Friday 9 October 2015

22 April, another attempt to stay current on the blog - Engine Removal and Door Skins

Since I am useless at keeping this up to date, I need to summarize the activity over the past month,,, the engine is out (with only minor injuries), the seats are out, the carpet gone and seat mounts out (finally).

The engine removal wasn't that bad but it is crucial to remove the left heat exchanger to be able to get that top right engine bolt. On reassembly, the fix to weld on some rod to prevent it turning needs to be done.

And here she is, all original decals in place:

The jack is for ATV;s and fits very well without touching the oil strainer. Highly recommended and quite cheap at Canadian Tire.

Eagle eyes will spot the missing fan belt, which broke in 1974 heralding the cars rather long slumber.

At some point in the past (pre 69 ish) the previous owner installed a slick for the times 4 into 1 exhaust. He also managed to destroy the heat exchangers.

Not sure if I had also mentioned that the car had been the home of a squirrel for many years. As the car has gone through dis-assembly, the sheer number and places for the damn maple keys has been astonishing. Here are some cleaned out from the left side exhaust.


For the engine removal process, the factory manual and the Ron Roland sources cover most of the issues. Thus far during this phase, nothing has broken. Items for replacement though are listed and cross referenced into Stoddard's catalogue.

I will need another heat exchanger, fuel line and throttle actuation rod however,, sorry, forgot about them.

Door skins, next post.

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