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Does anyone know of a Wiseco piston ring supplier in the UK? Looking for a set of rings part number: 8300xx many thanks Russ

OK aide, sounds good. PM me your paypal details if you have an account, I'll make sure there is enough to cover the fee. If you could get it to me by Friday that would be great as I've got next week off to swap the motors over (hopefully with a little more success).

OK aide, what would your advice be on the cam? I can't see any visible damage to the cam and I did only just torque it up (it has not been under any load). How much do you want for the pulley - I would pay for next day delivery as well. Cheers aide Russ

OK, here is where I admit I have been a complete idiot! I managed to put the pulley on the cam the wrong way (in facing out). Thanks aide for the lead on this, I though about it for most of the night and it started to make sense. So today, I came to swap around and this is what happened: I had obviously weakened the key when I torqued it up. It is at this point I ask the question: has anyone got a spare KR exhaust cam and pulley? Please? I am now worried that I may have weakened the keyway on the cam so would rather replace it. $$$ waiting!!!

OK, I may have just spotted something :confused4: , if you look at this pic there is nothing stamped on the face of the pulley on this pic it looks as though (although blurred) there is something stamped on the back of the pulley in between the guy's fingers looking at my first pic, the VW and Audi stamp is facing away from the engine :nuts: , as aide mentioned is it possible that the pulley fits both ways?

Thanks for that aide, I spoke to VW again today and they said the same about the recess. What do you think the issue could be then with the timing? When the mark on the front of the pulley line up with the cam cover and the mark on the back of the pulley line up with the cylinder head/cover gasket face the gear spots are the positions you see in the pics? Is it more likely that the gears are out or the pulley is out, the pulley cam only bolt up one way because of the keyway - what do you think could be wrong? Russ

I am struggling to get the timing right on a 16v KR head with standards KR cams. I've read through a couple of guides, one of them here: http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=184663 , and others on this forum but have found no clear answer to the problem I have. When I installed the cams I made sure that the spots were at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock ()> Do both timing points have to be aligned? ie, gear spot at 3 and 9 o'clock *and* cam pulley to cover mark, or do you just make sure that the gear spots line up and make a new mark on the cam pulley? Any help with this would be appreciated Russ

I have recently completed a 16v rebuild and it is sat on the stand ready to go in next week. A friend of mine pointed something out that I hadn't considered as I had not seen anything on it in the manual: On the gearbox side of the crank where the flywheel bolts up there is a recess - I have a picture here just to illustrate, the recess that is central to the holes for the flywheel bolts. My question is; should there be a spigot bush or bearing the sits in this recess to support the input shaft on the gearbox? The crank in the engine I have built does not have anything in the end - though I received it second hand and had it re-ground. I cannot find anything in the manual about this, but it seems odd that it would run metal to metal. Does anyone have any experience with this or can help me out with some advice. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi, can anyone give any advice on how i can install the gudgeon pin retainer clips on wiseco pistons. The first few I have been able to do with brute thumb force and then popped it into the groove using a small flathead screwdriver. Is there a specific tool or a better technique for this? Any help would be appriciated.

Thanks for your relpies guys - I'm not keen on sending the pistons back as I waited 6 months for them to arrive. It is the nozzles that are fouling - I removed one, bent it slightly, checked that it hadn't affected the flow through the nozzle then put it back and checked clearance. That seemed to solve the problem, so I did the same for the other three. I didn't however anticipate that the new position would now foul on the conrod during piston installation, :censored:olocks! With the next piston I put in I ended up bending the nozzle pretty much all the way round so that it's direction would spray oil straight onto the sump plug - a bit of reverse engineering now required!

I've encountered a slight problem! Has anyone seen this before? I'm currently rebuilding a 9A, I have new oversize Wiseco Pistons and upon installing the first one noticed the piston fouling on the oil squirter jet. I've searched to see if anyone has experienced this before and if i could find a solution - not been able to find anything. Can anyone help me with this please?

Had the final bits to complete the head arrive on Friday - guides, and the rest of the cotters and retainers for the inlet side. Gave the chambers a light polish today and started pushing the new guides in.

Agreed, they do look good. Do you mean that you don't have #4 cylinder sensor, or that you just didn't use it?

Just had a look at their website, does this seem right? 92631D IGNITION LEAD SET CO 16V 4/89 > 32.50

Thanks davidwort