Re: Larry's 1951 Club Sedan Project

Posted by Larry51 On 2013/8/28 7:21:23

Ok . . . this is a test post . . . . c'mon . . . . work for me . . . .

Right . . . . . let me post just ONE photo . . .



Son-of-a-gun!!! It worked!!!

OK, on with the show.

Broken head studs removed, I'm getting good at this now, hardly have a problem getting them out




Was having problems posting for some reason but seems to be ok now. Lost my typing, couldn't get a photo to upload. There's a couple of months of work to cover so here goes.

Cleaning 40 years of gunk out of the crankcase


New pistons fitted


Loctiting the bigend nuts, just to be sure . . .


Night Shift starts . . . Engine suspended at each end. I wouldn't trust an engine stand to hold the 288 properly!


Lovely camshaft, not a mark on it. Has been wrapped up in oily cloth for 40+years



Cam in and spins nicely in it's new #2 bearing


New timing chain, extremely tight and took an hour or two to fit. If it had been a millimetre shorter I wouldn't have gotten it onto the cogs

CAN'T POST PHOTOS (AGAIN), FRUSTRATING. BYE FOR NOW.