Tink

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right we have engine sitting in the garage and an engine hoist and a bank holiday weekend. so my main objective is to get the new engine painted and in, if not fully running by wednesday

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

wish me luck

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Hi it's trigg using julies computer

right well progress has been slow so far
spent all of saturday buying a grocery list of tools spent another £250 after the £150 at L2B
went to the minispares shop in potters bar and the guy still remebers me and you get 5% of with a club membership card

sunday we had a good sort out of the garage


and from those 2 huge boxes built the engine hoist with the worlds most useless instuctions (2-3hrs)




then removed the bonnet and grill and battery from Tink and got on with stripping cleaning and spray of the new engine to be swapped today





first coat of high heat black





second coat with action shots







Julie looking pretty even in her grubby clothes

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me again
sorted out the little office for a work bench



and a bit of bespoke wiring got light angeled over the engine bay



before shot



lunch break



after





all anicallries and wiring labeled and removed

oil drained and both drive shafts out
one split at the pot joint which was not amusing

all that remains is to disconnect the gear linkage and remove the last engine mount then it's out and free ready to have the head stripped and swapped

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after spending the morning with builders sorting out a major water leak, of rainwater coming in through the external wall into julie boiler cupboard

and till 4 collecting duke with a car transporter from barnet

i spent 3hrs hammering at the roll pin to the gear linkage (even tried drilling it out but broke the bit in the pin)

and the fruits of my labours is many cuts and scrapes, and the pin halfway out

so mission failed tink is back on her wheels with the old engine still in

[MiniHaven]

blimey all for the sake of a three pound pin punch !!

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bought a set of parallel punches from screwfix but even smucking it with a 24oz hammer for 2hrs only got it 1/2inch out

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Tink's being a little b*tch and not letting anyone take her apart! Poor car should realize it's for her own good lol !!!

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right gonna pu an extension on the pun and take a sledge to it

that bloddy pin is gonna come out one way or another

grrrrrr

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wahey progress

at first i bent the sodding parallel punch

but after a visit to minispares they told me to put the car in reverse not 3rd gear and after 2 whacks with a 4lb club hammer the roll pin popped out

so 2 hrs later the engine way out and the engine bay way getting cleaned an prepped ready for a hammerite session









congratulation kiss


trigg happy with his big tonka toy play set


julie proving she got her hands dirty


my impression of a black/white minstrel

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plan of attack
new clutch
new oil seal round the gear linkage
oil change
strip clean and spray all brakets and mounts (half done)
touch up engine bay
new thermostat
spray the starter motor black (already cleaned)
refit engine and reconnect everything (cleaning all earths to bare metal)

then see about getting it started

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more work done this weekend (pics to follow)

swapped the heads for the stage 2 off the old engine
new clutch
oil change

[Miniböttcher]

i noticed you have a cooper s reverse rim and tyre in the back ground in the last picture of the first group of photos. what you doing with them.??

dean

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theyre the front wheels that i stacked out the way while tink was up on axle stands

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stripped off the standard head cleaned it up and removed the old studs


stripped off the stage 2 head ready for transfer


new studs loctite into block ready for head


stage 2 head transfered and finger tightened in place, gonna wait till the engine is monted before torqueing the head upto tension



stripped the old clutch replaced the oil seal and new clutch


all tidied away and waiting for another free weekend so i can paint the remaining bit insert the engine and plaumb everything back up


;D ;D ;D ;D

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are we going to repaint the inside of the engine bay too?