This feels almost untrue. There I was, oil changed, and rocker oil feed
pipe connected. There is a banjo bolt at the top of the pipe that goes
into a hole at the back of the cylinder head. I had leaks at the bottom
of the pipe, where it connects to the oil pressure switch. In order to
sort this, I has to first loosen the aforementioned banjo bolt at the
top. I tightened the bottom up nicely.
Here's the rub. The banjo has copper washers on both sides of the pipe.
These are so soft that they must be "use once". After my loosening
above, when I restarted the car, there was leaking from the top. But
rather than thinking, I started to tighten the top bolt again to cure
the leak. Naturally, the bolt broke. The leak was of course due to
loosening those copper washers.
I couldn't feel much more stupid. I now have half a banjo blot stuck in
the cylinder head. I don't have the urge to tackle it at this minute,
but when I do, I might have a go with an easyout. As easyouts never
bring me any luck, read on.
It looks like the head is coming off for removal of the stuck bolt.
I've never done this before, it's kind of like the last frontier. How
long (roughly) will this take and what kind of things should I be
looking to replace whilst undertaking this procedure? I might as well
try to whack a silver lining on this cloud... I know that for starters,
I can check the rocker clearances.
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MG Midget 1979
http://www.antgel.co.uk/midget
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