Monday, June 17, 2013

First Video Test


A Short little video of the motors life span thus far with me.
Shots taken from when the car was first purchased, swapping over a different 318, the realisation that the old motor I took out was the original factory fitted motor and the subsequent rebuild and reinstall of the original motor.

Oh, and credit where credit is due: 
Big Red Rocket of Love
The Reverend Horton Heat
Of the album: Holy Roller
 

Sunday, June 16, 2013

OOOps. Wrong photo!

Yes the motor is back again, and No, I wasn't trying to recycle some old post.

Here are the two shots I took with the motor now back in the car again:


 

Back in again

There was a few swear words, well actually a lot!.
The motor came out. All good. Tick!
Remote oil lines went back in. Tick!
Engine went back in again. Tick!
Oil filter line got caught between the block and the fire wall!. . . . . Tick!!!
Took a few hours to get the oil lines all sorted and in the right spot, but I finally got there and the filter was all set up correctly. Even has a new filter on.

The new water pump went on along with everything else that goes with it and am happy to say that the frog juice is staying on the inside of the motor and not the outside!

 

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Out she comes!

Engine ready to come out again.




Hopefully it will be a short disruption to finally getting to start it. Basically I have to lift the engine up to access the connection points for the remote oil filter attach the hoses and then slip the motor back in. I'll let you know if it was easy to do as it was to type it. . . . . . Probably won't be.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Little Progess

Well it's been cold, wet and miserable. I've given up trying to get the oil filter lines on with the engine in the car and have decided to take the motor out again and install them with the motor hanging out of the engine bay. The reason the lines were fouling on the steering box was because the plate bolted to the block was 180deg in the wrong direction. Hopefully with that sorted the engine should slip straight back into place. . . . . .should!
On a lighter and more uplifting note, the water pump came back and looks a treat. Thanks to all the guys I spoke to at Pentastar Parts. They swapped the pulley wheel onto a new water pump and even painted the pulley black.




Just need to find some time on the weekend to put it all back together. Again