Friday, January 4, 2019

Short Day, short blog-Mounting the engine

Hi Everyone,

Today was a short day because the morning was chopped up picking up parts and pieces.  The drive shaft was done so picked it up and I needed to pick up some more Redline MT90 for the transmission.  I considered reusing the transmission fluid but that seems like false economy to me and since I'm replacing the seals front and rear on the transmission don't have much choice.

This afternoon I mounted the engine on the engine stand which makes it much more accessible, by the time I got it mounted it was getting towards the end of the day and I want to be 'fresh' when I start pulling the head.

I still need to go through my parts to see if I have the camshaft sprockets that I can replace old ones with.
'New drive shaft'  This piece should be serviced anytime the engine is out because it can't be removed without either dropping the engine or the rear suspension.



Well, that's it for this week, stay tuned for next weeks exciting adventure "Off with her head"!

Cheers,
Lynn



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2 comments:

  1. Driveshaft looks new and the engine looks good too. I just hope you had the driveshaft shop make it "telescoping" so the gearbox can come out without dropping the engine. :-) (An old joke.)

    Erica came over today and we put the teflon tape under her removable hardtop and then took it for a spin. The tape seemed to help quite a bit. Will know more after her longer drive this afternoon. I took her back into the garage where she reviewed some of Ruby's needs and suggested a possible fix for fitting the side chrome on the windscreen. I'm optimistic it just might work.

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    1. Hi Drew, or should I say Wallstreetman ;-) Hope that works for Erica and I hope your able to get that chrome installed.
      Cheers,
      Lynn

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