Like
all big jobs, a big pile of bits is needed. Note the Scotchbrite (Brillo pad
stuff), gloves, Gunk degreaser and mega Blue roll. The second picture shows
the engine with some of the ancilleries gone.
The consequence of three months of sump leakage were a major oily pebble dash slurry on the bulkhead and suspension parts. The oil was dripping onto the driveshaft which then sprayed it everywhere.
The
insides of the wheels were coated in oil too. It was all cleaned up with
Gunk and a jetwash. The engine bay was treated this way too.
The
gearbox input shaft can be problematic. This time it pulled straight out
with no resistance whatsoever. Very odd considering I had to hammer it in
last time. I degreased the sump too.
After
removing the manifolds the cam box and head were removed. Revealing the
block showed that the bores were showing quite a lot of wear. The engine had
done 197K.
The
hydraulic tappets and valves were removed from the head.
About
two hours were spent cleaning the head. After cleaning the gasket remnants
off then every last speck of crud had to be removed.
The
valves were lapped in. The exhaust valves took ages since they had a lot of
pitting on them. With this job the emphasis was on thoroughly cleaning
everything.
At
last the the new engine was ready to be built up.