3rd January 2021 First trip to the garage this year! I've been doing some reading up on engine dismantling and rebuilding in preparation for taking the engine apart and also thinking about the ECU wiring and general wiring. I have also been looking at the options for gauges when the time comes. I'd applied the top coat of silver to the diff a couple of days ago on a quick trip to the garage so that was already dry. Today's job was painting the last major components (hopefully). The rear hubs and driveshafts were cleaned up with wire wheels again and, after masking up the bits I didn't want to paint, given a coat of black paint. I also gave the engine mount brackets a going over and a coat of silver paint. Next I made a start on dismantling the engine, I removed the timing covers, cam cover, timing gears, water pump and crankshaft pulleys. 5 January 2021 New toy arrived today in the shape of an ultrasonic cleaner to help with cleaning all those fiddly little bits. I did a quick test using a Bilt Hamber degreasing solution (Surfex HD) in the ultrasomic cleaner and a handful of nuts, bolts and brackets. The cleaner worked well at getting rid of the muck and pnce I blew them off with some air and gave them a spray with some WD40 to protect them they were done. It didn't remove any rust but that is to be expected. Whilst I was playing with the cleaner I baked the engine mounts I painted the other day to cure the paint. Time to start a new chapter as collection of the kit has been arranged.
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3rd January 2021
First trip to the garage this year! I've been doing some reading up on engine dismantling and rebuilding in preparation for taking the engine apart and also thinking about the ECU wiring and general wiring. I have also been looking at the options for gauges when the time comes. I'd applied the top coat of silver to the diff a couple of days ago on a quick trip to the garage so that was already dry. Today's job was painting the last major components (hopefully). The rear hubs and driveshafts were cleaned up with wire wheels again and, after masking up the bits I didn't want to paint, given a coat of black paint. I also gave the engine mount brackets a going over and a coat of silver paint. Next I made a start on dismantling the engine, I removed the timing covers, cam cover, timing gears, water pump and crankshaft pulleys. |
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