Gardner 6LXB 180 Overhaul Part 7 - Heads, Timing and Shiny bits.... Atkinson Borderer

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Welcome to the seventh video of this series, those of you who already follow us will know that the videos we post are normally short clips of an engine running after overhaul or when it first arrives with us. In this series after many requests we will be following the stripdown, inspection and restoration of a Gardner 6LXB from a 1972 Atkinson Borderer. In this video we continue the rebuild by fitting the cylinder heads, completing the timing and getting all the anciliary components on that can be fitted before the injector pump cambox is fitted.
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[@alanolley7286]

Drove one of these engines for 17 years .never let us down .Also had a 6LW 120 and a 6lxdt

[@wazza33racer]

Only the Brits, could drive a water pump, with a method that is normally only used to drive a distributor. wtf? Very spiffy overhaul, a truly worthy effort to keep a piece of history alive and running!

[@robertanderson-yx8mo]

Beautiful engine i cant wait to see it run again

[@natancohen1990]

I seem to remember sixty years ago as a young apprentice a crane fell into the sewerage ponds. After it had been pulled out I was given the task of recommissioning the engine. Took the sump off cleaned it up , changed all the filters and after being submerged for weeks the Gardiner engine ran as good as new. Nice to see your video.

[@wonjat5]

When I was doing it for a living, a long time ago, 4LW and 6LW engine overhauls. Great engines. Appreciate the videos, nice to see it done properly.🇦🇺

[@rolanddunk5054]

This video takes me back quite a few years,old memories.Thank you.

[@johnhayward7173]

Roll on Part 8. I am looking forward to the test run. In the meantime I can enjoy watching the previous vids. Many thanks from a new subscriber who's Dad worked at Gardners in the parish of Patricroft during the 60/70s.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Great video 👍🏻 I was fortunate enough to visit the factory in Peel Green on a school trip as I lived in Urmston and if I remember they were looking for apprentices 🤔

[@vijaywaingankar8352]

Good work sir❤

[@neilsimone7691]

a peace of art

[@MonkeySpanner498]

amazing work

[@MPSVintageDiesels]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@normanedwards7220]

1,5,3,6,2,4 ..........it would rev so slowly on steep hills you would count the firing order....

[@justjoe7313]

This is very interesting and so very nicely done! Subscribed, am waiting for the next video :)

[@MPSVintageDiesels]

Thank you! Cheers! Next video coming soon

[@robertpeters9438]

You put the water rail on over painted mating surfaces. Explain. I've always heard people say metal on metal so bolts don't loose tension.

[@cav551]

Was the flywheel rubbing plate machined? if so did the flywheel/pressure plate flange need anything taken off to compensate?

[@MPSVintageDiesels]

0.003" Taken off the flywheel plate and the same off the pressure plate to clean up the faces. depth of the flywheel plate altered (as its bolt in) to compensate for it.

[@julianchambers8372]

I just can`t believe the Gardner company has disappeared. What a waste. And why.?

[@MPSVintageDiesels]

Unfortunately Gardner didn't move with the times and were late to the turbocharging fold which allowed the likes of Cummins to get a foothold by offering higher power outputs than Gardner could. By the time Gardner did go turbocharged it was to little to late with some of the last models like the LYT and LG1200 being rushed to market and suffering from reliability issue which tarnished the name that had been known for unrivalled reliability.

[@mickdavid4857]

Best therapy ever rebuilding takes me back to stripping auxiliary engines off afloat ,cheers 👍

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

Hello, Again my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't you and your teammates can still do those Rebuilding and Repainting those nice fresh shiny Gardner 6LXB, Leyland TL11, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins L10 and Gardner 6LXC 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 168, 20, 210, 275, 125, 173, 24, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 207 of Those Gardner 6LXB, Leyland TL11, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins L10, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Cummins L10 and those Gardner 6LXC 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses to those East London and North London and that especially is including the London Bus such as those London Bus Routes such as for example the 30, 296, 221, and 123 and will also be including the North London Bus Route Number 41 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Pretty Please? could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are 341, N41, 296, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, 41, 56 and N26 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately needed Are those types of colour buses to be brought back again Please? do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and Living in those areas such as in East London Pretty Please? because it will be Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour. I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXB, Leyland TL11, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins L10 and Gardner 6LXC 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.

[@mikeandrews8690]

Oi! Boxhill!! You bad person; you omitted to mention route 244...And your excuse is...?

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

Hi There my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't you and your teammates can still do those Rebuilding and Repainting those nice fresh shiny Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200, and Cummins M11, 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 168, 179, 210, 275, 125, 173, 24, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 228 of Those Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11, and Gardner LG1200, 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Gardner 6LXC and those Gardner LG1200 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses to those East London and North London and that especially is including the London Bus such as those London Bus Routes such as for example the 296, 341, N29, 86, 41 and will also be including the North London Bus Route Number 221 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Pretty Please? could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are 341, 179, N41, 34, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 296, 262, 147, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately needed Are those types of colour buses to be brought back again Please? do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and Living in those areas such as in East London Pretty Please? because it will be Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour. I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200 and Cummins M11 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

Hi There Again my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't all of you and your teammates can still be Rebuilding and Repainting a nice fresh shiny Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10A, Scania N230UD, Gardner 6LXB and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colour's just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the East London bus route's such as 168, 141, 20, 210, 24, 173, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 188 of Those Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10A, Scania N230UD, Gardner 6LXB and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses Please? We desperately Need your and your Teammates' help and support in Bringing back those grey-green 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses again because we are Bigger fans of the patterns of those interesting colours of these Buses to be brought back again for all of us Grey Green bus Lovers out there in North London and East London bus route lovers so Please can Really Really bringing them back again for all of us Grey Green Bus route lovers out there in North London and East London lovers Pretty Please? and can you and your teammates could you and your teammates also put most of them on the London Bus routes such as the London bus route 123, N41, 86, 221 and that is including the North London Bus route 41 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers out there in North London and East London Pretty Please? Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are the 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, 41, 56 and N26 for all of us in North London and East London Grey Green Bus Lovers out there because it would be a Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour. I am a Big Fan of all of those Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10A, Scania N230UD, Gardner 6LXB and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.