1Y Head Replacement - more help please!!
Posted: 23 Oct 2011, 16:46
1981 van, originally with a 1.6 naturally asthmatic. Now a 1.9 1Y diesel, from a 1998 Seat Ibiza, fitted just over two years ago by a local garage.
Hi all. Okay, so I'm replacing the head on my 1Y after two injector seats cracked (due to a staggeringly stupid amount of ham-fistedness on my part) and I'm just starting the job. I've got a replacement head, and just need to pick it up from Taunton. I've never attempted the job on a diesel in a van before, although I have done it on motorcycles with an OHC in the past.
Okay, so the first question is have i managed to get no.1 piston to TDC. Please could you check the photo and tell me if the "V" cut in the flywheel is the correct one and I have got it TDC?
This is the tool I have got to lock the injector pump, but it doesn't fit anywhere and thus is useless to lock the pump - there is nowhere to slot it in: -
This is a photo of the injector pump pillion wheel, which clearly shows why I can't lock the pinion wheel with the above tool: -
However, I have bought the following tool to lock the injector pump, which does work, but only if I crank over the flywheel another 1/2 of an inch or so, in order that the pin will slot through a groove in the pinion and into a hole behind. This makes me suspect that the timing was set up incorrectly by the garage who installed the engine originally (note to self - learn to do these jobs myself in future!!): -
This photo shows how far the flywheel has to be advanced in order for me to insert the pin above: -
So, I guess the two questions I have at the moment are (1) is the timing out, judging by where I need to advance the flywheel to in order to insert the locking pin in the injector punp pillion, and (2) do I need to sort that before I replace the head?
I'm really moving into uncharted territory for myself here, so any guidance or advice anyone can give me would be very much appreciated. Beers available for help
Hi all. Okay, so I'm replacing the head on my 1Y after two injector seats cracked (due to a staggeringly stupid amount of ham-fistedness on my part) and I'm just starting the job. I've got a replacement head, and just need to pick it up from Taunton. I've never attempted the job on a diesel in a van before, although I have done it on motorcycles with an OHC in the past.
Okay, so the first question is have i managed to get no.1 piston to TDC. Please could you check the photo and tell me if the "V" cut in the flywheel is the correct one and I have got it TDC?
This is the tool I have got to lock the injector pump, but it doesn't fit anywhere and thus is useless to lock the pump - there is nowhere to slot it in: -
This is a photo of the injector pump pillion wheel, which clearly shows why I can't lock the pinion wheel with the above tool: -
However, I have bought the following tool to lock the injector pump, which does work, but only if I crank over the flywheel another 1/2 of an inch or so, in order that the pin will slot through a groove in the pinion and into a hole behind. This makes me suspect that the timing was set up incorrectly by the garage who installed the engine originally (note to self - learn to do these jobs myself in future!!): -
This photo shows how far the flywheel has to be advanced in order for me to insert the pin above: -
So, I guess the two questions I have at the moment are (1) is the timing out, judging by where I need to advance the flywheel to in order to insert the locking pin in the injector punp pillion, and (2) do I need to sort that before I replace the head?
I'm really moving into uncharted territory for myself here, so any guidance or advice anyone can give me would be very much appreciated. Beers available for help