It was a busy Saturday, but the engine is out.



I do have a question for those o you that have replaced the loom covering the engine wiring. What sizes did you have to use? I don't have the Rover with me so I can't measure what sizes are needed. Thanks

 

Still moving forward on the engine, but no pictures. I keep telling myself to make sure to get pictures the next time I'm at the shop, and never do. Either way the engine will be going back in this Saturday with hopes of starting it up on the 15th.

This past weekend was spent putting the rest of the engine together, and re-looming the engine bay. We also took care of a couple couple rust spots, and replaced the rusted shock towers.

 

I love that everyone has figured out that the air box is the perfect place to put the AC compressor lol. Every thread I see regarding engine work has this trait in common.

 

The sell some nice skeletal heavily galvanised shock towers these days which are excellent. I bought a couple sometime ago for about $100.

 

We made some good progress this weekend on the engine. We were a bit nervous about putting the engine back in after reading several posts. Every one of those posts stated "getting the engine out was the easy part". I'm not sure what those people did, but that was the furthest from the truth. Within 30-45 minutes we had the engine on the cherry picker, and completely bolted to the bell housing. It took us about another 20 minutes to bolt up the torque converter.

Progress was stopped once we got to installing the fuel rail. After looking over the rail we noticed several cracked o-rings, and decided to order an o-ring kit for all the injectors. We should have the kit by Wednesday, and then back to the shop Thursday for the final push through the long weekend. We're hoping to fire it up over Easter weekend.

 

Where do you get those bolt on front fender tie downs I see in that last photo?

 

A company called Bushcables out of the UK. I think you can find them on eBay as well.

 

Looks like it's coming along nicely. Me, I'd use the product I've link below on the valley pan gasket. In my 39 years as a mechanic...it is by far, leaps and bounds, the best product I've ever used...especially on aluminum engines.

https://www.permatex.com/products/ga...asket-maker-2/

You don't have to go crazy applying sealant, just a nice thin coat will do the job.

Again, great job and hope she purrs come Sunday.

Brian.

 

We're getting even closer after this past weekend. We have just about everything on the engine now, and we don't have any leftover parts. We're aiming to start the new engine this Saturday. I still need to choose which oil I want to run, priming, and pickup a couple more parts.

 

Looks good.