Another S2 adventure, 742R, Carnival red and "Running".

[Richard48Y]

DHLA 40N rebuild is essentially complete.
Just need to stake the throttle plate screws before putting the chokes and Venturi's in.
May wait until the engine mounts are exchanged for new before fitting.
A little extra room around the engine cannot hurt.

[Richard48Y]

Getting a bit closer to being a runner again.
I managed to get two of the Chinese silicon hoses to fit up front after shortening them at both ends.
Originally far too long so they kinked when fitted.
The other two hoses may fit a TC but are useless for an S2.

[Richard48Y]

DHLA 40N ready to go back on.
Castings were stained from water, even after soda blast.
So this one got painted with HD #98606BY Silver Bead Blast Acrylic Lacquer.
It has had plenty of time to cure.
It is now on the car.

[BDA]

Purty! 

[Richard48Y]

Yes, it really shames the rest of the car.
But this in not supposed to be another years long frame-off job.

[BDA]

Still, I think we’d like to see some pictures!

[Richard48Y]

Minor progress today.
The Warnerford manifold features water heating for winter.
I had to replace one fitting in order to plumb it.
I will be redoing the throttle linkage as what was there is a hack job.
Biggest issue of the moment is finding a decent way to plumb the swirl pot to the transfer tube.
Original hose probably does not want to clear with the side-draft Dellorto and air cleaner.
This should be very similar to an Else setup, anyone have a handy solution?

[jbcollier]

I would disable the coolant flow to the intake manifold.  First, you are getting plenty of heat off the exhaust manifold already, too much heat in fact.  Second, carb icing is not really an issue with Europas given how warm the engine compartment gets.  My crossflow had no issues all the way down to -18C (close to 0F) and it didn't have exhaust heat under the carbs.

Can't help with the return hose.  I haven't yet seen a simple, clean-looking solution to that problem.

[Richard48Y]

A little more done.
The old throttle cable bracket was terrible.
I drilled and tapped the intake where it was already dimpled for the purpose and bolted on a new fabricated bracket.
Much cleaner in my opinion.
Now I just have to make a proper cable end.

Also a pic of the Chinese hoses after cutting them shorter.
Aluminum radiator and the honeycomb screen too.

[Richard48Y]

6' of 304 stainless tube incoming.
Plan is to use the bender to create another transfer tube up to the swirl pot.
Then only inexpensive short strait sections of hose will be used to finish up.

[Richard48Y]

OK, one strait and one short 90º rubber hose.

Almost starts now, cranking a bit slow even with the high torque starter.
Going to replace the cheesy home made ground straps after cleaning the contact areas.

[Richard48Y]

I got into sorting out 742R engine compartment wiring today.
Removed several wires that did not belong in there and corrected the grounding.
I will make wires to the electric fuel pump more logical and shorter.
Also got rid of the  wing-nut battery connections, I really hate them.
It spins over better now.
Once I get the timing set it should start.

[BDA]

Richard, you are planning an inertia switch or other fuel pump relay so that the pump doesn't work after an accident, right?

[Richard48Y]

Yes, once it is running.

[BDA]