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Apparently it's rod knock. I don't have the facilities to rebuild engines sadly. Dad has a new workshop in planning for the farm, hopefully sometime this year. So looks like the project will be on hold for now. I've taken my camry off the road recently, so I'm going to be on the look out (and saving...

Done the valve clearances and it still ticks. Going to have to wait until someones around to give me a hand with the compression tester. I put up a video of the engine running on the facebook brumby group so you guys can hear the ticking. You won't need to have Facebook to view it, just follow the l...

The wagon engine is so keen it ticks with excitement

About to check valve clearances and do a compression test.

Long time no talk. Short story is I finally got fresh welch plugs in the head, cleaned it all up etc then noticed a massive crack between the valve seats in each cylinder I'd missed

Going to start playing with the wagon engine tomorrow to see if I can get it tuned up.

Back home again and had more of a chance to look at it. I noticed that a steel pipe attached by a hose to the water pump was rusted out, so I pulled off a few more things to see how bad the corrosion was. Here's the lower radiator hose connects to the water pump: http://i.imgur.com/9cbHDMxm.jpg Ther...

Haha, I might pack the Gregory's manual for a bit of light reading.

I've got the parts now, they'll be sitting there teasing me until I get back.

Parts haven't arrived yet, and I'm moving to Melbourne for three weeks for a work opportunity (only found out today and I'm starting on Wednesday). Therefore there won't be anything going on here for a month.

Haha, it's been ages since I've seen the croc dundee movies. When I drained all the buttermilk out of the sump about 1L of water came out first. Ordered parts yesterday; head gasket, welch plugs + a few filters and things to make up the amount which qualified for free shipping. Until they arrive I'l...

Cheers Freddo. I read your thread, my welch plugs were no where near as bad luckily! How does the cylinder get full of watery oil if the head gasket is fine? I get that the welch holes allow the stuff to mix but how does the stuff get in there? I'll definitely replace the welch plugs in the other he...

..but heads are off now, a good thing to know you have replaced the HG's if you dont use the other donk just yet.. Cheers steptoe Just one head off atm, the left one. What do you mean by a donk? the other engine/parts? I've checked the head over now with a 0.05mm feeler gauge (specified by the greg...

How quickly a month passes... Here's an update The engine wouldn't turn over; after pulling a spark plug out I found that a cylinder had filled with that watery oil. So I'd say it's definitely the head. I pulled the head off and found that there was also a rusty hole in one welch plug, and a little ...

The compression tester was my idea, I figure if it's got bad compression then it's a head gasket, if it's good then its probably the Welch plugs fault. I'm lucky that I'm on a farm while working with the LPG, heaps of open space. I'm not sure what will happen of I try to get the ute registered, I as...

I had a few spare minutes today so I removed the gas ring from the carby. There's more mixed oil/water in with the air filter: http://i.imgur.com/p49hJD4l.jpg There's some discoloration around the intake manifold, is this normal or an indicator of a bad gasket?: http://i.imgur.com/ZkjxvmKl.jpg After...

I'm in the south west, between Warrnambool and Portland. I'm pretty sure I'll have one lying around, we've got a few vehicles which use the same one. Big thanks though!

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The coolants all rusty looking and it looks like the radiators been leaking, probably why it's stuffed.

Someone put a juice bottle under the radiator overflow, here's what was in it:

There was water in the oil, I looked at the dipstick and it had that horrible milky looking stuff. I haven't looked at the coolant to be honest, I've been playing with the wagon more. I'll have a better look over it in the morning and post up more info, Dad's got a compression tester which will be u...

The engine that's been on gas is the one with the blown head, the guy who owned it lent it to someone who didn't check the water :/ . It's still got the oil and coolant, they're just mixed together now! I won't have the gas going again because I'd like the space in the tray, I can get easier access ...

Hi Bantum. The fire was on the inside of the car, it apparently started under the dash but I've found burn marks on the inside of the spare doors I got with it. Yeah I reckon the engine would need a really good clean up to be usable. I think the guy pulled it apart to make it easy to lift out, I thi...

Also; I've been looking at which vehicles I might be able to get parts from and I've found that the 4"X6" headlights on the ute are available on a heap of vehicles i.e. 60 and 80 series landcruisers, Mitsubishi sigmas, L200s and more. I'm also after another coil so I can play with both the ute and w...

Yesterday I got the engine running in the wagon, it had been parked in a shed for a few years and the coil/distributor lead taken off. I put in a spare old battery, put in a bit of oil and radiator water and grabbed the coil and lead from the ute; the engine started on the first try :) Although runn...