1970 s2 0453R Reassembly

[dakazman]

  Thanks John, if it’s not much trouble, that would be great.

I did find these on Mecca parts but I was ,am confused if they are correct for both the 821 and the 843 . See pics. I wish they had dimensions on them also. They are very helpful vendor. I find it somewhat difficult finding parts on their site.

  On another topic I still need to find the face gaskets / O-Rings for all my gauges . (Speedometer, tachometer, oil ,fuel etc. any leads?
Dakazman

[jbcollier]

https://elgincams.com

$80 (not including shipping) back in 2014.  They ground, "parkerized" and polished the lifters.

Same lifters are used on all the Renault A-type engines.

Nisonger instruments for gauge parts, gauges and repair.

[dakazman]

  Thanks JB, called nisonger and ordered both sets of gasket sets . $ 32. total with shipping.
 
It was too early to can Elgin on the tappets

. I also made progress with a complete gasket set for the crossflow from Italy, A perfect fit.  I also unpacked the cam from France and gave it a quick visual on the lobes comparing it to the original. Renault16 did not know the specs, but it looks to be the same profile. Another thing to learn, cam
Mapping.
  Dakazman

[dakazman]

  Tappets sent out today😀. Elgin cams will cut them 10$ ea. So that’s fine went 2 sets.

 Nosingers came thru with a delivery of all the gauge and bezel gaskets.

Machinist still not done with my vette motor sleeve . I’ll keep moving forward.
Dakazman

[dakazman]

  A little update on the motors :
Renault head has all new exhaust valves installed. 😀. The tappets still at elgin.🥴 some numbers of water pumps from autozone and NAPA are no longer available. I have 3 but wanted a new assembly to do JB’s AC Mod.

The crossflow has a new timing chain and gear assembly coming. Tappets at elgin.
 
My other wedge has a complete set of valves coming, or just a spare head.

Vette motor - Waiting on machinist .

Preparing order for gearbox parts.
Dakazman

[BDA]

Geez D'man! You really need to get a hobby or you'll be bored in your retirement! 

[dakazman]

   Lol 😂 

   I have respect for those who work and take on a project like this. At times I feel I’m going backwards.
D’man ( I might get use to this name)

[Certified Lotus]

Keep the faith D’Man

[dakazman]

   I was going to post this on shiny thread .
I think I’ve found it’s inner beauty .  Still a long way to go.
Dakazman

[Certified Lotus]

Jesus. You are clearly more possessed on the rebuild of your car than I ever was. I want to see it in person when it’s done!

[dakazman]

   Waiting on parts and raining, I just got bored. I’m still plating everything in site too.

The good news is a few parts came in for my Weber dgv32 carb . All the suggested parts JB and Galvin listed except for the larger intake valves for the crossflow. I need to have some questions answered about finding larger valve seats to go with the larger diameter valves. The flingers are not a
original part for the S2, so I can start putting the hubs together.  One question is it easier to assemble the shafts first? (See pic, not my setup but shows that this might be easier)

 My gearbox rebuilding plan is to open,  replace the seals, inspect and clean . Some advice I received was to replace the front and rear bearings. The input shaft needs to be resecured. A’m wide open what to inspect for wear, which might be funny because of how rare parts are.
Dakazman

[jbcollier]

Sigh, my memory gets worse and worse.  I don’t even remember recommending DGV parts!  Somebody put me out of my misery.

Any good machine shop can source valve seats.

How many miles are on the transaxle?

[dakazman]

  Sorry JB,
 I should have started a new paragraph. You didn’t suggest any parts for the dgv. Yahoo people said if it’s an original rebuild it.

   For the Wedge and crossflow builds
  The suggestions such as replace the exhaust valves-done
  New intakes - in transit
  New timing chain and gears - in transit
  Tensioner- in transit
  Tappets - at Elgin cams getting cut.

  The picture above is not my axles . But to answer your question m car had approximately 60,000 on it. It seems easier to assembly the shafts as shown in picture. I have all new universals and bearings to start. I do not have the tooling I’ve seen to pull into the hub. But to make a little progress I would at least assemble the universals.
Dakazman

[jbcollier]

At 60k I would simply change the seals and fill with fresh oil.  For me changing the output/axle seals means removing the bell housing and adjusting the CW/P backlash at the same time.  This is often messed up by people changing the output seals in the past.

I assembled my half-shafts prior to assembling the rear hubs/uprights.

[dakazman]

   Sometimes you just have to cleanup. 😀
Dakazman