Engine GA000099, An early GA engine rebuild thread Options

[Superhawk996]

Last week I bought engine GA000099 from Freezing914 in the hopes of picking up some spare parts to support rebuild of the engine that came with my vehicle.

During the teardown of my vehicles engine, it is quickly becoming clear that the engine was abused by some DAPO. Cooling flaps and thermostat had been removed. Rust in the sump. The crank was scored and already 0.010" undersized. The oil pump was torn up. This is just the tip of the iceberg on the engine that came with my vehicle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)

14 hours of driving seems to have netted me an engine that might be worthy of a rebuild. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

This engine appears to be bone stock. D-jet mostly complete. As an added bonus I discovered upon teardown that none of the cooling tin fasteners have ever been disturbed. No screwdriver marks!

But . . . like any engine of this age and unknown origin, it absolutely needs to be gone though.

[Superhawk996]

Now onto the last PITA on the other head. The stupid M6 cheese head screw that attaches the under cylinder tin also sheared off too.

[nathanxnathan]

Now onto the last PITA on the other head. The stupid M6 cheese head screw that attaches the under cylinder tin also sheared off too.

The screw for the under cylinder tin is actually 5mm, in case it matters

9 N 010 704 2 pan-head screw AM 5 X 10

[76-914]

Now onto the last PITA on the other head. The stupid M6 cheese head screw that attaches the under cylinder tin also sheared off too.

The screw for the under cylinder tin is actually 5mm, in case it matters

9 N 010 704 2 pan-head screw AM 5 X 10

Yep, that's the Lone Oddball screw that usually gets misplace. BTW, you couldn't have the mill delivered for $500 today. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)

[Superhawk996]

BTW, you couldn't have the mill delivered for $500 today. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)

Sure you can. All about the deal & the negotiation process. In this case it was a piece of metal working equipment that a wood working shop had had for quite a while. Due to the NT30 spindle taper most of the the Bridgeport guys weren't interested and passed it over. He was basically stuck with a 1600lb paperweight taling up space in his shop. I basically bought it for $0.31 per pound. Cheaper than hot dogs.

My buddy turned me on to it after it had been sitting unsold for a long while.

Just struck up a deal inclusive of shipping to my driveway but the owner didn't want anything to do with placing it in the garage due to "liability" he said. He literally lifted it off the trailer with a fork lift and then left it in my driveway.

It was still an awful lot of work to get that beast inside and positioned. By then my buddy regretted telling me about it in the first place. But, what are friends for. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif)

I paid back the debt by some minor parts fab for his toy over the years.