First attempt: engine out in two hours! Options

[thieuster]

Perhaps is can be done faster, but I wanted to do it properly. And with the help of the Pelican website's 'how to', the job went smoothly.

The clutch cable showed worryingly signs of wear, so I will have to replace that as well. Hell hole etc is solid as a rock. I will remove the isolation blanket at a later stage, but things look good at first sight.

The engine... well... let's say that the tins carried at least 7 lbs of sand! No signs of oil contaminantion. Just sand, sand, sand! The back of the gearbox is covered in sand + oil. I will have to attack that with a steam cleaner and degreaser.

Now the engine is out for cleaning and replacement of the pushrod tubes, it's the perfect moment to look at other parts as well:
- powder coating the tins,
- replace all hoses,
- have a look at the clutch
- have a look at the alternator
- replace the V-belt (see pic...)

A DPO (Dumb Previous Owner) must have noticed that the car had earthing problems. All earth wires were bundeled to a bolt with tape and a single wire ran from the bolt to the - side of the battery... Time to put that straight as well!

The battery of my telephone was very low, so I was able to take one pic... Says it all, I think...

So yeah, taking the engine out took two hours. Cleaning the engine (to start with) will take a lot longer

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[thieuster]

I have an industrial size parts washer + equally sized blasting cabinet available (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) So that's not a problem. I have quite some experience with p/coating classic car parts; back in 07, 08, I was busy restoring my TR and all, including the whole chassis - the single part I couldn't blast myself...- was p/coated by a local guy. I don't turn to him this time. It's very difficult to make an arrangement with the guy nowadays, due to circumstance I will not mention here. Luckily, a former student of mine has started his own p/coating business a few years back and I've heared and seen great things from him.

Bringing it over to him tomorrow.

Having said that: stugray's words keep sounding in my ears! What about the grey-ish airintake tubes I mentioned in a posting above? How did you do that? Painting?

Menno

[stugray]

I have quite some experience with p/coating classic car parts; back in 07, 08, I was busy restoring my TR and all, including the whole chassis - the single part I couldn't blast myself...- was p/coated by a local guy.

TR huh. Nice!

I helped build this one:
http://www.triumphexp.com/registry/RMVR102

It was my father's. Now my brother drives it in Vintage racing.
I am now RMVR103 (but NOT a triumph). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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Oh, and when I was going to have my tins p-coated, I found someone that could do them in "Black Chrome".
I think the engine bay would look awesome with the tins in BC.