Here some photo's of what I am doing. Since I brought the car home from this condemned building it is a lot more fun working on it. Doing my best. I know when you see the picture of the engine not everyone might agree on the array of colors, the silver is wheel paint silver, the rest is regular spray paint since I do not have engine enamel. The engine will go in and on a later dat I will take it out again for a proper paint job. Just can't wait any longer for ordered parts and paint. Reason why the blue and other light colors, it is easier to see if any leaks. Maybe the intake manifold silver color is to pretend I have an aluminum modern intake I do not know. But if the car is working ok I will probably repaint the engine in it's original color with engine enamel. I have to find the enamel here because (I believe) it is not allowed to send paint or spray-cans over with the mail or even in your suitcase. The engine has been completely taken apart except removing the crank and can shaft and pistons because I can see they were replaced and new bearings before I bought the engine.
Very happy that I bought the book of Steve Christ on ebay lots of little tricks and what to watch for, so did I found out that one of the valve rocker shafts was installed the wrong way around. I was going to place the complete rocker arm and rockers back on the heads without touching it since they looked ok but after reading the book on page 113 right top picture it says:...don't you.., I decided to pull them apart and I am glad, all the holes were clogged and the shaft was full of debris.
Thermostat, I know, looked at the shop manual and the various threads here, how to place it. But the thermostat would, without the gaskets, slip into the intake manifold. The thermostat is just a bit smaller as the hole in the manifold. Gaskets would prevent that but the gasket are nothing more than a kind of a paper gasket, would that be strong enough from slipping the thermostat into the manifold?
Very happy that I bought the book of Steve Christ on ebay lots of little tricks and what to watch for, so did I found out that one of the valve rocker shafts was installed the wrong way around. I was going to place the complete rocker arm and rockers back on the heads without touching it since they looked ok but after reading the book on page 113 right top picture it says:...don't you.., I decided to pull them apart and I am glad, all the holes were clogged and the shaft was full of debris.
Thermostat, I know, looked at the shop manual and the various threads here, how to place it. But the thermostat would, without the gaskets, slip into the intake manifold. The thermostat is just a bit smaller as the hole in the manifold. Gaskets would prevent that but the gasket are nothing more than a kind of a paper gasket, would that be strong enough from slipping the thermostat into the manifold?
Comment