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Phase Three—Next task was to remove the old exhaust system. The header was relatively straight forward with the three nuts that attach to the exhaust system coming off quite easily. The rest of the system however was a different story. In the end the good old “saws all” had to be brought out and made short work of the system, cat converter muffler the lot!
While we were under the car the bolts attaching the transmission to the aluminum torsion rail were undone and the wiring harness removed form the transmission case.
We had been trying to borrow and engine hoist from one of our friends however it just never seemed to be happening – until one day my dad called to say we needed to go down to Pep Boys to pick something up. Was I surprised when we tried to fit a small crane in the back of our SUV. Small it wasn’t – the big red beast looked like it could handle the biggest of engines – In fact it is rated at 4,000 lbs – nearly twice the weight of the whole car.
I was really looking forward to using the hoist and with much of the prep work being done in removing fuel lines, electricals, clutch slave cylinder etc it was ready to come out. Unfortunate thing was my dad could not wait while we were out having a quick bite at the local diner my dad had whipped the engine out
Good thing was that we had also bought an engine balance bar which made it easy for single person operation. Only thing my dad did not think of was the oil that was in the transmission unfortunately and much to the dismay of my mum it went all over the garage floor.
Arrangements were made for a local shipping company to pick it up and deliver it to the folks down at BSI in Florida. A guy named Stu has been given the task to build us a competitive motor which will hopefully be back with us within the next few weeks – and I will be there to put it back in.
Elsewhere there are still lots to do. We have to remove all the bakes, hubs and suspension. Some new tools were added to the Corke collection – a mighty McPherson strut spring compressor – very necessary when removing coil springs. All four struts and springs would be replaced – by some bright new Koni/Eibach replacements – however getting the old ones off was quite a challenge. Rust – and lots of it was the deciding factor. While WD40 may be the best stuff since sliced bread it was not man enough for the job we had in front of us.
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