Ext User(Kev)
03-06-2007, 01:03 AM
Noddy wrote:
> "Jason James" <at@peace.com> wrote in message
> news:465e300c$0$4488$c30e37c6@pit-reader.telstra.net...
>
>
>>Yeah,..the second generation Cortys were less than robust in the
>>front-end.
>>The department bought a fleet of them, all manuals, all with the 2000cc
>>donk. They were a great motor. One day I was overtaking a semi up a hill,
>>and was running out of room fast (merging lane near crest of hill),
>>anyways
>>I nailed the Corty in 2nd. The speedo got to 110kph as I squeezd past.
>>OTOH
>>the cross-members used to sag after a year of out out west driving (not
>>that
>>rough) and on some, the rear doors (they were wagons) wouldnt shut due
>>body
>>distortion. But for what they were,.really a town car, they werent bad
>>performer. Compared to the Holden panelvans we also had at the time, the
>>Corty shit all over them.
>
>
> They were a solid engine, but an absolute *shit* to work on.
>
> One of their most common faults was that they constantly chopped the tops of
> the rocker arm wear pads & wore the camshaft lobes, and the fix required the
> replacement of the cam and new rockers (or refacing the wear pads if they
> weren't bad). The problem was that the camshaft had stepped diameter bearing
> journals running front to rear (with the smallest at the front of the head),
> which meant the cam couldn't be removed with the head on the vehicle.
>
> Fucking *brilliant* idea that was :)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.
>
>
God don't I know it
rebuilt my sister's 2Lt twice, the third time I took it and sold it to
recover costs
I was thinking seriously about putting in an ignition kill system that
would not let the car start unless she pulled the dipstick out and
removed the radiator cap first
fucking lazy arse women drivers
Kev
> "Jason James" <at@peace.com> wrote in message
> news:465e300c$0$4488$c30e37c6@pit-reader.telstra.net...
>
>
>>Yeah,..the second generation Cortys were less than robust in the
>>front-end.
>>The department bought a fleet of them, all manuals, all with the 2000cc
>>donk. They were a great motor. One day I was overtaking a semi up a hill,
>>and was running out of room fast (merging lane near crest of hill),
>>anyways
>>I nailed the Corty in 2nd. The speedo got to 110kph as I squeezd past.
>>OTOH
>>the cross-members used to sag after a year of out out west driving (not
>>that
>>rough) and on some, the rear doors (they were wagons) wouldnt shut due
>>body
>>distortion. But for what they were,.really a town car, they werent bad
>>performer. Compared to the Holden panelvans we also had at the time, the
>>Corty shit all over them.
>
>
> They were a solid engine, but an absolute *shit* to work on.
>
> One of their most common faults was that they constantly chopped the tops of
> the rocker arm wear pads & wore the camshaft lobes, and the fix required the
> replacement of the cam and new rockers (or refacing the wear pads if they
> weren't bad). The problem was that the camshaft had stepped diameter bearing
> journals running front to rear (with the smallest at the front of the head),
> which meant the cam couldn't be removed with the head on the vehicle.
>
> Fucking *brilliant* idea that was :)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.
>
>
God don't I know it
rebuilt my sister's 2Lt twice, the third time I took it and sold it to
recover costs
I was thinking seriously about putting in an ignition kill system that
would not let the car start unless she pulled the dipstick out and
removed the radiator cap first
fucking lazy arse women drivers
Kev