Monday, December 31, 2012

Last bit for 2012

The last little bit for 2012 was to sandblast, paint and cleanup the accelerator and kick down linkages.


See you all in 2013! Hope you all have a happy and safe new year.
 

Remote oil filter ready to go on

I've cleaned up and sprayed the mounting plate for the remote oil filter to the block.
Once the heads and inlet manifold are on, then the filter and brackets will be fitted as well.


Timing cover

The timing cover is on. I was going to clean up the original, but it was so heavily corroded where the water pump fits on, that I didn't think I'd be able to stop it from leaking. This is a new replacement cover that has the harmonic balance seal accessible from the front so you don't have to strip half the motor to replace it if it should ever leak.
Also, the water pump on the motor is an old spare one as the pump for this motor is the A/C pump, which is currently on the other motor in the car. Yes they are different. Not entirely sure where, but don't want to get them mixed up just the same


Work continues

New Oil pump and screen



Sump almost done

The paints been taken off the sump now. I'll give it one more going over with the hammer and dolly and then its in the sandblaster to remove the hard to get at bits and then a coat of paint.

 

Sunday, December 23, 2012

More Goodies

These arrived on Friday in the mail. One of the finishing touches to the motor.





Now getting ready for Christmas day and cleaning up around the house. So may be a few days till I get back to it.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone watching! 

Saturday, December 15, 2012

What I can, When I can

I've now got the rear drums all freshened up. Got all those fiddly bits from Pentastar parts on Friday. Had a little bit of time on Saturday.


While I had the rear wheels off, I took the opportunity to give the white walls a good scrub.
Happy with the result.

 

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Inlet Manifold Part 5

After the sandblasting I had to wash it down with wax and grease remover as the sand leaves a fine dust all over it. As you can see I've missed a few spots here and there. I'll give it another go in the sand blaster and then it should be ready for a coat of paint.

 

Inlet Manifold Part 4

The manifold getting blasted in the sand box!

 

Inlet Manifold Part 3

The manifold came back from reflex with the pipe removed, but a lot of surface rust under what was left of the paint.
I coated it with rust convertor to stabilise what was there and get it ready for sand blasting.

 

Inlet Manifold Part 2

This the manifold coated in degreaser for the second time after being given a blast with the gernie (high pressure washer)





It still looked pretty rank and I couldn't get the small water pipe out below the thermostat housing. It was time to take it to "Reflex" and get it hot tanked, and leet them get the pipe out before I broke something. (Like a window that the manifold was about to go through!)

Inlet Manifold Part 1

This is the sad state of the inlet manifold as it was when I took it off the block.
Most of the paint had come off and visually it looked ready for the scrap heap.
I wanted to save it as the inlet tubes from the carbie to the heads have a groove in them, making look a little like 8 spider legs coming away from the body of the carby. The newer 318s have a squarer looking inlet without the groove. I liked the look of this and thought I'd have a go at cleaning it up and painting.


Saturday, December 1, 2012

Fitting time in when I can

Almost got it straight. Just needs a little more manipulation

 I wanted to try and save the sump because of the stamped numbers on the bottom. I have no idea what they mean, but I figured they wouldn't be there on an after market one.