Due to the bad weather I had some spare time to carry on with some jobs on the old D8.When we did the engine overhaul back in 2006 I didn't bother replacing the caps that sit on top of the valves. I bought some new ones last summer but didn't get arround to fitting them.I did the front ones when sorting out a leaking rocker cover gasket last season but didn't do the back ones untill thursday of this week.
We picked a day when we knew it would be parked up(it was pi##ing down ALL day) and I let Billy the kid loose on it.I agree it wasn't ideal conditions for going into the top of an engine but it was better than a dusty day.The rocker cover gives a good indication as to the condition of the engine and I was pleased to see it was nice and clean(they are ofton sludgy).We tinkered about with it for an hour and a half doing the exhaust at 20 and the air at 16(or was it the other way around?
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Anyway we cracked it up and I dogged some sand out with it for the rest of the shift while Billy chainsawed some logs up for my fire at home.
Into the pit I found the D5 was doing abit on the head of the cut.
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