Hi Mike, welcome along, buddy. They really are a great car, and I say just go for it if you were thinking about ownership. You will notice from our videos that there's always something to tinker with, so they can be as reliable as any other car on the road with the right maintenance and preventative measures. All the best, buddy, and speak again soon. 👍

Yes, a lucky find, I think 👍

Hi Matt, let's hope it's just that and nothing more sinister deeper down in the engine.

Hi buddy, great to hear from you again, and thanks so much for all of your encouragement and kind comments. I'm sure we will get it sorted one way or the other 👍

@@projectsinthebarn I think guys with XK8 XKR are all rooting for you as we may be in the same pickle one day. The timing chain tensioner replacement is detailed and shown on youtube channel O&DR Modurol (EP48).

@awalk5177 Yes, I have been watching Damiens video series on the timing chain replacement, I'm sure it will come in handy 😀

Hi Andrew, good to hear from you buddy. It may well still end up at the garage yet!! 😃 I'm sure we will be able to get it sorted one way or the other 👍

Hi Udo, I appreciate that support buddy 👍

Hi Mark, thanks for your input and kind comments buddy, it's very much appreciated 👍

Thanks buddy, we're heading in the right direction 👍

Hi buddy, I'm glad too that I pulled it, and even more pleased that I actually found something broken. At least that gives us something to work with and start to make some progress. I'm very much looking forward to Gaydon, it should be a great day out and a convoy sounds like a great idea 👍

Hi buddy, thanks for taking your time to drop me a comment. That seems to be the consensus to replace at least the upper tensioners, so I'll deffo be doing that job too. I'm really pleased you are enjoying the channel and thanks again for your positive response 😀 👍

Hi John, thanks for your kind comments, and if Gaydon all goes to plan then by all means give us a shout buddy 😀

Hi John, really hood to hear from you buddy, glad you enjoyed the video, I'm sure it's passed some time whilst you are away from home in the trusty T5 👍 I agree about the top tensioners. That should be done as a matter of course whilst I'm in there, would be silly not, which may give me cause for regret later down the line! Thanks again buddy and am really looking forward to meeting up in real life in a few weeks time if we manage to get Gaydon all arranged 😉

Cheers mum, let's hope it's an easy job to put right 👍 ❤️

Hi buddy, really good to hear from you and I appreciate your words of wisdom. I would be foolish not to complete the 'known' issues in this engine whilst it is in its present state. This is definitely a keeper, so makes Total sense to get it all done right first time round. The spark plugs are in the order I removed them yes, I'm sure with a good clean with a brass wire brush they will come up as new again. If you are keen for Gaydon then it would be great to see you there as well, I'm a Gaydon virgin, so really looking forward to it 😀

Hi buddy, I'm hoping we have hit the jackpot, fingers crossed anyway 😀 I'm sure we will work it out one way or another. Looking forward to seeing you too mate, Gaydon should be a good one 👍

That is a good idea and would well be worth doing as you say. It's deciding what to do with the broken shim firstly. Possible replace the ime broken shim, pit it back together and see if that was the cause if all my woes, if so, then it would be a great idea to go through the timing chain tensioners etc afterwards once I know the engine is in good order.

Hi Richard, great to hear from you buddy. I definitely think I have dodged a bullet if no damage has been caused to the cam lobe or cam bucket for the shim. I have seen that you are able to replace the upper tensioner using the 'zip tie' method, something I can look at doing I guess. I'm hoping that I can replace the shim without too much of an issue 👍

@@projectsinthebarn The only problem I can foresee is that you might struggle to measure the existing cam clearance in the absence of a shim without a very thick feeler gauge. Unless you already have a spare shim of about the right thickness to use for measurement purposes, perhaps the best thing would be to unbolt the cam and transfer one of the other shims to the empty bucket, then bolt it back down and measure the thickness required and then remove it again Richard

@@richardsutton01 I guess I could measure the broken shim that has fallen out and see if that reflects the size that I would potentially require?

@@projectsinthebarn You could certainly measure that shim but I'm not sure how that would help as I doubt that you will be able to replace the broken bits in the bucket and then take an accurate clearance measurement. You could just buy a shim of the same size as the chances are that the clearance will still be in spec with that size unless running without a shim has caused extra wear. However, measuring it would obviously enable you to find a shim amongst the other 15 which is the same size and use that one to take the required measurement. You might find that when you measure all the clearances that you require several new ones and one of the now out-of-spec ones is the right one to replace the broken one. When I replaced my upper tensioners at around 50k miles none of the clearances were out of spec although a few had clearly drifted away from the mid-measurement. However, I did not replace any of them. What I did do whilst the cams were out was remove, write down the size, and replace every shim so that, when I next checked the clearances, if any were out I could buy all the shims in advance. In fact, the engine still runs perfectly with no tapping so I suspect that, provided you use good quality oil and change it when required, the clearances will never need adjusting.

@richardsutton01 that's a really informative write up, so I thank you for taking the time to explain that in greater detail for me. I had better get my head into the manual and see exactly what I need to do to make sure this is done correctly first time 👍

Great job Simon. Hope to see you at Gaydon on the 2nd. I believe John from to the garage will be there as well 👍👍👍

I think that's the direction we will be going in buddy, great advice, so Thank-you 👍

@stevenslight2607 yes Stephen, I think there will be a few of us going up, so look forward to seeing you there too buddy 😀

Hi buddy, I'm pretty stoked that this may be the route cause of all of my problems, here's hoping anyway! The great thing about finding the broken shim is I can see what thickness it is to get one the same size too 👍 Cheers buddy, Simon

You won't be able to press the bucket down without a special tool, assuming one is available for that engine, but as the camshafts need to come off to change the tensioners Simon won't need a special tool anyway.

@richardsutton01 Good point, Richard. I haven't even looked to see if you can get the tool to depress the buckets, I guess you still can. The other hot topic is do I do all the tensioners, chains and guides, or just replace the top tensioners that I have access to??🤔

@richardsutton01 back in the day we used two screwdrivers 😉

@@projectsinthebarn I checked the tensioners carefully by just looking down the tunnel and pushing the chain with a screwdriver. Everything looked and felt fine so I left them alone and just did the upper tensioners which are the real weak spot, especially the original all-plastic versions. That was 40k miles ago and everything is still fine.

Hi buddy, it's probably just my camera as I film it on my phone. Its always fine on my phone but always seems to lose itself when uploaded to KZfaq. I have yet to take the plunge and buy a proper camera for all this work, something I do keep promising myself. Maybe if I show my wife your message she will let me have one 😃

@@projectsinthebarn very enjoyable to watch though Simon. Still worried about your watch though HAHA.

@@fishandreptileinfo Haha 😄 thanks buddy, I really appreciate your kind comments 👍

Hi buddy, I haven't researched yet whether the shim can be replaced with the cam still in place. I think I may be able to, as they are sitting on top of a spring, that you can push down with the correct tool to do this job. It will good if I can do it without removing the cam as that means I won't be disturbing the timing 👍

@projectsinthebarn if it was me,I'd definitely be getting a shim in there and starting the engine 👍

@@projectsinthebarn I don't see how there's room to do it, to be able to angle it enough to get it in there

@@ericdiekmann2308 I'm not sure buddy, but we will soon find out ☺