Stock specification engine rebuild
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# 2095 (RW) - Jaguar 4.2 S2 E Type Stock specification engine rebuild |
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Update
report - August 25, 2014
Short block assembly underway...
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Huge progress in the CJ machine shop with both the short block and the cylinder head...
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| Sizing pockets for new valve seats |
Prepping new custom magnesium bronze guides for installation |
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| Honing new guides for desired stem to guide clearances |
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| New CJ seats installed |
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| Valve job underway |
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| Head required all new tappet guides |
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| Surfacing the exhaust flange |
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| Surfacing the deck surface of the head |
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| Bare head now fully machined and ready for assembly |
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| Head on the assembly bench |
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| Align honing the main caps |
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| Torque plate honing cylinders |
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| Block now fully machined and ready for assembly |
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Another engine rebuild underway in the CJ machine shop...
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| Preparing to remove the engine in the CJ workshops |
Bell housing tells a story |
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| Transmission grenaded at 80 MPH |
Cylinder head removed |
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| Cam bearings scored |
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| Valves in very poor shape |
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| Corroded water jackets on intake flange |
There are cracks between several cylinders |
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| Cobbled together oil filter housing |
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| Weld repairs to cylinder head |
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| Removing old sleeves on the boring bar |
Cutting counter bores for top hat liners |
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| Repairing corrosion in intake flange |
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| Magnaflux crack testing block |