If the cam has seized it must not be getting oil? Is there any chance you put the head gasket on wrong and blocked an oil passage? I've read that its easy to do? A mate of mine who is very good with the spanners did this, not once but twice with a similar outcome. SO be very careful when putting th...

dan_2k_uk wrote:Hope you get it sorted ok.

Yer me to haha ill take a video of my head if i make it to the workshop today to show my rocker arm problem

It's okay I think I have found a head, but thanks for the offer. What is weird as well is that on one of the rocker arms when I loosen off the nut and unscrew the adjustment shaft the top of the valve spring is still In contact with the rocker arm. And it was defiantly not like that when I put it in...

Cheers guys for the replays I stripped it back today in half the time it took me the first time. Bottom end is all good and not seized what has sized though is the cam :( after all my work of re seating the valves and valve seals the cam is seized solid. :( obviously didn't put enough lubrication on...

i was reading that is was a non-interference engine but i had it skimmed when i re did the head gasket so was wondering if that could have made the valves hit when it all went wrong. as for the noise it wasn't anything load but enough for me to think that didnt sound good. there is defiantly somethi...

Hello Everyone, Just when i thought everything was running fine and all i needed to do was fit some back lights the worst of the worst happens. i go to move my sami from the back of the workshop to fit some rear lights and ....... engine suddenly stop after one minute of idling. To be fair I didn't ...

Yer i was thinking about the rear door option but i like to have my spare wheel on the back and therefor doesnt leave any room to mount the right hand cluster :( i may remove it and see what i can do. thanks for the sugestion do these lights on the website come pre wired ?

Hello Everyone. I am stuck with a dilemma on my hands, I have been De-Rusting my Sami and in the process removed my rear bumper and lights as i had no working break lights and no reverse light and no left indicator and not to mention the bumper was hanging by rust. Looking forward i am not too keen ...

Just read from start to finish at work over the past 2 days, comeing allong nicely now :) i work shifts and now have wednesday through till sunday evening off so going to try and get mine out of the workshop. i have cut my softtop down so it drops down the back of the cab and overs the roof after so...

No i was spot on with the dizzy just had it on the wrong stroke. not sure why it didn't run first time but yer runs now