Went out today and purchased some new hardware for the plenum, throttle body, and oil filler hardware connections. I’m glad to have Beechwold Hardware right down the street. They carry so many individual bits and pieces, with a decent metric selection. They also have all kinds of washers and nuts and seals in nylon, rubber,…
Category: Project – 2020 New Engine
Murbella – Day 25 – Amazing things with the plenum!
I started on the plenum assembly restoration today. I had the 1/2 side sitting in solvent overnight and went to it with brushes and scotch pads. I sat there with the piece sitting in very hot water with Purple Power in it and scrubbed, rinsed, scrubbed, ran brushes through galleries and holes, etc. This is…
Murbella – Day 25 – Cylinder Head Tear Down
I decided to not waste over $580 in buying new FI heads and will replace all the valves, and have the head itself tanked and valve jobbed at a machine shop. If the shop can determine if new valve guides are needed, and they can do FI heads with the odd 9mm larger stem on…
Murbella – Day 25 – Final case washing!
Last of the tapping I started where I left off yesterday and did some final adjustments on a few of the holes I tapped. I’m still not happy with the 3/4 lifter hole that I tapped too deeply. It shouldn’t impact anything, but I’d rather have it closer to the case surface. I tried to…
Murbella – Day 24 – Case Inspection.
The case cleaned up very well. Sure there’s some corrosion of the allow, especially at the bottom heat tin mounts, but I’ve seen that on every original engine I’ve ever disassembled. The mating surfaces of the case halves feel smooth. The bearing saddles feel smooth and I detect nothing that would indicate the crank was…
Murbella – Day 24 – Case cleaning and crack detection
With the case dried, it is very easy to work worth. I focused on mating surfaces, using mineral spirits and a basic dish washing scotch pad. The yellowish color that looked like stains here in there were the remnants of the previous sealant. I was able to scrub up most of this, and then went…
Murbella – Day 24 – Case Power Wash Time!
There’s noting I dislike more than having to deal with a filthy oily and dirty engine case when I’m disassembling it. Of course, it is kind of unavoidable for an engine that has been in a car for decades, and even worse for those I’ve bought that were used in sand rails and such. After…
Murbella – Day 22 – Continued engine disassembly
With the last of the top parts of the engine off, it was on to the long block disassembly. Clutch/Pressure Plate/Flywheel The pressure plate doesn’t look too worn, just dirty. The clutch looks fine. I’ve seen far worse and dangerously bad ones in the past. Once all the clutch items were off I was shocked…
Murbella – Day 18 – Hello there Mr. AJ engine!
With the muffler out, there was still not enough space to not risk damaging some things. I had no intention of touching the distributor, but I had to sacrifice my perfect timing to be able to turn the canister inwards. It kept smashing into the the tin rubber seal, which I soon learned was dry…
Murbella – Day 10 – Rear chassis undercoating / engine thoughts
So I’m thinking of soaking some rags in solvent and wrapping them around the heavily undercoated parts of the chassis. There are some key areas I need clean and restored, or I should say I want clean and restored, prior to the installation of the rear sway bar. The torsion tubes on the chassis are…