Message text written by Robert Duquette
>>How good is your will power? Good luck.
>
>Dave Hiley
>'72 MKIII<
I finally did get the engine out ( but not in Hayne's 4 hours). The
porta-boom doesn't fit under the car, so I had to put the front wheels on
bricks. (Do normal people put the car on stands?) The exhaust/manifold
clamp was a beggar. (Next time I think I'll go get them cut off and
replaced and then drive home and remove the fresh ones.) I never did get
the rad's umbilical cord off (the temp gauge sensor), but the wire was long
enough that I can take the rad out and place it in a (kid's) wagon.
My brother warned me (by phone) to block up the transmission before pulling
the engine. I think that that was a good thing.
Got the engine out and found that the engine stops an inch short of the
floor. #;^( >
(used 2x4s covered with cardboard)
Tons of oily stuff in there, but the clutch wasn't fouled (I think).
Here's the question: 'The flywheel seems to have been scored by rivets from
a previous clutch. There is a groove in both the pressure plate and the
part of the flywheel that the clutch hits. I am replacing the pressure
plate. Should I be doing something with the flywhell, like having it
turned or (gasp) replaced?' If I do, then I have to return the porta-boom
on Tues. am and re-rent it in the future. My weekend project will extend
to who knows how long. Then you can be sure the already over budget Sprite
will get a couple of gaskets (those side cover things under the manifold
were loose (and they have cork gaskets but a catalogue says rubber for
1098)) and some paint and ...
Spousal approval is wearing thin (especially since I was 'tapping' on the
exhaust clamp at 7:20 this am outside the bedroom window). Should I try to
slap it back in tomorrow or extend the task he muses to himself? I figure
the odds be 50/50. The responses about the flywheel and whether I can find
some bolts for the engine stand may determine my autumn. If I have to wait
for the flywheel, the snowball has started (in 80 degree weather?).
Advice?
Robert
'65 Sprite (Fay)
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