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[Artful Dodger]

Please put pics up of the Manifold after you paint it with that clear coat hi temp paint, very close to getting some and getting my exhaust manifold polished and painted with that! Exellent build! Got your monies worth out of those doughnuts! ;)

[Teapot]

@Artful Dodger: Here is the whole unit sprayed with Hycote. The polished parts
acquire a slight bloom but the body of the carb, which we haven't the time or
resources to get properly cleaned, looks better given a bit of a shine


I am in deep do-do for cleaning my Pipercross air filter on the kitchen table and
rinsing it in the kitchen sink


Checking out the new exhaust system before the engine goes back in, Dougie puts a steel rule
across the twin-branch section and finds the faces aren't level, so it's off to the machine shop


The gasket will be replaced and there are signs that it was leaking
(where Dougie is pointing)


The exhaust will be painted with this stuff because we happen to
have some. Actually I fancy white so I'll shop around a bit

[Artful Dodger]

That settles it. Off to get some now. Thanks!

[steven]

that carb looks awesome nice work !

[Teapot]

Dismay ... we didn't check the inner cv boots earlier and they are both split. This
is probably why the pot joints were nearly dry and the lower part of the bulkhead
is covered in grease. A d'oh moment


However, we did remember to put the speedo cable back in before
lowering the engine completely


The gear linkages are reconnected with a new oil seal


And there it is for now. It was a long night and Huey had to sit out in the rain while we wrestled to assemble and dismantle the
hoist. There are oily fingerprints on the new paint and we've got some more shiny parts to go on. But we're getting there

[davej]

Looking great, one question though, why have you not painted the gearbox casing?

[rally515]

Looking great, one question though, why have you not painted the gearbox casing?

He should get Dougie to do some of his vudo magic polishing on it ,would look the "bomb"

[Teapot]

Looking great, one question though, why have you not painted the gearbox casing?

We were going to spray it silver or aluminium but then to be honest couldn't see the point. Let's face it the rest of the engine bay isn'y very pretty and at first we just wanted to try painting the engine and then Dougie started polishing things.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Awesome project matey, I love reading it. Good progress so far I remember when Huey broke a couple of years back!

[Teapot]

Thanks for you kind comments, and also for not jumping on our obvious blunders.
Whatever we get ourselves into we will get ourselves out of. Haha.


Yes, Dougie has been at it again, this time machining a shiny nut out of a big old one to plug the
servo take-off on the intake manifold and then polishing the dipstick and the rad cap.


Plus this stainless steel radiator top bracket replaces the old one which had broken and been
welded when one of the studs in the thermostat housing jammed at some stage

Edited by Teapot, 11 January 2013 - 05:13 PM.

[Teapot]

Back underneath for the lower engine mounts, to grope around with magnetic spanners and
a claw on a stick which grips the nuts. Metric ones, that is

[Teapot]

Now that the faces have been machined level on the twin-branch part
of the new Maniflow 2" lcb, it's time to try the exhaust manifold out.
All is well at the top end ...


... and the downpipes await the y-piece


... but we decided there is too little good metal left on the front end of the stainless steel back pipe
to make a safe union unless we pull it forward, but then we would have to reposition the rear
exhaust mounts, and the tailpipe behind the back box would be too short. Dougie is holding the
mild steel y-piece from the old system and you can see where it has to be cut off.

Then we thought about trimming the s/steel pipe by a few inches and making a tube to fit over
the y-piece and into the back one.

Then we thought we'd go home and have tea instead and order a whole Maniflow twin box side
exit rear section. I think I owe Dougie not to make him lie under the car any more trying to fix
things so I'll ask for money for my birthday next month.

So that's what I did. Minispares said it might take three weeks to get a special order for a big-bore
stretched system (it's a pick-up, see, longer wheelbase) so I rang Maniflow direct in Salisbury and
they said they would ship it same day, ie today Sat. It costs more than Minispares and I lose my
discount and the delivery is £16 but you pays your money and takes your choice.

Sorry, bit rambly today but no more till next week.

[Teapot]

Last couple of evenings we've spent adding a few more bits, tightening things up and realigning
hoses and cables to avoid kinking and wondering what terminals go where. Also undoing things after
finding forgotten washers in the box. We noticed the airhorn compressor was upside down and
held on its bolt by engine grease. We put the engine oil in and were relieved when it didn't pour out
underneath, so we must have done the sump plug up after all.


The air vents in the new plastic oil filler cap were enlarged with
a Dremel and we hope that will be enough with the extra breather
on the timing chain cover and the existing one on the crank case.


Then the rest of the Maniflow exhaust arrived, packaged as if to survive being dropped from 30,000 ft. So if it fits we
may be firing up this weekend

[Spud_133]

Just a quick q, if I may, did you run a servo before you rebuilt the engine? Also did it clear the breather which is on the gearbox casing? Or is it a removal and subsequent fitting job. Keep up the good work! Cheers, Spud

[Teapot]

@spud_133: 1 yes, & 2 we took the servo out first and won't be putting it back.

Want to buy a servo?