Thread: Shonky's '58 Series II SWB

I'm a fair way off starting the engine, but yes - video will be forthcoming!

I have nothing against ducks, as long as they are grey ducks and easy to find.

Coops... lol. Just lol.


And now for the next update!

My bolts arrived last night and so I got the engine bolted up to the stand. Mucho bettero.

Now for the bad news. The engine stand has facility to rotate the engine longditudinally, and is held in place by a small locking pin with a key ring on it. I had just got everything done up tight and unhitched the engine crane, when my sleeve caught the keyring on the pin and pulled it out.

The result? The engine promptly turned itself upside down and emptied 6L of sump oil all through the garage.

****.

There is now a BIG stain on the garage floor - and its a rental house. bye bye bond...


After destroying three of my bath towels trying to mop up the spill, I manouvered the crane back over the motor and used the front lift point to hoist it upright again. I put a 3 inch eye bolt in the hole and threw the stupid little pin in the bin.


After that I decided I didn't want to play engines anymore that night so went inside. The mrs had a package that arrived for me - a main wiring loom!

I got pics, but will have to post them when I get home.


What a useless day that was.

Kitty litter is good for absorbing oil spills. To get rid of the stain you could dowse it with degreaser and then throw a generous cover of kitty litter on it to absorb it all up. Just let the degreaser soak in and do it's stuff before you throw the kitty litter on though. Also soap and water, a tough scrubbing brush and some elbow grease might do the job also.

I have a source of dri-sorb (proper chem spill "kitty litter") so I'll grab some of that this arvo.

My kitty is big enough to pee outside now so I didn't have any kitty litter on hand at 10pm!

Will have a good old scrub and see how I go. Less time on the car.


You may laugh if you wish.

Kero& sawdust work well also.
Probably can not get eather in syd now
good luck






andrew



93tdi disco
65 88'S2a

Yeah kero and a stiff broom is what I used to use in the "Servo". If nothing else, it will spread it to an even grey smudge!

Originally Posted by Shonky

You may laugh if you wish.

Brilliant stuff, mate.

Sounds like something I'd do.




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Sorry, I don't know what came over me.

PICS:

Order 4x 3/8" High Tensiles from the bolt shop. They only had 4 inch ones so I had to space them out.



All mounted up - makes things very accessible and also means I can move the bastard around! Why would you do it any other way? (it cost me $75! )



After the pin-pull incident.



Looking like the Exxon-Valdez...

This weekend I got to work tidying up the engine and giving it a bit of a health check.

After draining what little oil was left, I attacked the greasy lump with degreaser and the guerney. Once the muck came off there was evidence of duck egg blue enamel. I had decided to repaint it grey, but a trip to SuperCrap was fruitless. They had hot pink, fairy pink, bright yellow, purple, orange, red, light blue or dark blue. I narrowed it down to GMH red or Ford Deep blue, and chose the latter based purely on my allegiance to the blue oval.

With the motor clean outside, I knocked out the welch plugs. I started off using a screwdriver, but found that just punched holes so I ended up using a socket extension bar instead. I also pulled off the water pump and gave the whole motor a very thorough flush out. The water pump was in good nick and there was no sign of play in the bearings so I cleaned it up and painted it ready to go back on.

The welch plugs were also in very good nick and looked like they had not seen much work. The core plugs were less cooperative however, and I am at a loss as to how to remove these. Presumably you crack them around with a chisel?

The plug for the block heater (not fitted) was also jammed solid and will need a bit of propane persuasion to come out methinks.


This afternoon I pulled the head off. As I was pulling the sparkies out I noted that No. 4 was crusty and the other three were heavily carbonised. The No. 4 outlet port also had oiley sooty residue.

Once I got the head off there was an obvious problem - the head gasket was blown between 3 and 4 cylinders.

The bores are also a little glazey to my eye...

Over the next few days I will clean up the head a little more and try and decide wether I should put it in to the shop to get it shaved and checked. $$$


I pulled the fuel pump too, and it seems to be operating okay. It didn't want to work for Ian and Lou so I don't know... I may just replace it anyway. They are reasonably cheap off eBay.


Addit - Got distracted and now it's bedtime.

Pics will have to wait until tomorrow!