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Thread: Engine replacement RRS Supercharged

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    Engine replacement RRS Supercharged

    That's today's project. Last night I helped (very little!) Brad Pollard remove the body from a Sport. Today we'll pull the engine and fit a new one.

    The original engine had an overheat and lightly seized a piston with consequent liner slip.

    'Tis amazing how well designed the Sport is for removal of the grille, headlights, front apron, tailights (to unplug the rear bumper park sensors), etc.

    Something for Sport owners. Remove the lower screws at the rear of the rear wheel arches and grease them. They rust. Ditto with the two front body mount bolts (the RH one requires removal of the oil cooler - if fitted on a standard RRS - that is in front of the RH wheel). Also, the rear of the front wheel arch liners hides a collection of leaves and crap that could accumulate and cause corrosion issues.
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    A few pics from today.

    Body off. That took about an hour. Mechanics experienced in doing it would do it faster. Once off, access is unparallelled.

    Engine about to come out. Another workshop had already removed the supercharger and heads before it was realised a new engine was required. It would have been easier to have done it with the body off.

    The new engine just out of the crate. It was in this afternoon and it should all be running tomorrow. Working out where to refit everything that had previously been removed as a headache as we didn't know what came off where.

    The rear end.

    I have some more pix if anyone want to see them.
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    Well that looks like a fun job. Was the body hard to get off?

    Why not do a body lift while it is off??
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    So it took an hour to remove the body?. Pat

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    That's faster than it used to take me to remove the floor and seat box in a series in order to do a gearbox job.
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    Ron, just for curiosities sake, any chance of a better pic of the rear anti-roll bar ? (I actually typed ARB as that's the shorthand I used to use years ago but thought better of it )
    There's a lump on it on the drivers side, does it have a sliding collar/spline to disconnect ?

    Some more pics of the rear suspension as well

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    Will do, Rick. I'll take some more today.

    Is this what you want more detail on?
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    What the hell kind of pressed metal POS chassis and suspension is that for a LR? If they're going forward in design, then I'm going backwards in purchasing.

    Thats not Pollard from Pollard's that used to be up at Colo is it? Used to be a std stop off on the way back from weekends away up there.

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    Hilton Pollard is up at Colo. Brad Pollard is Hilton's nephew. Master Chief on this forum is Hilton's son, Justin.

    I'll add some more chassis pics. The front suspension arms were, I'm sure, cast and not pressed. The chassis is fully boxed, not just a pressed U-channel.
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    Another planned obsolescence.
    Who in years to come will have the facility to DIY an engine change which needs body off?
    So the value will probably plunge in years to come as the Used trade realises they have enormous liability if any problems arise, or that they will have to pay a specialist shop for repairs and not do it in their workshop.
    Sounds like the 38A doesn't it.
    Regards Philip A

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