1970 s2 0453R Reassembly

[gideon]

Dave, I've got my wedge engine mounted on a stand in almost the same your crossflow block is mounted.  The only problem is that that the stand interferes with the camshaft bearing housing, which you haven't fitted on that block yet.  I was just wondering if anybody has a good solution to that problem?

[dakazman]

    If you center the crankshaft bore with the pivotal point on the stand everything will be okay.
If yours is interfering it may be to low in the rotation. The cam comes in from the front side , timing case .
Dakazman

[gideon]

Your engine stand is a little different to mine.  I guess I could cut a little bit of the excess metal from the end of the engine mount arm.  That might just do the trick.  Thanks!

[dakazman]

   You could also just drop it over to the next lower mount hole which would be the upper gearbox hole.
Dakazman

[GavinT]

A traditional rotating engine stand makes life easier if you're doing a cast iron V8.

I now use this for Renault engine assembly and it should fit on a workshop trolly.
It's easy enough to flip a light ally block over for the few times you actually need to do that.
I'm toying with adding some legs for when the sump is attached.

[GavinT]

  Gavin, Its your summer time down there correct? I guess its hard for the kids to believe in a Santa sleigh,
nevermind , Frosty the Snowman.

Yes, it's getting on for summer here.
Most people just carry on and pretend there's snow and stuff.
We also do 'Christmas in July' which has caught on in recent years . . still no snow in most places, though.

[dakazman]

  That’s about the same color snow we have. Great pic👍

   I was going to mount the motor that way but it was all ready set up for the back position.

  The transition from the stand to the gearbox addition process , then back to the hoist is where I loose time. The stand pictured below seems perfect for that process. It looks ready to lift & install.

Dakazman

[dakazman]

   

   It’s a roller. Rotating the back tire turns the engine easily this time.

 Dakazman

[BDA]

Alright, D'man!!! 

[Bainford]

Woohoo!!

[Chuck Nukem]

  Gavin, Its your summer time down there correct? I guess its hard for the kids to believe in a Santa sleigh,
nevermind , Frosty the Snowman.

Yes, it's getting on for summer here.
Most people just carry on and pretend there's snow and stuff.
We also do 'Christmas in July' which has caught on in recent years . . still no snow in most places, though.

That does it! I'm moving to Australia!!

[dakazman]

   Moving along. RD headers look great and easily fell in place.  I’ll be wrapping them shortly. Playing around with a VW stinger exhaust look 😂. See pics
   Then I determined the A/C compressor will fit easily on the distributor side and has sufficient mounting holes in the block to hold a bracket which I’ll fabricate.
Dakazman

[dakazman]

   
  I just like the happy dance!
  The head bolt thread dilemma is now over . My M11x1.5 extended tap came in  .  Matches perfectly with the threads and diameter of the bolts . The bolt markings  of  11  and 129  can be seen on the head bolts from two different engines.
 Happy to say both the 821 and the 843 hole cavities are the same  M11
  The hole that was in question tapped out perfectly with the same amount of turns from bottom to free the hole.
  Christmas miracles! 🙏🙏
Dakazman

[BDA]

Yippee!!   

[dakazman]

   now I can get back to polishing stuff.

   I did ask Nick for a crankshaft so I can put A/C pulley on the crossflow.
Dakazman