It's in and working nicely. 

Didn't arrive til 11.15 yesterday, but things went pretty well thereafter.

Might chuck some pics up tomorrow.

 

4 minutes ago, Wino said:

It's in and working nicely. 

Didn't arrive til 11.15 yesterday, but things went pretty well thereafter.

Might chuck some pics up tomorrow.

 

Good to hear.

1 hour ago, Wino said:

It's in and working nicely. 

Didn't arrive til 11.15 yesterday, but things went pretty well thereafter.

Might chuck some pics up tomorrow.

 

 

That was quick work Look forward to the pics.

Did you do the job with the gearbox left in place?

Yes Lee. Seemed easier that way with the facilities I had. I'm not fond of peeing about with driveshafts when working near ground level.

Last-minute snag with a fuel hose leak, only apparent once running, but solved with a foot of fresh stuff from a local factor. 

31 minutes ago, Wino said:

I'm not fond of peeing about with driveshafts when working near ground level.

 

Yeah it's a pain.

 

31 minutes ago, Wino said:

Last-minute snag with a fuel hose leak, only apparent once running, but solved with a foot of fresh stuff from a local factor. 

 

 

A small selection of photos:

 

 

Front of car off, ready to extract old engine

 

 

 

Replacement bolted in, lots of connecting up still to do at end of Thursday

Edited 8 February, 20215 yr by Wino

Nice job @Wino Have to mark you down on H&S for the lifting equipment though 

You mean the seatbelt?

That came on the replacement engine, so I figured, it's already worked.  Engine plus pallet plus free tyre was only 95kg according to the shipping info, so well adequate.

 

Should've seen what I used to lift the old engine out... 

Autopsy of old engine?

Yeah, as and when. No heated shed so won't be for some time...

I've never taken the bottom end of an engine apart so not too sure what order to do things, nor what to look for.

Expect to see trouble with bearings and/or piston rings I think.  

8 minutes ago, SuperbTWM said:

Autopsy of old engine?

 

A waste of time and energy, messy too.

My time, my energy. 

13 minutes ago, Wino said:

My time, my energy. 

 

Knock yourself out 

Thanks for your contribution. 

18 minutes ago, Wino said:

Thanks for your contribution. 

 

I replied to SuperbTWM but now realise that I should have sought your permission before expressing an opinion 

You replied to me as well. Don't feel you have to though. 

6 minutes ago, Wino said:

You replied to me as well. Don't feel you have to though. 

 

Likewise I'm sure.

5 hours ago, sepulchrave said:

 

A waste of time and energy, messy too.

 

certainly, but it would be interesting, educational, and I know there is a part of him that will want to

The replacement engine came from a Polo, so has oil level and temperature sender. I wonder how long I'll be able to resist adding the necessary wire to the cluster to get that to do something...

Not sure whether the cluster can display oil temp if coded right, but oil level warning facility might be useful if that at least could be enabled.

Nice work

 

EDIT: Deleted daft question. It's not running yet.

 

 

Edited 8 February, 20215 yr by TMB

3 minutes ago, TMB said:

Nice work

 

Is it driving nicely?

Yep, very pleased with it. I think the dogbone mount is 'code F' though, and am waiting on a new one, probably Wednesday arrival/fit. I think then I'll really be able relax, put my feet up and say to the missus; "There you go, all good for another 100k+ miles...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

....FFS don't crash it tomorrow!"  

It wasn't a daft question Lee, it's been running since Friday 5pm, just the pictures posted finished Thursday evening. 

 

1 minute ago, Wino said:

It wasn't a daft question Lee, it's been running since Friday 5pm, just the pictures posted finished Thursday evening. 

 

 

Ah, cool

Gah, you already said it was running in one of your Friday posts. I really shouldn't post straight after a nap