It took a helluva lot more heat but I finally broke the last 2 tin screws and managed to totally salvage the 3-4 heat exchanger tin for reuse (below). The 1-2 tin was already damaged at the case mounts but this’ll work out nicely for reuse. So many tins I’ve removed from dirty old engines…
AE Engine – Engine Top Tear-Down 4
I got the 3-4 head off and other assorted parts. This is the first time that a head came off the cylinders with little to no difficulty but if you look at the interior of the head, there’s obvious rust from where moisture was somehow getting in there. Cylinder 4 (above) shows signs of water…
AE Engine – Still formulating a plan
Now that I’ve more or less go the engine down to the long block, I think I have a general plan of what needs to happen to clean this up, upgrade certain components, etc. Of course, I haven’t pulled the heads off yet so this could change and I’m still worried about the interior components….
AE Engine – Engine Top Tear-Down 3
So today was all about beating the hell out of that last nut that would not come off the exhaust stud. And beat I did! Multiple sessions of heat and penetrating oil didn’t make a difference so I took to beating it with a hammer and chisel. I slowly made some headway and changing different…
AE Engine – Engine Top Tear-Down 2
Continued doing some tear down to the long block and ran into several issues with the usual culprits that always plague me – screw tins and exhaust nuts. On the one side of the engine the under cylinder tins have ripped from their screws. The other side (above) will not budge. More PB and more…
AE Engine – Engine Top Tear-Down 1
So late yesterday afternoon I started tearing down the AE engine so I could get it to the long block state to do the seal repairs that are needed. Other than a few tin screws that are being major pains in the asses (below) it is all coming apart fairly easily and even the exhaust…
Żuczek – Discovering that my fuel supply problems are not resolved.
So I suppose I should be happy that I forgot to cap the rear tunnel fuel line exit before dropping Żuczek back down or else I would not have discovered something that is likely one of the major causes of my problems the past few months, as well as something I did not realize existed…
AE Engine – Exterior Engine Review
The engine that Żuczek had when bought him was dropped fairly easily with no visible damage to the engine, the engine bay, or the transaxle. In terms of assessing it, it appears to be plagued by the typical things a type 1 engine that is not closely maintained will experience, at least on the exterior….
Żuczek – Dropping Ż’s AE engine for refresh!
So I had planned to delay this a couple of days but decided to at least pull AE engine out of Żuczek so I could start cleaning out the engine bay, assess what needs to be purchased to fully make the AE engine ready to go into the 74, and generally get things ready to…
AE Engine – Preparation Thoughts
So with the new engine build almost ready to go in, it is time to start planning the removal of Żuczek’s AE engine for repair, clean-up, tuning, and installation into the 74. This could go smoothly, or open a whole can of worms that I’m not prepared for. That said, I’ve already been tinkering with…