Mistamist
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Registered: 16th Jul 03
Location: Gillingham, Kent
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Hi all, has been a while since i was on here last, hope everyone is well and is having a good start to 2010.
Just thought i would post a few pics of my XE Tigra spring clean.
Thought i would take the lump out and give it a good clean and service, new gasgets, belts, lifters and to tart it up a bit.
After being ripped out of my corsa and thrown into the tigra with little attention to detail, i think its time to neaten everything up.
heres my tigra :
and when i swapped the engine into it from my corsa:
My filthy redtop:
into the Tigra:
all done:
that was a fair while back, since then i have been using a barge of a merc, and now a rust bucket of an astra.
having missed the smell of grease, oil and petrol, i wanna get the tigra show worthy to an extent.
so out came the engine last weekend and i gave it a clean:
getting there:
and the bit my missus hates the most
heres the bit im not too happy about...a big fat dirty chunk out of the block!!:
it looks like it was filled with instant gasget in the past and it seemed to be alright as it wasnt leaking, i was thinking of filling it with chemical metal and tapping a thread into it to see if it holds.
I have some Unibond Repair metal for good here but wasnt sure if it would be any good for use on a block as it said it suitable upto 100 degrees, would i be better getting some plastic padding chemical metal or you think this will be alright.??
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*JonnyG*
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Registered: 2nd Jun 08
Location: Lincolnshire
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Liking the Tigra, different from seeing corsa's all the time.
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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Makes me wish i was keeping my tigra.
Thats a nasty bit missing out of the block!
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jr
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Ben
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Linch
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Location: Whickham, Tyne and Wear
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Always Nice to see an engine on the stand in a kitchen
I put my cylinder head in the dish washer too
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Mistamist
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Registered: 16th Jul 03
Location: Gillingham, Kent
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Hello James, has been a long time. how are you mate?
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Laney
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Registered: 6th May 03
Location: Leeds
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Mistamist
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Registered: 16th Jul 03
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Fadrick and laney!! how the devil are you hansom specimines of manhood!!?!
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Laney
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Registered: 6th May 03
Location: Leeds
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quote: Originally posted by M15T XE
Fadrick and laney!! how the devil are you hansom specimines of manhood!!?!
Honestly? Erect due to your presence xx
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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White cesaros on the tigra would look nice
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Mistamist
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Registered: 16th Jul 03
Location: Gillingham, Kent
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painted the engine this weekend
just need to sort the gearbox now. think i will re-build it.
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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nice that
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