New Turbo II hitting the forum

[Arnie_O]

Update time.
We pulled the engine and stripped her down yesterday. Turns out that the stuck tip was the last of our problems...
Rear rotor bearing had begun to start spinning.
Front rotor (the one that had the stuck seal) had spat a tip the broken piece has gone round and mashed the rotor and tip (stuck tip) up. There is also a gouge in the rotor housing, annoyingly right next to the exhaust port so an area I can\'t see with the camera)
I also need to check the step wear on the rear iron as it also broke a corner seal.
Will get some pictures up for those interested.

[lennycarloff]

Sorry to hear your having a bad time of it , but if anyone can make it the car it was supposed to be its you
:yes

[Arnie_O]

Picture time
Engine coming out


Stripped block


Strip, rear rotor coming off


Front rotor where the problems are


Offending Tip


This is the stuck seal


beginnings of a spun rotor bearing

[Skifledanabit]

Ouch... just ouch...

[Casey]

Wow :2eek I wasn\'t expecting you to find that level of devastation in there!

A challenging first rebuild for you

[Arnie_O]

Its not as bad as it looks,
Its more getting the things clearanced properly again, making sure I dont strip too much weight from it.

[Arnie_O]

So today went from bad to worse.

turns out that i needed a new front rotor housing due to the damage on the apex seal.



So i am now on the look out for a good TII housing.
Does anybody know if the EGI housings are the same?

anyway I also got the rotors cleaned up washed off and they are now bagged along with the oil control rings.
still need to repair the damaged apex seal groove, but will do that at a later date.



So begging time, does anybody have a serviceable housing for a TII or at a stretch a T2 block that i wan strip for the parts?

[grinder]

would a EGI one work ??

Might be worth dropping shaunwil a PM - he has my old engine in lots of parts !

[HaywardRotary]

EGI are no good.
Also note that rotor housings are fronts and rears Aston.

[Arnie_O]

Ordered a new front rotor housing from Tim (at RX Motors) hopefully it will be here soon.

[Arnie_O]

Housing arrived last week... top jub as it looks like Tim sorted me a gooden. turns out its going to need some porting to the exhaust port... time to learn a new trade.

most of the engines now clean and i am looking for a nice paint to paint the block before reassembly... can anyone recomend a good brand thats available in the UK... (i have heard some people say hammerite but really?

Anyway looks like i am going to need a bit more than just a water seal kit and some apex seals.

on a positive note the rest of my tools arrived from Maxdatrix monday so i am now fully tooled up.

will keep you all updated

[C J R]

Just found your thread Aston. Really bad luck fella, but on the upside, you\'ll have an engine you know and can use with confidence when you\'ve finished.
 
Look forward to catching up at RS10.
 
Chris

[Casey]

.............am now fully tooled up

I wouldn\'t recommend getting into a fight with you then

Just seen your FB pics, great to see you\'ve got stuck in straight away to mod those housings

[Arnie_O]

Sorry should have got this updated
Got the new housing from Tim at RX Motors and its now been ported out by my own fair hands





Port job finished



Next up was getting the irons painted



Got the housings and covers to do in Red next
A few bits to polish too.

Have got my water seal kit from Mazda Rotary Parts I just need to get the rest of the parts for the rebuild on order now.

Other shiny parts I am finding it hard to resist are
Gilmer drive kit from Australia
Banzai Racing Alternator Bracket
Banzai Racing Power FC Commander Holder
Pinapple Racing Sump
Pinapple Racing CAS cover (already ordered)
Greddy Elbow

[lennycarloff]

What a greddy elbow like  what I picked up
:p
Tell you what I will stick it in the van with me and you can have for what I got it for