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Title: Eddins Moto - his early Fulvia project Post by: DavidLaver on 19 April, 2010, 09:57:52 AM I do enjoy this site...
His "new" Fulvia: http://www.eddinsmoto.com/id125.htm I posted this before but in case it was missed: http://www.eddinsmoto.com/id101.htm David Title: Re: Eddins Moto - his early Fulvia project Post by: ncundy on 19 April, 2010, 10:57:54 PM It's one of the most informative sites around. I loved his story of the Citroen - great stuff on a forgotten car. He's got a very good reputation amongst the Lanciani in the US.
Title: Re: Eddins Moto - his early Fulvia project Post by: lancialulu on 20 April, 2010, 09:32:50 AM Whats happened since Aug 2009? or am I missing something??
Interesting to note his cylinder head bolt issue. Is this common? I assume it occurs when head gasket failure isnt dealt with and the water emitting corrodes into the bolt holes. However I am surprised that with all the machining expertise at his disposal that a few snapped bolts could be tollerated. I certainly had to deal once with one snapping in trying to get a 1.3 head off and I removed the offending stud once the head was extracted. However, it is great to see this type of commentary with a style of humour greatly appreciated and not often see from across the pond! Tim Title: Re: Eddins Moto - his early Fulvia project Post by: ncundy on 20 April, 2010, 09:51:51 AM I've not seen it on a Fulvia engine, but I know it's common on Aurelia engines where it can be a real pig to separate the heads. I think one of the issues is that aluminium oxide has a higher volume than it's parent, so when it starts to corrode it really fills the gaps (witness the trouble getting a thermostat off on a Fulvia). My dad made a very thin cutter out of bigger bolt for running down the seized studs on his engine to get them out.
I agree with you though - I would take the bolt heads off and come at it that way. |