Atleast you dont need it for work, sorry. :)
Lots of time on your hands to fix her.
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Atleast you dont need it for work, sorry. :)
Lots of time on your hands to fix her.
you know that is the only option thats worth while lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Southie
yes its keeping the a 1.3 in it. Ian (Nov4sport) has a "spare" SR engine hes selling to me and we're fitting it this Sunday - expect pics!
Are you taking the car to him or is the engine coming to you?
This is a really nice looking car, well done on keeping it 1300 too :cool:
cars at the garage down the road from me - were taking it back to mine and swapping the engine over in my drive - no room in the garage what with the Puntova build stuffed like a hog roast on a skillett!
lol
lol get it done fella!!!
Sunday 14th March 2010
Ian (Nov4sport) kindly lent me his services for the day to perform and engine rebuild and swap - in one day...
I collected a spare engine from his gaff on Friday - however I didnt realise it was in 3 sections (head, cam box and bottom end) - so (he) spent a frantic Saturday gathering gaskets and bolts and lube to help rebuild it!
I was givben the task of cleaning up the block which was a tad rusty -
before
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after an hours worth of wire wool and wire brush attachments - being careful not to damage the top. Also cleaned up the corwns but you cant se them...
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The SR - towed back from the garage - looking sorry for itself. The garage advised compression was down on 3 pistons and no4 piston had bent the end of the spark plug!
So - after draining the coolant we set to work removing bits - Ians initial idea was to remove the enigne with shafts still connected to the gear box but after we discovered the long shafts cv boot had totally split we removed that shaft making it easier to get the engine out in the long run...
Started with split pins from the front hubs slackening off the 30mm hub bolt as well -
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we then losened off the rear mounting bolts from the engine (not the chassis) - more fiddley but made getting engine out easier.
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Ian then "dismantled" the gear linkage - rather than undo the geat selector rod from the linkage - the theory being that it would be easier to reassemble and also wouldnt cause problems trying to set the gears up again - which proved to be correct!
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Other anciliaries were disconnecteed from the engine (hoses, rad fan was removed etc). Although the rear suspension mouints were losened we couldnt remove them due to lower exhaust pipe getting in the way so the manifold came off
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revealing a seriously oily no4 exhaust port.
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with the rear mount free and the bottom of the engine supported the drive stafts were removed from the wheel hubs - which were removed from the suspension (someone at ther national day made damn sure the bolt were on v tight!)
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the split CV joint
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The engine was then "secured" to the engine crane and the front engine mounts were then losened off -
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Ian delves deep into the unknown!
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the engine is free!
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fumes go to Ians head!
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and in the removal the radiator caught a glancing blow!
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Thankfully the core isnt damaged - just scuffed! One emply engine bay
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Ian lands a 100lb engine with some dodgy blue nylon rope!
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The next task was to start removing bits off the old engine to go on to the new one. Starter motor came off and moved over
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followed by the alternmator, timing belt and oil breather box (which was full on mayonaise and needed a wee petrol bath)
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The inlet manifold was next with weber carb
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The geaqr box was next - the bolts were removed
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and only a tiny amount of trnasmission fluid escaped!
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