polarised, it will not seat and the tappet will not pump up properly. You will have a tappety engine again.


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Re: Tappets
« Reply #14 on: 26 February 2008, 13:47 »
using as magnetic doesnt matter if you are binning the old ones you are takin out tho ;)

Alpinehead

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Re: Tappets
« Reply #15 on: 26 February 2008, 16:11 »
i dont want to sound lazy but i really dont have the confedence in doing them.  if all you lot are saying there p1ss to do..  how comes im getting quoted £200 upwards.

 :sad:

ill sling some 1 a nifty if they wanna come do em for me!! lol

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Re: Tappets
« Reply #16 on: 26 February 2008, 16:17 »
its easy to do, but time consuming, like i said, very boring. lots of nuts and bolts to fiddle with, and everything has to be done in sequence otherwise you snap things that should not be snapped.

i was gonan get it done, but then i bought the tappets, got bored one saturday morning, and did it my self, all you need is spanners and a socket set.

timing is tricky, i marked mine up on the belt and wheel, made sure it all lined up when i put it back together, and while doing it made sure the belt didnt jump a tooth by tieing it up tight to the bonnet(improvised with strin!) and just took my time.

looks a big job, but trust me its not at all. easier than mucking about with stereo installs and stuff.

just make sure you buy a decent gasket for the rocker and you get all the old gasket off too!


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Alpinehead

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Re: Tappets
« Reply #17 on: 26 February 2008, 16:22 »
lol nothings easyer than fiddling with stereos!!   

maybe ill have to buy a socket set... open the bonnet and look at the engine! lol 

im quite good with most things with cars, but somthings tellin me not to do it. think the timings scaring me off..   :undecided:

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Re: Tappets
« Reply #18 on: 26 February 2008, 17:24 »
it also depends on how much you need your motor. if you can afford to have off the road for a few days if things go wrong then go for it.

£200 could easily be saved!