Tinkering with my Vogue

Haven't investigated any further. Only noticed when I was putting the sump back on after changing the crank seal. Oh well. Scrap that one now.

stutab said:

No that's the one that came out of the SE. Was hoping to put it in the ccv. Magnetic sump plug would be useless Ad as it's an ally engine.

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all the internals will be made of steel so it will still be useful to have to collect any stray metal deposits from the oil.

just saying

Anyway. Quite a productive day, err, afternoon

As Joules was fitting the flywheel and clutch I changed the crank seal on the se engine.

















Then I noticed the sump



Bollocks

Bolted it back, trollies it out of the way and fetched the new one



Before we fit it we had some lunch



And Joules decided to change the steering as we noticed that the wheel was upside down.



Easy with no engine in the way

So we fit the new engine in



Spot the mistake



Oops

Had a little helper today as well





With that in I started filling the engine bay with brackets



I am taking all of the pumps, brackets and ancillaries off the twin carb to hopefully make life easier.

Freelaner said:

all the internals will be made of steel so it will still be useful to have to collect any stray metal deposits from the oil.

just saying

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Cheers. Will pull both engines that are on pallets apart, find which is in the best condition and rebuild that for the ccv trialer with a efi system and the LT95 will be bolted to it. I'm in 2 minds weather to pull off the sump of the new engine just to have a look, but it runs beautifully the oil was clean when we took the filter off so might just leave well alone.

Engine out





Stuart making love to his new engine



Young joy rider trying to take it for a ride




Some reference pics so we know how to reassemble the pas and alternator From old engine

KillaJoules said:

Stuart making love to his new engine

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Line it up, give it a good wiggle, couple twists and a good shove and we have the shaft penetrating the clutch with a nice tight fit into the spigot bush

stutab said:

Cheers. Will pull both engines that are on pallets apart, find which is in the best condition and rebuild that for the ccv trialer with a efi system and the LT95 will be bolted to it. I'm in 2 minds weather to pull off the sump of the new engine just to have a look, but it runs beautifully the oil was clean when we took the filter off so might just leave well alone.

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Bloody fantastic pictures!!!

Love engine pictures!

Would it hurt to take the sump off? Only requires a gasket. Take the sump off, clean it inside and outside, especially inside! Then lick of paint for the outside and put it back on with a new gasket. Think about it, it won't take that long and if you do find anything in there then you can clean it out and it won't be laying around in the bottom and potentially get picked up (I know theres the mesh over the oil pick up and a filter...) but you really might as well it wouldn't hurt.


Keep the pictures coming!

marccleave said:

Bloody fantastic pictures!!!

Love engine pictures!

Would it hurt to take the sump off? Only requires a gasket. Take the sump off, clean it inside and outside, especially inside! Then lick of paint for the outside and put it back on with a new gasket. Think about it, it won't take that long and if you do find anything in there then you can clean it out and it won't be laying around in the bottom and potentially get picked up (I know theres the mesh over the oil pick up and a filter...) but you really might as well it wouldn't hurt.


Keep the pictures coming!

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Well I was going to drop the oil and give it a service so I suppose it wouldn't hurt. I use Blue Gasket paste anyway so its on the shelf. I might do it one night if i finish work early enough.

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Don't forget we need this stud out for the PAS pump to swing on.

Ok. Will have a look

Stu's new limbs. I think he is building an artificial leg

They should stop the shockers falling off.

Might shorten them yet. Could only get +50 or standard, will have a play around at the weekend and see how much extra I actually need.

Had a play today. I fitted the new turrets. They Worked







This is It Jacked up with the wheel off the floor



They are a tight fit









When I got home I cleaned off and painted the tank support and the AFM bracket





Road trip tomorrow to look at a V8 Disco. The wife thinks it's for her

Well didn't spend any time in the workshop today but did go and see a very nice Disco V8. A bid on the bay looked like it may start a bidding war so snipe placed fingers crossed and hope now.

Good luck!!

Cheers

Guess I got to fetch it now.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=231272262063&globalID=EBAY-GB&alt=web

See you RTVing it Sunday then!

Ha, no. Trailering it back on Saturday as the return fuel line is gone and need to insure and tax it before it will be on the road. It's a bit low at the front and sides for rtv as well.