Taken the water pump out, it looks fine. No damage or wear marks. Also taken several main bearing caps off and check the shells. They all look OK slowly starting...
On inspecting the sump it turns out the ring terminal for the earth strap has broken, it was in place so that you could not see it had broken. There...
Testing Round 1 (not much time): I can hand crank it fairly easily now, it does seem to get a little notchy in places. Also the starter can turn the...
Was out for a drive today again as it was still sunny, unfortunately the engine over heated after 30 miles - only for a very short period of time maybe...