(17-06-2018, 05:55 PM)dickie65 Wrote: You will need to separate the block from the crankcase, remove piston / rod and oil baffle from the block base,
remove little end pinch bolts drive out gudgeon pins, oil baffles can be removed over the little end.
The rods will not pass up the bore.
You might find the oil baffles have been butchered in the past either by cutting them or forcing then open enough for the big end to pass through.
Either undo the block base then lift block off leaving rods / pistons on crankshaft,
Or undo big ends and lift the block off complete with pistons and rods.
(17-06-2018, 05:55 PM)dickie65 Wrote: You will need to separate the block from the crankcase, remove piston / rod and oil baffle from the block base,
remove little end pinch bolts drive out gudgeon pins, oil baffles can be removed over the little end.
The rods will not pass up the bore.
You might find the oil baffles have been butchered in the past either by cutting them or forcing then open enough for the big end to pass through.
Either undo the block base then lift block off leaving rods / pistons on crankshaft,
Or undo big ends and lift the block off complete with pistons and rods.
Thanks for the reply Dickie 65, certainly a different engine than I have ever worked on, but I guess its because I am working on a 80 year old car, and at nearly 81 you never stop learning
is there anything else I should know that's special or different about reconditioning the ruby engine.Thanks again