well needed restoration of my series 2a

Im really liking this thread, Making me want to dash out and get another rust bucket to re-build!.
Ill be interested to see your next installment! Keep up the good work!

Jackual_NZ said:

Im really liking this thread, Making me want to dash out and get another rust bucket to re-build!.
Ill be interested to see your next installment! Keep up the good work!

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cheers, should be all going back together in the next few weeks, plenty of pics to come, then its bulkhead restoration time.

Looking great 90 keep it up

cheers ian, got bit more done today, will post pics when ther loaded

great bit of work 90,nice and clean/methodical.just as it should be.well done.

All I can say is WOW

Sirus said:

All I can say is WOW

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not bad fer a 2.25 i were goin to dump and replace with somethin else, glad i kept it now

right, after rewiring me trailer and replacing the back lights on me 90, i got a bit done this afternoon ,

had to get the sleves out fer the cam followers



as i wernt happy with them ( after all this) ah well ther done now, i had to make a puller for it out of a bolt ! easy really ( cheaper than a slide hammer too)



then i put all the timimg gears back on and set up the timing , sorry no photos of the process !



looks more like an engine again now

dropped in the oil pump gears and bits fer the dizzy



got fuel pump and oil filler tube ready fer fitting , along with timimg case, more pics to come tomorrow,

oh , ere's the pic of the bits i didnt post up there !



cam followers and bearing rollers

so , today i got the timimg case on, glued gaskit on one side and grease on the engine side incase it ever has to come off ,





then cleaned the head off with thinners ready for the gaskit,



i went and picked up a composit fiber gaskit with the stainless rings on

fitted it dry , then torqed the head up in two stages from hand tight, one at 30 then the second run at 65,







oh yeah dropped the push rods in before hand ( edit in somewhere above )



then set the tappits up,



with valve no 8 fully open i set valve no1 to 0.010 with the feelers then locked the adjuster, then followed on in this order

valve 8- adjust no1
valve 6-3
valve 4-5
valve 7-2
valve 1-8
valve 3-6
valve 5-5
valve 2-7

easy as that !

dropped a few more bits on,







looking more like it now, just need to find a better oil filter and sort me fuel pump out !

stuck the sump on with hylomar non setting instant gaskit eitherside of the paper gaskit,



then sorted the dynamo out i reconditioned months ago,

looks fantastic,just a suggestion but would the dizzy not look better with a coat of paint on it.

yeah , am un decided if the dizzy is buggered or not , so need to make a test circuit up tomorrow then will decide weather to keep it or swap it over, then will spray it

ok,looks well though,how long before you drop it in and fire it up.

ah could do it tomorrow, after a mornings finishing off , but want to get the new chassis / old chassis restored before it gets dropped in , will prob fire it up in a stand so i can get it running smooth, in the next couple of weeks, no rush , got a few bits to sort out , starter motor, bell housing , timimg , fuel pump, pullys belts etc, oil filter, nothing major, just bits

ok,but keep the pics coming.

will keep boring you all with the pics, got the rest to do now, think il do the quick gear box overhall, then the bulkhead restoration ( rotted to ****) but am going to repair it all ! slowly but surely.

best way to do it,do it once and do it right.

yeah , no point in cutting corners when i have gone this far...

true mate,very true.