morbias
Well-Known Forum User
I wanted to keep the engine as it's more or less the last original thing left in the car, I was hoping to re-ring it and put in new valve guides and seals. My engine rebuilding experience is zero, but one of the main reasons I got the car was to learn new things. I can safely say that after spending the weekend taking the engine apart and cutting my hands to pieces I'm at the stage where I would rather just have a working engine so I can get on with other stuff.
Short breakdown of the removal process:
crank pulley bolt = b*stard
front cover = b*stard
oil pan = double b*stard
manifolds = don't even get me started
As it turns out, the chain tensioner is completely knackered. It was already popped out and bent back on itself. Surprising there wasn't any noise from it, and it's not as destroyed as I thought it would be, but definitely not good for anything.
Water pump is shot and the front cover is corroded inside the pump recess but not around the sealing edges.
Fuel pump appears to have been leaking into the crankcase, though the diaphragm looks pretty decent so probably through the centre where the arm connects.
The oil pump and drive look like the only re-usable parts on the entire engine, apart from the camshaft and maybe the dainty little lifting eyes.
Now to figure out the next move, the logistics of which are monumental.
Short breakdown of the removal process:
crank pulley bolt = b*stard
front cover = b*stard
oil pan = double b*stard
manifolds = don't even get me started
As it turns out, the chain tensioner is completely knackered. It was already popped out and bent back on itself. Surprising there wasn't any noise from it, and it's not as destroyed as I thought it would be, but definitely not good for anything.
Water pump is shot and the front cover is corroded inside the pump recess but not around the sealing edges.
Fuel pump appears to have been leaking into the crankcase, though the diaphragm looks pretty decent so probably through the centre where the arm connects.
The oil pump and drive look like the only re-usable parts on the entire engine, apart from the camshaft and maybe the dainty little lifting eyes.
Now to figure out the next move, the logistics of which are monumental.