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    I reckon you'd have to weld onto the bottom damper to get it to fit on the top as there is not enough metal there to do the job. The welding would screw up the nitrile.

    I have found that with a little careful bending work the $23 18R-C tensioner dampener (slipper) can actually line up better than the original 18RG ones.
    I've had some new tensioner plunger parts made up with big wide mushroom heads so that it won't dig into the rubber lump on the back of the slipper.
    I haven't run it in the engine but I have test fitted it and it looks to be quite good.

    Price of my conversion:
    $ 24 for chain dampener/slipper
    $ 60-70ea for the new tensioner piece (that's what it will cost next time)
    $ 9 for a bag of new circlips (couldn't source the original style in the right size so using more normal design)
    $ bugger all for the o-ring I might as well replace while I have got it apart.

    Total <$110
    Saving $100 on the last quote I got in Adelaide (that's if it were still available)

    Verdict: worth a shot I reckon
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    nice work steve..... now get some pics!!!!
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    Default Re: For the love of a tractor engine: The life and times of the 18R-G

    quick querey for the witzl
    i bought a ta23 couple of months ago, with 18RGEU
    read your post on the different models of 18RGs I am a bit confused because mine has
    88270 head but twin mikuni solex carbs on the side.
    your post states that on the 18RGEU carbs were ditched in favour of fuel injection
    what engine do I have?
    Rick

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    efi has been ditched for that horny carby sound many a time.
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    Another thing that happens regularly is head swapping and rebuilding from multiple engines.
    My engine came with an 18R-C block and oil pump, Mid-era 18RG conrods, 18RGEU pistons and head, thermostat housing, cams and timing case, Early-era 18RG manifold, 18RGU carbies and tappet cover.
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    Default Re: For the love of a tractor engine: The life and times of the 18R-G

    query about timing marks on twin pulley 18R/18RG crank pulleys...

    would this be a fair assumption of what they mean?
    TDC - ?? degrees - 12 degrees

    See picture for what i'm looking at:


    Is a close up of this pulley/trigger setup:


    cheers and tia,
    Charles.

    update: On the basis of witzel's suggestion i'll take it as:
    -TDC - ?? - 12 degrees and ignore the middle mark
    it's not like i'd need to refer to a mark at 5 degrees...
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    Default Re: For the love of a tractor engine: The life and times of the 18R-G

    chuck.... dunno about the 18R-C crank pulley, but on the 18R-G crank pulleys, those marks are 12deg BTDC and 5deg BTDC.



    Onto things in my garage...... turns out the lack of compression on cylinder 4 was thanks to a slightly bent exhaust valve.
    Word to the wise - dont rest your head on the ground with any valves open, they bend REAL easy....

    I'll get some pics up in a few minutes of what's happening...
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    Hi,

    Did you really do that? Rest the head down in a way that bent a valve?

    That's almost a -ve rep!!!!!

    I hope Toobs gave you a bit of a slap for that. I know I will when I see you next.

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    meh - i got spares.... lots of spares.

    and new valves too

    If you are bored right now River, come over... you can see the insides of a couple of 18R-Gs. I'm rebuilding one now with 9.7:1 pistons.
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    Hi,

    Should of told me a few hours ago. I got a belly full of wine now and, coupled with my advanced years, sleep beckons.

    However, if you need a hand during the week to get your Yellow Power Ranger (I think her name was Trini ) ready for Dubbo, then let me know.

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    Default Re: For the love of a tractor engine: The life and times of the 18R-G

    Quote Originally Posted by The Witzl
    Word to the wise - dont rest your head on the ground with any valves open, they bend REAL easy....
    Oops! When I rebuilt mine, I made a point of having the cams out whenever the head was off the block. For an extra 10 nuts to undo, it's cheap insurance! I also made a point of not resting the head on the gasket surface after I got it ground. I accidentally knocked it over at one stage. I can tell you know, expletives weren't enough to vent my rage!

    The only good point is at least now you have the priviledge of pulling it apart. They really are a good engine to work on, except for the removel valve collets that is.

    Karl, in this pic:



    It looks like you have done away with the corrosion prone circulation pipe in favour of a piece of rubber hose... I wish I thought of that when my reconditioned engine started pissing coolant out of a rusted pin hole... I used silicone goo and thoughtfully placed hose and clamps

    Chuck, with your ms trigger wheel, did you retrofit one from another car, or did you have it machined up? If so, how did you go about this? ...I'm gonna go and read your members rides section!
    Last edited by tricky; 09-04-2006 at 09:26 PM.
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    Tricky,

    yeah you are right - i too had the metal pipe corrode on me, so i got the shits and threw it out!
    A couple of quick points with my water hoses there though - that water pump housing is different to all the others i have, in that the "off to the side" outlet (for the corrosion-prone metal pipe to thermostat bypass) is heaps smaller (around 5-7mm diam).
    All the other water pump housings i have have a side feed line the same diam as the corrosion pipe (~12mm IIRC)...
    ... hence why i have used the wee 5mm line for the TB coolant thingy (im yet to work out it's purpose in life) and then used a heater hose T-piece to supply the thermostat bypass line.

    Hope that explains that.......



    Now... some pics as promised!


    i make garage big mess!





    .... mmm, doesnt look to be seated right....



    Have a guess which one is bent??



    old engine block... not really that old, or in bad shape....



    .... new engine needs some work, like maybe some assembly.



    ........ and why am i rebuilding the bottom end?
    -> to use these phat puppies!!!

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    Default Re: For the love of a tractor engine: The life and times of the 18R-G

    Back on the topic of 18RG Harmonic Balancer timing marks.
    The tri-pulley 18RGU one we've got has a TDC mark and one of the other two marks is actually about 9.8 degrees.
    I imagine that every version of the engine would have had different timing to suit different compression and cams.

    The best way is to calculate it. (I knew there was a reason we did Pi in school).
    Take the circumference (mm) of the pully where the marks are and divide that by 360 and them times that by the distance between the TDC mark and the other marks (also in mm).

    I realise most people would know how to work that out, but I put my bit in there anyway.
    If the answer doesn't look right, it probably isn't. I did comprehensively fail year 12 maths in 2001 and have rarely done maths in the five years following that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve M
    I did comprehensively fail year 12 maths in 2001 and have rarely done maths in the five years following that.
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    Steve - you'll actually find that the 9.8deg you calculated was an error of measurement of the circumfrence and spacing of the marks (perhaps due to the length of an arc vs a straight line)..... that mark should be 10deg BTDC exactly.

    I have both types of 3-belt crank pulleys at home.... the tripple timing mark and dual timing marked, and have worked out the timing marks for them both.

    Dual Marked - TDC and 10deg BTDC
    Tri-market - TDC, 5deg BTDC, 12deg BTDC.



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