here's the pics martin, was too exhausted to upload last night.
manifold off, everything disconnected
front end removed
now before friday i ordered a 500kg folding crane £39 for the weekend, with a £2 mains power breaker to apply the online £10-off discount for orders over £40. hss phoned me to confirm order, said delivery would add another £16 & mentioned an ID and deposit of £129 was required upon delivery.
friday afternoon my parents at home rang me that the delivery guy said the deposit was £270!? what the helllllll? i went through each cost and seemed to be a mixup. so i rang up hss to sort it out n pay the hiring with me card rather than via deposit.
it turns out that they didn't have a 500kg crane but instead sent me a 2000kg crane that was available and the system charged me for both cranes :/ sorted the issue and the guy said he'll lower the cost of a weekend hiring to a single day hire for me. the delivery was actually £16 each way.
so the result is £35 to hire this massive crane for a weekend, £2 for the circuit breaker, £32 for delivery to/from home and subtotal tax brings it all to £80. bit more than i expected, damn hidden costs.
Right, engines ready to move. upon shifting the crane in place i discovered a major issue, the massive 2ton crane is just too tall for the garage door :doh:
dad suggested putting wheels back on n roll the car abit further out for the crane to reach. no way i'm doin that cos will take time n effort to fit the driveshafts & wheels. or even if i just fit the wheels the wheel bearing would potentially pop out. i'm not gonna take that risk
so drastic action was needed. the shutters outer cover was riveted on, so i drilled the rivets out n removed the covers. this gave me JUST enough room to push the crane in & lift an engine out, literally rubbing under the rollers when the engine was lifted n pushed it out
engine finally out
split box out. now found out whats possibly causing the really heavy clutch. i smeared grease on the release bearing sleeve and has collected clutch dust over the yrs causing a highly frictional sludge layer
jun flywheels ok. stock clutch had worn a slight crater but tis fine. don't have time to consider getting it machined flat, the helix pad clutch would prob wear it flat anyway
helix clutch fits fine within the worn crater
little tip i saw online bout applying locktight. rather than smear it on the bolt and it gets squeezed out while screwing em in, use a cotton bud to smear the locktight into the threaded hole so its evenly applied when tightening the bolts
flywheel on new engine
clutch centred on PP & fitted
clips fitted on release bearing
the clutch was soo heavy cos of the sludged grease on the release bearing sleeve that the clips had worn through. meh
used dry graphite powder this time
another damn issue. the mechanical speedo didn't wanna fit into the gearbox
the gearbox hole & electronic speedo was 36.75mm dia while the mechanical speedo was 37mm:doh:
nothing a hand file couldn't fix
next stupid issue is that there's absolutely no room to try remove the neutral switch cos of a damn nearby ribbing. so out came the angle grinder
intercooler fitted
tried drilling the access hole underneath for the 19mm socket using a wood holesaw i found. obviously not for metal, it cuts the first hole but burnt out on the second hole. and then i figured why didn't i use my new stepped drill bit that went upto 20mm. it did it with ease and was also a fab milling bit enlarging the hole cos the 19mm socket was bout 25mm dia
new engine & box assembled
ready to crane up
craned in this beauty
exhaust n driveshaft n loom fitted