theduck
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| posted on 15/2/12 at 09:57 PM |
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My engine swap - pinto for pinto
After tonight's work I wanted to start a little write up of my engine swap. The engine is being changed as the 2.0 pinto that came in my kit (I
bought part built) has an undiagnosed none running problem, so decided to cut my losses and swap for a known good engine. So last 3rd feb I had the
afternoon off and started with a car that looked a like this
The plan was start preparing the engine to come out, so drain oil, remove ancillaries etc. I also spent some time removing the screen, wiper mechanism
and washer bottle as I am replacing with an aero screen. By the end of the day I had drained the oil, removed the carb, undone the exhaust manifold
but it was still in place as it's a
Hell of a fiddly job with the engine in place, and removed the alternator. Didn't get a photo atbthisstage but not much to see.
Didn't get in the garage then untill weekend just gone and didnt have long in there. During the week my aeroscreen had arrived. The arrival of
this made me realise if I am going to paintbit, then I need to pick a colour, as I need to paint the scuttle befor fixing the aeroscreen down. I
digress, so next up was removing the swept wings and nose cone for better access, this was simple enough and I then undid engine to box bolts though
there are two that are proving quite stubborn, and also removed the engine to box brace. This left the car looking like this
Then Monday my father in law won a complete 1.6 pinto on eBay for less than the cost of getting a free one shipped to me from a generous member. So
this is being collected Saturday morning so I needed to get the car ready to receive it. So tonight I needed to remove the rest of the front end,
having not assembeled it myself I thought this might proove interesting, however my fears were missed place and after a couple of hours work my car
now looks like this.
So there are still a couple of stubborn gearbox to engine bolts to undo, and the engine mounts to undo but then Friday night this engine is coming out
ready for the new one to be dropped to place Saturday. Unfortunately I have my two nieces for the day saturday so connecting up and first start will
have to wait until Sunday. Then if all goes well I can rebuild the front end.
I am massively excited, but also very nervous. Hopping to post back Sunday with a big grin on my gave and a first start video to go with it.
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andyace
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 02:31 PM |
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Hi, whereabouts in Northfield are you, i'm in Northfield too and in the early stages (although many years) of my build. I am pretty much at
rolling chassis stage, just getting the 2.0 pinto ready so i can drop it in.
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theduck
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 03:37 PM |
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I'm just at the back of Kalamazoo, how about you?
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andyace
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 03:51 PM |
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Literally just round the corner by the Northfield station on Norman road, would be good to see how you're getting on this weekend
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theduck
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 04:07 PM |
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Will be around Sunday mate, you're welcome to pop round.
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andyace
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 04:15 PM |
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Cool, let me know time/place and i'll pop round. If u need a hand on anything before then give us a shout. Do you have all you need to get the
engine out (engine hoist etc.)
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theduck
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 04:44 PM |
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U2U sent
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theduck
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| posted on 16/2/12 at 10:23 PM |
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