RubyRS4

Tracy is now working the nightshift. I'll be coming in on my own, but may not be staying long enough for a meal.

I'm ecstatic! I retired from competition 7 years ago, and I've only prepared for this in the last 3 months. I had no expectation other than just see how things have changed over years, and how out of shape I am. It still hasn't sunk in yet. Monday we went to look around Fremantle prison and Whitemans Park before flying home. Got home 10.30 last night.

Update for you chaps. I did pretty good. Must have been the bbq I made the semi finals in 3 out of 5 of my divisions. The other 2 I made the finals and won silver! Very close on points in all. Total of over 20 rounds of fighting. I'm sore as hell now. Thanks for your support.

Nice to meet you guys in such wet and cold weather. Stags look awesome in any state. Thats to Chuckie for cooking the bbq and letting me sit in the stag. Hope to see you all again. I'll let you all know how I go tomorrow. Ruby

Might be there a little after 7. Can someone sms me the street address for my gps to 0449928227. Thanks. Ruby

Hello chaps. I'm at Hillary's now. Doing a seminar in about half hour. We still on for about 7pm tomorrow? Ruby

Awesome

I will be at the Ern Halliday Recreation Camp over the 4 days (Fri-Mon).

What about a meet at a pub friday or saturday night too? I'm at a sporting event during the day saturday and sunday, but might be able to sneak out to see a few stags.

Porn! Looks nice. I'm keen to get slotted rotors soon too. Gotta get a tune for 16psi first.

As Chuckie said, I'll be in WA from friday to monday. Staying at Hillarys area. I'll have a hire car and gps. Should be free most times except during the day on saturday and sunday. In town for a sporting event. Wouldn't mind catching up with fellow stag owners and seeing how the westies roll.

R34 GTT or series 2 Stagea (Neo RB25DET) coilpacks - set of 6 $100 Bought to diagnose problem. Problem not my coilpacks. PM me or SMS only 0449928227

Your CAS marking will indeed be different. When putting the CAS back on, centre it with the 3 bolts, so you have the same play each way. Then get a timing light and adjust as necessary when its running. Before putting head back on, set the crank to TDC and turn the cams on the head to their respective timing marks. Bolt the head up to torque specs from the inside out, in a zig-zag formation. The head gasket packaging should have specs on it. You'll need to go thru this 3 times, getting tighter as you go and torquing to the max spec on the last one. Same with the manifolds. Put the cam belt on. Once the head is on, do not rotate any engine components until the belt is on to keep the timing uniform. Good luck.

Some of the pics I took

Adam, you will have bent valves, so the cams do need to come out. Simply undo the u-shaped caps little by little and evenly across the length of the camshaft. Cam gears do not need to come off. Once the head is off and cams out, pour fuel/turps or other thin liquid to see where your leak is, if its not obvious by visual inspection. When you know the valves that are bent, mark them so the cylinder head guy/mechanic will know which valves and guides to change. I have a valve removal tool you can borrow if you want to remove the other valves also (and/or remove the bent ones and replace yourself), and clean the carbon build up from them. Or bring the whole head to me, I can remove the cams, and I'll see what can be done to tidy up/fix the head/valves (at whatever cost). I could remove the cams, identify the bent valves, check those guides, get new valves, get head faced (no porting) and possible valve guide replace, remove and clean all remaining valves, insert all valves, seat them in place, reinstall cams and torque caps accordingly. I've disassembled many, many heads over the years. EDIT: I'm in Perth from Friday to Monday, so unavailable then.

Liek Kiwi said, coolant level varying on engine revs is normal, as your waterpump is 'pushing' (or trying to) more coolant into the block. The bubbles and milky residue is a concern. It does sound like you've got a blown head gasket unfortunately. Pull your dipstick out and see if you've got any trace of a "chocolate milkshake" there. This will show coolant mixing with oil. If no oil, only bubbles, then its coolant leaking into cylinder. If you can change the head gasket yourself, you'll save a big bundle.

The transfer case is missing Was a good cruise. I'll throw another one together soon.

Price??? As per FS rules: 1. When starting a new thread, you must include a set price, or at the very least a ballpark figure that you are looking for. EOI's are not permitted, if you want to auction your gear then use e-bay

... and don't forget the fallen rocks on Gorge Road Weather was cold and wet, but everyone had a good time and made it from A to B safely in the process.

No probs. I'll have an afternoon cruise organised in the coming months. Oh, and get some coilovers in that thing

Updated list PMed. Only 10 people have paid. Get on it

Yeah sorry Les, that date is awkward as it clashes with Extreme Horsepower at Wayville. From a Club's perspective, its easier for all to organise a large club display at one of Adelaide's biggest show and shines for the year. Can the date be reviewed at all?

Still for sale