Out with the old. . . .

I shouldn't say the old. This motor's going into the hotrod after a bit of a check over and freshen up. I'm hoping just needs new rings and the heads checked over.

 

Motor Ready For Transplant

Another shot of the 318 motor ready to go back in the car.

318 Ready to come off engine stand

The motors almost complete. It's now ready to come off the stand and to start taking the other motor out.
The rocker covers are temporary as I have to clean up the original covers and finished them off in the original black erinkle finish.

Sump

The sump is finally finished and ready to go on in a couple of days.

 

Distributor

Did someone say "Mallory Twin Point Distributor"?

 

Harmonic Balancer and Pulleys

After reading my "How To" manual on rebuilding the motor, I realised that I should have fitted the harmonic balancer to ensure the timing case was centrally located on the hub. So off with the water pump, off with the timing cover.

The harmonic balance, which was balanced at REFLEX along with the rest of the motor was still in a poor state in a box on the floor. You can see it circled on the floor.

The next move was to dismantle all the pulleys of the Harmonic Balancer, separate all the aluminium spacers and clean everything up. I sand blasted the pulleys and the balancer and gave the aluminium spacers a run on the polishing wheel. The balancer and pulley wheels where painted in the red paint and for something different, I painted the the bolts in gloss black enamel.

Nice and clean. It almost looks a bit over the top as every harmonic balancer I've seen has been a crusty brown colour.

Partial assembly

Well the heads are in place and I've sat the manifold in place as well to see how it looks.
I'm waiting for the lower head bolts to dry and then I can torque the head up and fit everything else off.

Inlet Manifold Part 7

Coat of paint on. Have given it a couple more coats since this photo, So should be ready tomorrow.

 

Inlet Manifold Part 6

All masked up and ready to be sprayed.