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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 19, 2016 10:44:07 GMT
Snoopy has sent some pics over :    Oil leak from crankshaft seal.   Looking rather oily across the sump joint.   Hopefully Snoopy will add some commentary later. Chris. |
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 26, 2016 17:55:28 GMT
 My old engine - disembowelled.......  And my spare "To be unleaded at some point" head has disappeared as well. Chris. |
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Post by snoopy11 on Jan 26, 2016 19:28:03 GMT
My old engine - disembowelled....... And my spare "To be unleaded at some point" head has disappeared as well. Chris. It all looks fine to me. They have gone to a good home. Whilst the the engine has been away at the engineers they have found a couple of little show stopping problems. My original head has had a previous very bad repair to a crack on an exhaust port and a hairline crack was found on the crank. Mr P's stash of parts has been rapidly raided today and the replacements taken to the engineers. Progress on the car has been to clean up forty years of accumulated crud off various bits of the engine bay. This has resulted in a self destructing brake servo. A refurbishment kit was ordered at 2.30 yesterday afternoon and overnight delivery arrived at 9.00 this morning. Brilliant service from Power Track. If if anyone's wondering why there is such a rush all of a sudden it's because my significantly better half has managed to ask two weeks after the engine was taken out if it's going to be done for our wedding on 8th May. She could have said something a bit earlier. Watch this space if it makes it. I may need a cunning backup plan. |
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Post by snoopy11 on Jan 26, 2016 21:41:20 GMT
 To much rust and brake fluid inside the self destructing servo. |
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 27, 2016 0:09:58 GMT
That looks like it's been weeping for a while.
Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 27, 2016 0:13:03 GMT
Oh, congratulations, BTW. Is the back-up plan blue, starting with EUG? The paint is bl@@dy horrible.....
Chris.
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Post by snoopy11 on Jan 28, 2016 20:00:44 GMT
A bit more progress. The surface rust on the suspension tube has been cleaned up and a good coat of under seal applied.  The self destructing servo has been reconditioned. New seals etc and a coat of shiny black paint.  |
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Post by snoopy11 on Feb 3, 2016 17:52:15 GMT
Latest work has been to tidy the engine bay. Before I get told off for not stripping it out completely it's more a case of rushing as my deadline is approaching fast and the engine isn't back yet.  |
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Post by snoopy11 on Feb 4, 2016 21:15:34 GMT
Some colour applied.  |
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Post by Penguin45 on Feb 5, 2016 18:09:08 GMT
Coming together nicely.
Chris.
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Post by snoopy11 on Feb 6, 2016 20:26:03 GMT
Yes Chris. It's getting there. Im just getting a bit twitchy about deadlines now. The engine is not back yet. Progress today has been to put nicely painted bits on.  Also a couple of these have been put on so Chris can now stop telling me off for not having them.  |
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Post by Penguin45 on Feb 6, 2016 21:24:28 GMT
Lovely. Your clutch bearing will be assembled in the morning. Want me to post it?
Chris.
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Post by charlypm on Feb 6, 2016 23:37:42 GMT
Where do you get the hood buffers? I'm missing both of mine.
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Post by Penguin45 on Feb 7, 2016 0:34:22 GMT
Have a look HERE, Charly. Chris. |
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Post by snoopy11 on Feb 13, 2016 20:27:58 GMT
Yesterday saw the return of the block and the head from the engineers so today's work has been all about bolting things back together. It's not complete yet but it's starting to look like an engine.  |
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And my spare "To be unleaded at some point" head has disappeared as well.
