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The engine starting to come out. |
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The engine finally free of its prison. |
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Shot of engine bay sans engine. |
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First indication of stress to the bottom end of
engine... |
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Things look remarkably clean. After 10 years most
of the oil has drained off... |
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View of oil pan. Hmm, that oil looks a little
chunky! |
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Kibbles 'n Bits of piston... |
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A real 3-d jigsaw puzzle!...
What's left of the piston. |
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Gearbox. |
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Lucas Starter |
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Clockwise from top:
Oil filter adapter, flywheel mounting bolts, engine mount, distributor, water pump. |
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Flywheel. |
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Underside of the oil pan baffle. Note the hole
above and to the right of the mounting hole. Definitely not stock... |
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Inside view of bulge in oil pan. A chunk of piston
must have got caught between the wall of the pan and the crankshaft. |
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Outside view of bulge in oil pan. |
Stay tuned for further adventures in the series. After some disassembly
it's off to the
machine shop for the engine...
Thanks for tuning in.