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May 9th, 2020, 12:19 | #1001 |
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Head Gasket? - Continued
... all the parts for the head change have arrived apart from a couple of M6 studs and ... the reconditioned head.
I'm quite looking forward to this little job - and it should make the RB even nicer. :-) |
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May 9th, 2020, 12:55 | #1002 |
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Yay!!! Looking forward to plenty of progress photos and the write up on this Alan!
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Anyway, I managed to stop myself and threw a ball for Bob instead :-) I'll take a more considered approach, wait for the last few bits to show up, then do it properly once (I hope!). Stay safe, Alan |
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No good getting ahead of yourself Alan!
You bought the head with the sole purpose of fitting the best available head to the RB now and the other one going into storage (perhaps after refurb at your leaisure) and now it would be silly to not do that. You may well find the head is pitted around the area between #1 combustion chamber and one of the waterways (i suspect that is the case) and will need repair before refitting.
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Trouble with that though Alan, you'll forget where everything goes! Hope you've got loads of emoty plastic takeaway boxes? They're ideal for keeping various things in, especially if you need to sort them into cylinders 1, 2, 3 and 4 and keep the bits separate.
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Years ago, we kept a small cruiser on the Soar. Every Sunday PM I would go to the boat to check that all was well. One day, I found some weeds and foliage in the engine bay that hadn't been there the previous week. Thinking nothing of it, I returned it to the water. The following week, it was there again, but in greater quantity. i realised that it was the makings of a nest and decided to leave it. Later, I found a coot in residence sitting on four eggs. I know for certain that she raised at least three chicks (which gave me a nice warm feeling) but in doing so, the pesky critter cost us the first few weeks of that season! Good luck with your head job. Regards, John. PS Our boat had a 9.9 4-stroke twin Honda O/B. A beautiful piece of engineering, built like a Swiss watch. J.
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As for Honda engines, excellent engineering!
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