04-01-2022, 06:45 PM
Retirement started today!
Decided I'd better get on with a job I identified in the summer - the Top Hat had a bad oil leak and I found it was due to the disc above the oil pump drive:
This job is a bit of a b*gg£r because the block has to come off, not a nice prospect, which is probably why I'd ignored it for a while. However, the engine came out and the block was separated from the crankcase. The repair job on the disc took 5 minutes and then I had to re-assemble. This is usually fairly easy, because I'm dealing with an essentially bare block, so I normally lift it onto the crankcase, support it on two metal blocks until the cocoa tin lids have been located, then drop it onto the studs.
Not this time, I'd left the head and manifolding on and the block was too heavy for me to lift accurately!
I ended up with the engine on the floor, block suspended on the hoist while I jiggled and poked to get the lids into place, all the while trying to avoid getting oil on my silicon gasket or the faces of the block or crankcase. Took me most of the afternoon to settle the block down.
So the real question:
Does anyone have any other favorite ways to fit the block? Yes, I know the oil baffles are optional and life would have been simpler without them........
Decided I'd better get on with a job I identified in the summer - the Top Hat had a bad oil leak and I found it was due to the disc above the oil pump drive:
This job is a bit of a b*gg£r because the block has to come off, not a nice prospect, which is probably why I'd ignored it for a while. However, the engine came out and the block was separated from the crankcase. The repair job on the disc took 5 minutes and then I had to re-assemble. This is usually fairly easy, because I'm dealing with an essentially bare block, so I normally lift it onto the crankcase, support it on two metal blocks until the cocoa tin lids have been located, then drop it onto the studs.
Not this time, I'd left the head and manifolding on and the block was too heavy for me to lift accurately!
I ended up with the engine on the floor, block suspended on the hoist while I jiggled and poked to get the lids into place, all the while trying to avoid getting oil on my silicon gasket or the faces of the block or crankcase. Took me most of the afternoon to settle the block down.
So the real question:
Does anyone have any other favorite ways to fit the block? Yes, I know the oil baffles are optional and life would have been simpler without them........