Track 172cup
I bought a 172 cup from a guy off here a couple of weeks ago with a suspected cambelt failure, instead of putting it into a garage for them to strip it down and tell me whats wrong i though i'd strip the head down myself and have a look and see what damage it's done (plus it'll give me a chance to learn a bit more along the way)
My intension is to diagnose what damage has been done and sell the engine on in bits or as a whole for someone else to play about with that knows more about what their doing, i'm looking at just replacing the whole engine
anyway i've started to strip a few of the easy bits off like inlets/plenum, fuel rail, airbox etc... but i'm left with the main cylinder head/block to contend with, as i've not done anything like this before and a bit of a newb any help/tips on how to go about this would be much appreciated
the only other thing i have done so far is drain the oil, all other fluids are still there.
if anyone could spare a few min to help it would be spot on, the main things that i am wondering where to go from here is how to actually get the head off from where i'm at the now and would it be ok to just cut the cambelt off to allow the head to come off as it's going to need new tensioners and belts anyway if someone was to fix it (remember i am just looking to diagnose the damage at this point) and how the hell do i get to it as the engine mount seems to make it ridiculous to get to around there
this is how it's sitting the now before i ran out of time and needed to pack up for the day...............
My intension is to diagnose what damage has been done and sell the engine on in bits or as a whole for someone else to play about with that knows more about what their doing, i'm looking at just replacing the whole engine
anyway i've started to strip a few of the easy bits off like inlets/plenum, fuel rail, airbox etc... but i'm left with the main cylinder head/block to contend with, as i've not done anything like this before and a bit of a newb any help/tips on how to go about this would be much appreciated
the only other thing i have done so far is drain the oil, all other fluids are still there.
if anyone could spare a few min to help it would be spot on, the main things that i am wondering where to go from here is how to actually get the head off from where i'm at the now and would it be ok to just cut the cambelt off to allow the head to come off as it's going to need new tensioners and belts anyway if someone was to fix it (remember i am just looking to diagnose the damage at this point) and how the hell do i get to it as the engine mount seems to make it ridiculous to get to around there
this is how it's sitting the now before i ran out of time and needed to pack up for the day...............