Thread: 89 Rangie Project & pics

Originally Posted by rovercare

I can't decide if itsor

I got no call, so highly likely not to have tried locateing studs, so thumb in the anal passage and its a pain to put in

To be honest I was never sure what you were offereing to do
Please dont think the offer was over looked mate - just lost now & back then I wasn't so sure about going through with it - which is clear from my posts & taking a hugh break from it all.

Getting bolts the right size, hacking them off in an effort to get it all done - well to try it for the 8th just gets me thinking another 8 hours wasted .

I have to buy an engine crane... supercheap or else where????

I'll still have the ones I used to get a C9 mated to the adaptor plate on the back of a Chev somewhere. It'll be the same thread as your block coz I know they came from a Rover. PM me your address and I'll put them in the post for you for encouragement.

They're nothing special, just a chop and a couple of flats done with a grinder.

cheers, DL

Originally Posted by RaZz0R

To be honest I was never sure what you were offereing to do
Please dont think the offer was over looked mate - just lost now & back then I wasn't so sure about going through with it - which is clear from my posts & taking a hugh break from it all.

Getting bolts the right size, hacking them off in an effort to get it all done - well to try it for the 8th just gets me thinking another 8 hours wasted .

I have to buy an engine crane... supercheap or else where????

Buy crane from supercheap

Just to re re re re re- itterate, you need the 2 bolts, you've got that yea? check? comprenda?

You need to fit them in where the bellhousing bolts go, somewhere around 3 and 9 0'clock,

You need to make sure the torque convertor is seated correctly

You need to make sure the 2 dowels are in their correct places, otherwise it ain;t pretty, you've seen these dowel? little hollow sleeve things?

Then load the motor in, line the headless bolts in with the corresponding holes and push on the motor, it gets a little tricky here at times, but that can be overcome

What you need to observe is the mating faces of the block are coming together relatively even, as in same gap top and bottom etc, this can be altered by....Jacking the transmission up/down, man handling the engine, or with a nice little jigger you can buy, that alters the angle of the engine

Then push, wiggle, swear, scream until it fits together, it should, with a little effort, hold the two faces together and you should then be able to get some bolts in......remember how much fun they were to remove?

Make sense?

Once you've achieved that, the torque convertor should slide up home, via the little inspection cover underneath the bellhousing, finger or screwdriver here wille suffice, then rotate it to line up the flex plate bolts, fit these via turning the motor over from the front of the crank for access

Why don't you organise a few of us for a nice lunch one weekend. I was going to suggest you trailer it around here, but my van is now going headless

Originally Posted by Waxenwane

Why don't you organise a few of us for a nice lunch one weekend. I was going to suggest you trailer it around here, but my van is now going headless

I'm well and truely out this month, although if he was on the west side towards Geelong, I'd happily skip over after work one night

Originally Posted by rovercare

I'm well and truely out this month, although if he was on the west side towards Geelong, I'd happily skip over after work one night

Where the hell are you working? You still live in the Valley?

Originally Posted by Waxenwane

Where the hell are you working? You still live in the Valley?

Working at Waurn Ponds, still live in the Valley, have no home really

Chasing $$$

Chasing $$$[/QUOTE]

Ya gotta when you contract Roveritis.....tomorrow I start picking up my next project '24 dodge tourer (Ute load at a time) hoping to distract myself away from the Rangie wallet curse for a lil' while.