Project Shrek, Wrenching day - Not for the faint
07-09-2011 | 01:36 PM
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Project Shrek, Wrenching day - Not for the faint
I got Shrek back from my mechanic yesterday evening, after he replaced a leaking fuel line. It was with my luck the long line that goes under the whole length of the car, and up into the engine compartment. He managed an in-situ repair though.
While this was being done, I rebuilt a spare distributor and received in the mail the cv boot kit for a split boot on the RR driveshaft. So out with the tools.
Now for the gruesome part. It shows how strong and resilient these cars can be. The car had spent about 6 years in a field under a tarp when I bought it, and it was decided not to spend any time on the engine, bar the obvious fluid changes/plugs/valve adjust when I bought it. Since that I used it for a year and 10K Kms. Drove very nicely during that time, averaging 10liters/100 Kms on the highway, and pulling very strongly.
Here is the car's distributor on inspection after removal:
You can see the level where water stagnated for a while in the distributor, and the oh-so-slight wear on the cap's contacts. The distributor base is cracked under the seal on the main shaft as well. I can't tell if it cracked during removal, since it did put up a fight.
And the car drove perfectly with all this. The belt is not snapped!
After that, the driveshaft. The axle bolt came easily enough, as did the 6 allen bolts. How do you tighten the axle bolt when your biggest torque wrench goes to 360 Nm and you need 460?? You take the bathroom scale, a 1m. extension bar and start calculating. Went in smoothly enough. I put to good use my custom made jack adapter, made by my nephew in his machine shop
And a glimpse at the future:
While this was being done, I rebuilt a spare distributor and received in the mail the cv boot kit for a split boot on the RR driveshaft. So out with the tools.
Now for the gruesome part. It shows how strong and resilient these cars can be. The car had spent about 6 years in a field under a tarp when I bought it, and it was decided not to spend any time on the engine, bar the obvious fluid changes/plugs/valve adjust when I bought it. Since that I used it for a year and 10K Kms. Drove very nicely during that time, averaging 10liters/100 Kms on the highway, and pulling very strongly.
Here is the car's distributor on inspection after removal:
You can see the level where water stagnated for a while in the distributor, and the oh-so-slight wear on the cap's contacts. The distributor base is cracked under the seal on the main shaft as well. I can't tell if it cracked during removal, since it did put up a fight.
And the car drove perfectly with all this. The belt is not snapped!
After that, the driveshaft. The axle bolt came easily enough, as did the 6 allen bolts. How do you tighten the axle bolt when your biggest torque wrench goes to 360 Nm and you need 460?? You take the bathroom scale, a 1m. extension bar and start calculating. Went in smoothly enough. I put to good use my custom made jack adapter, made by my nephew in his machine shop
And a glimpse at the future:
07-10-2011 | 06:30 PM
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I hope to get that distributor into working condition again. I know of an excellent welder for the cracked housing, and incredibly the bearings are still butter smooth! the belt is past its best though...
I mean, anyone can buy a new distributor, but it defeats the purpose of the car. And, restoration is too strong a word. It has been a daily driver the last 12 months.
I mean, anyone can buy a new distributor, but it defeats the purpose of the car. And, restoration is too strong a word. It has been a daily driver the last 12 months.
