Dazrsturbo Series 2 Project Suspension Rebuild 5/12/11

[dazrsturbo]

hello all i thought i would start a project thread on my Series 2 ERST.
Here it is when i  picked the car up on the 24/5/10

[dazrsturbo]

When driven theres a tappety sound on acceleration, iv been told this could be the Followers being nakard!
So last night i took off the rocker cover and inspected what i had, i removed all the followers and checked them, few are worn on the base.
New Set ordered from Burtonpower this morning so when they arrive will give them a nice soak in some new oil overnight then fit them!
hopefully this will solve the problem   I plan on rebuilding the head at some stage too.


Who ever had the car before me bodged the back two bolts that hold the rocker cover on... there not the right ones!!   i found one bolt and washer tucked down near the injectors lol  

[RST-Steve]

The car looks like a really good base for a project darren, nice one

.... looks like you've done a fair bit already

[dazrsturbo]

cheers steve! been working on it all day.. update tomorrow! 

[Fireball]

nice motor! I've read quite a few Cvh tech manuals/strip down guides that say changing worn followers won't fix it for long, as they'll just burr on the cam. might be worth sliding that out and checking how worn it is

[dazrsturbo]

yeah its a gamble just changing the followers but am looking at building a new head at somepoint. will see how it goes 

[RST-Steve]

Are you gonna put the standard ford badge and rs turbo decals back on the tailgate, this is the question

[dazrsturbo]

rs turbo decal is on the way as we speak! just need to source a ford badge!

[RST-Steve]

Good man!

[bil n kel]

you say the noise is when you accelerate? if its doing it only on acceleration you may have too much advance on dizzy. i would get it checked over as it will wreck you engine. when i had my rst after working on it i had the dizzy slightly out and never noticed until my mate said "your cars pinking" i just thought it was the followers.

[cozmeister]

you say the noise is when you accelerate? if its doing it only on acceleration you may have too much advance on dizzy. i would get it checked over as it will wreck you engine. when i had my rst after working on it i had the dizzy slightly out and never noticed until my mate said "your cars pinking" i just thought it was the followers.

Don't say things like that, my Saff taps after it's warmed up.

[dazrsturbo]

you say the noise is when you accelerate? if its doing it only on acceleration you may have too much advance on dizzy. i would get it checked over as it will wreck you engine. when i had my rst after working on it i had the dizzy slightly out and never noticed until my mate said "your cars pinking" i just thought it was the followers.

I think you could be rite you know, as i have noticed that the needle on my rev counter sits at the bottom perfect wen the car isnt running like it should do but on tick over it goes up to 2000 rpm which is way too high for tick over!! how do i adjust the advance on the dizzy then??? wanna get this sorted asap!! help!!!

[cozmeister]

The old trick of retarding the ignition for unleaded fuel was to twist the dizzy by a few degrees.  Really you need someone with timing gear to tell whether it needs advancing or retarding.

[dazrsturbo]

set the timing up on saturday, was a slight too much advance but got it spot on with a timing gun. The noise is a bottom end noise for sure! fitted new followers and did an oil change and still no difference. could be worn bearings or worn crank??? hoping to have the engine out soon for a re build! 

[cozmeister]

If it's not tappets or timing, look at the little ends.

[dazrsturbo]

well the engine is still pissing me off so will move onto something positive! My rear decal turned up today after sitting at the sorting office for 5 days without me knowing! 

[dazrsturbo]

And Fitted




 

[RST-Steve]

Sweeet, that is an improvement of epic proportion Darren 


................. 90-spec decal all the way! 

[cozmeister]

Can't beat having the proper badges in the right places.

Have you chatted to Christian at APT about the engine?

[RST-Steve]

............ in fact, just need the light blue and silver original style ford badge on the right and your there 

[dazrsturbo]

im on the hunt for the oval badge steve!! there are so many different sized ones i dont know which is the right one!!

i sent christian a message on passionford but no reply, might give him a call  tomorrow!

[RST-Steve]

Good man! The one you don't want is the navy blue and chrome effect, as per the new cars...... it's the light blue and silver that is the item needed for the Series 2... old skooool!

Next time i get my car out, i'll get the ruler out and measure the original badge on my car

[dazrsturbo]

i shall keep hunting! you bringing ya car to next meet steve?

[RST-Steve]

Not sure tbh mate, might do....... depends on the weather lol!

I haven't even looked at it for nearly 3 weeks tho, so it could do with a run

[dazrsturbo]

let it live a little and bring it out!! wanna see it!