Is the head casting number on the top or bottom of the head?

I'm going to a self serve wreckers this weekend and i want to know if i need to remove the head and flip it or just the rocker cover?

*crossed fingers*

thanks guys..

Michael (er.. Cushy, big daddy, over, kshhht)

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Cushy

Its on top of the Head, but of course if you find the correct you will have to take it of anyway. Make sure you undo the bolts in the correct order

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

lovely leading statement gaf...

and what order is that?

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Ill have to get back to you tonight. If you take it off other than the correct order you can warp or crack the head

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

right.....keep me in suspense why don't you..

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To answer your original question, you can read the casting numbers after removing the rocker cover.

You will usually have to scrape away a bit of gunge to read them. Most Minis and related cars in wreckers have not been well maintained with regular oil changes...

To remove head you should do it in reverse order to torquing one down.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

thanks bnicho

ahem.. and torquing down involves

maybe i need a message near my avatar... "i haven't got a manual"

bugger it... is $35 good for a haynes manual? i might get it tomorrow

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hey cush

adrian at morris mania should have a few s/h manuals for about $10-$15
i got one from there for $10 and it's like new so why not pay half the price for the same thing?! i'll have a look for the right sequence for ya in a minute

-jimmy

i've heard things about morris mania...

most coming from the previous owner

but thanks for the info, i'll see if i can get down there.


gets thumbs twidlin'

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lol...yeah well i tihnk everyone's heard things about every mini place in adelaide (r they all dodgy? or is that just normal?)

anyways...if you're looking at the engine from the front of the car it goes:
6 2 4 8
7 3 1 5 9
and make sure you undo the rockershaft bolts at the same time as the head bolt next to it (ie. when you undo the head bolts under the rocker cover (6, 2, 4, do the rocker shaft ones as well)
are you heading to u-pull-it by any chance?

-jimmy

cheers..so basically the rocker gear comes off when the head comes off/
ooh.. which is the number one bolt and which way do they run *newbo alert*

u-pull-it.. indeed i am ... why ? know something i don't ?



oh yeah,,, i just thought i'd clarify that bit about Morris mania.. .I WAS KIDDING

on of the previous owners is a mate o' mine... i didn't wan't to give out any bad press..

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ha ha...nah i like morris mania.....just theres always bad stories about all the mini workshops in adelaide (i dunno why, i've never personally had any probs at any of them ) and they always bitch about each other WAY too much

anyway....sorry bout that had a momentary brainfaide there....you dont need to take the rocker gear off...but if you do, do it in that order (and the head bolts are the ones at the back, not the ones closer to the front of the rocker gear)

just asking about u-pull-it cos i was hoping you could keep an eye out for a honda city/civic of the right year to get the discs/calipers off to do the conversion (i rang them but they were pretty vague) yeah just let us know if you see any there

thanks dude
-jimmy

yeah no worries... i'm going to be in the jap section anyway.. thought i might try find a pulsar dizzy and see how it goes...but i'll keep an eye (or two) out for it..

it's basically the mid eightes civic's and city's isn't it?

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dunno what happened there?

i think there's been a change in the matrix, neo

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